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Debian DSA-3847-1 Critical: Xen Escalation and Information Leak

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Calendar Grey May 9, 2017
Scroller Debian
Uncover various weaknesses within the Xen hypervisor impacting Debian, potentially resulting in significant security threats.
Jan Beulich and Jann Horn discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the Xen hypervisor, which may lead to privilege escalation, guest-to-host breakout, denial of service or informatio...
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Summary

Jan Beulich and Jann Horn discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the Xen
hypervisor, which may lead to privilege escalation, guest-to-host
breakout, denial of service or information leaks.

In additional to the CVE identifiers listed above, this update also
addresses the vulnerabilities announced as XSA-213, XSA-214 and XSA-215.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.4.1-9+deb8u9.

For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been
fixed in version 4.8.1-1+deb9u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.8.1-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your xen packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: xen
CVE ID: CVE-2016-9932 CVE-2016-10013 CVE-2016-10024

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