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Debian: DSA-4050-1 Critical: Xen Multiple Threats and Fixes

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Calendar Grey November 28, 2017
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A series of security flaws in the Xen hypervisor could result in service interruptions and unauthorized privilege elevation. It's advisable to apply updates promptly!
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xen hypervisor, which could result in denial of service, information leaks, privilege escalation or the execution of arbitrary ...
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Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xen hypervisor, which
could result in denial of service, information leaks, privilege escalation
or the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie) a separate update will be
released.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your xen packages.

For the detailed security status of xen please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/xen

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-2017-14316 CVE-2017-14317 CVE-2017-14318 CVE-2017-14319

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