Debian: DSA-4232-1: xen security update

Date 20 Jun 2018

Category Debian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

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Posted By Anthony Pell

This update provides mitigations for the "lazy FPU" vulnerability affecting a range of Intel CPUs, which could result in leaking CPU register states belonging to another vCPU previously scheduled on the same CPU. For additional information please refer to

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4232-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff
June 20, 2018                         https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : xen
CVE ID         : CVE-2018-3665

This update provides mitigations for the "lazy FPU" vulnerability
affecting a range of Intel CPUs, which could result in leaking CPU
register states belonging to another vCPU previously scheduled on the
same CPU. For additional information please refer to
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-267.html

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.8.3+xsa267+shim4.10.1+xsa267-1+deb9u8.

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/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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