Fedora 23: FEDORA-2015-28cfce6702 Critical: Xen Security Issues
fedora
October 3, 2015
ui/vnc: limit client_cut_text msg payload size [CVE-2015-5239] (#1259504), e1000: Avoid infinite loop in processing transmit descriptor [CVE-2015-6815] (#1260224), net: add checks ...
Summary
This package contains the XenD daemon and xm command line
tools, needed to manage virtual machines running under the
Xen hypervisor
Update Information:
ui/vnc: limit client_cut_text msg payload size [CVE-2015-5239] (#1259504), e1000: Avoid infinite loop in processing transmit descriptor [CVE-2015-6815] (#1260224), net: add checks to validate ring buffer pointers [CVE-2015-5279] (#1263278), net: avoid infinite loop when receiving packets [CVE-2015-5278] (#1263281), qemu buffer overflow in virtio-serial [CVE-2015-5745] (#1251354)
Topics Covered
Change Log
References
[ 1 ] Bug #1257735 - CVE-2015-5239 qemu-kvm: Integer overflow in vnc_client_read() and protocol_client_msg()
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257735
[ 2 ] Bug #1260076 - CVE-2015-6815 qemu: net: e1000: infinite loop issue
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260076
[ 3 ] Bug #1256672 - CVE-2015-5279 qemu: Heap overflow vulnerability in ne2000_receive() function
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256672
[ 4 ] Bug #1256661 - CVE-2015-5278 qemu: Infinite loop in ne2000_receive() function
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256661
[ 5 ] Bug #1251157 - CVE-2015-5745 kernel: qemu buffer overflow in virtio-serial
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251157
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update xen' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .
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Name: xen
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 4.5.1
Release: 9.fc23
Summary: Xen is a virtual machine monitor
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