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Gentoo: GLSA-202303-15 Normal: Kubernetes Security Issue

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Calendar Grey December 26, 2014
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Several weaknesses in Xen could lead to Denial of Service. Gentoo users must upgrade.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Xen, possibly resulting in Denial of Service.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xen. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update gentoo normal severity xen

Resolution

All Xen 4.2 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/xen-4.2.5-r1"
All Xen 4.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/xen-4.4.1-r2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-7154 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7154 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-7155 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7155 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-7156 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7156 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-7188 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7188

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-42
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Xen: Denial of Service
Date: December 26, 2014
Bugs: #523524, #524200
ID: 201412-42

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update gentoo normal severity xen

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Xen, possibly resulting in Denial of Service.

Background

Xen is a bare-metal hypervisor.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-emulation/xen < 4.4.1-r2 *>= 4.2.5-r1 >= 4.4.1-r2

Impact

===== A local user could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.