openSUSE Security Update: xen to fix various denial of service issues
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2012:1687-1
Rating:             important
References:         #777628 #789940 #789944 #789945 #789948 #789950 
                    #789951 #789988 #792476 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-5510 CVE-2012-5511 CVE-2012-5512
                    CVE-2012-5513 CVE-2012-5514 CVE-2012-5515
                   
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 12.1
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   An update that solves 6 vulnerabilities and has three fixes
   is now available.

Description:

   XEN was updated to fix various denial of service issues.


   - bnc#789945 - CVE-2012-5510: xen: Grant table version
   switch list corruption vulnerability (XSA-26)

   - bnc#789944 - CVE-2012-5511: xen: Several HVM operations
   do not validate the range of their inputs (XSA-27)

   - bnc#789940 - CVE-2012-5512: xen: HVMOP_get_mem_access
   crash / HVMOP_set_mem_access information leak (XSA-28)

   - bnc#789951 - CVE-2012-5513: xen: XENMEM_exchange may
   overwrite hypervisor memory (XSA-29)

   - bnc#789948 - CVE-2012-5514: xen: Missing unlock in
   guest_physmap_mark_populate_on_demand() (XSA-30)

   - bnc#789950 - CVE-2012-5515: xen: Several memory hypercall
   operations allow invalid extent order values (XSA-31)

   - bnc#789988 - FATAL PAGE FAULT in hypervisor
   (arch_do_domctl)

   - Upstream patches from Jan
   26132-tmem-save-NULL-check.patch
   26134-x86-shadow-invlpg-check.patch
   26148-vcpu-timer-overflow.patch (Replaces
   CVE-2012-4535-xsa20.patch)
   26149-x86-p2m-physmap-error-path.patch (Replaces
   CVE-2012-4537-xsa22.patch)
   26150-x86-shadow-unhook-toplevel-check.patch (Replaces
   CVE-2012-4538-xsa23.patch)

   - bnc#777628 - guest "disappears" after live migration
   Updated block-dmmd script


   - Fix exception in balloon.py and osdep.py
   xen-max-free-mem.diff
   - bnc#792476 - efi files missing in latest XEN update
   Revert c/s 25751 EFI Makefile changes in
   23614-x86_64-EFI-boot.patch


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 12.1:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-869

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64):

      xen-debugsource-4.1.3_06-1.25.1
      xen-devel-4.1.3_06-1.25.1
      xen-kmp-default-4.1.3_06_k3.1.10_1.16-1.25.1
      xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.1.3_06_k3.1.10_1.16-1.25.1
      xen-kmp-desktop-4.1.3_06_k3.1.10_1.16-1.25.1
      xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo-4.1.3_06_k3.1.10_1.16-1.25.1
      xen-libs-4.1.3_06-1.25.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-4.1.3_06-1.25.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.1.3_06-1.25.1
      xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.1.3_06-1.25.1

   - openSUSE 12.1 (x86_64):

      xen-4.1.3_06-1.25.1
      xen-doc-html-4.1.3_06-1.25.1
      xen-doc-pdf-4.1.3_06-1.25.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.1.3_06-1.25.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.1.3_06-1.25.1
      xen-tools-4.1.3_06-1.25.1
      xen-tools-debuginfo-4.1.3_06-1.25.1

   - openSUSE 12.1 (ia64):

      xen-libs-debuginfo-x86-4.1.3_06-1.25.1
      xen-libs-x86-4.1.3_06-1.25.1

   - openSUSE 12.1 (i586):

      xen-kmp-pae-4.1.3_06_k3.1.10_1.16-1.25.1
      xen-kmp-pae-debuginfo-4.1.3_06_k3.1.10_1.16-1.25.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5510.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5511.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5512.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5513.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5514.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5515.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/777628
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/789940
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/789944
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/789945
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/789948
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/789950
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/789951
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/789988
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/792476

openSUSE: 2012:1687-1: important: xen

December 23, 2012
An update that solves 6 vulnerabilities and has three fixes An update that solves 6 vulnerabilities and has three fixes An update that solves 6 vulnerabilities and has three fixes ...

Description

XEN was updated to fix various denial of service issues. - bnc#789945 - CVE-2012-5510: xen: Grant table version switch list corruption vulnerability (XSA-26) - bnc#789944 - CVE-2012-5511: xen: Several HVM operations do not validate the range of their inputs (XSA-27) - bnc#789940 - CVE-2012-5512: xen: HVMOP_get_mem_access crash / HVMOP_set_mem_access information leak (XSA-28) - bnc#789951 - CVE-2012-5513: xen: XENMEM_exchange may overwrite hypervisor memory (XSA-29) - bnc#789948 - CVE-2012-5514: xen: Missing unlock in guest_physmap_mark_populate_on_demand() (XSA-30) - bnc#789950 - CVE-2012-5515: xen: Several memory hypercall operations allow invalid extent order values (XSA-31) - bnc#789988 - FATAL PAGE FAULT in hypervisor (arch_do_domctl) - Upstream patches from Jan 26132-tmem-save-NULL-check.patch 26134-x86-shadow-invlpg-check.patch 26148-vcpu-timer-overflow.patch (Replaces CVE-2012-4535-xsa20.patch) 26149-x86-p2m-physmap-error-path.patch (Replaces CVE-2012-4537-xsa22.patch) 26150-x86-shadow-unhook-toplevel-check.patch (Replaces CVE-2012-4538-xsa23.patch) - bnc#777628 - guest "disappears" after live migration Updated block-dmmd script - Fix exception in balloon.py and osdep.py xen-max-free-mem.diff - bnc#792476 - efi files missing in latest XEN update Revert c/s 25751 EFI Makefile changes in 23614-x86_64-EFI-boot.patch

 

Patch

Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 12.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-869 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List

- openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64): xen-debugsource-4.1.3_06-1.25.1 xen-devel-4.1.3_06-1.25.1 xen-kmp-default-4.1.3_06_k3.1.10_1.16-1.25.1 xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.1.3_06_k3.1.10_1.16-1.25.1 xen-kmp-desktop-4.1.3_06_k3.1.10_1.16-1.25.1 xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo-4.1.3_06_k3.1.10_1.16-1.25.1 xen-libs-4.1.3_06-1.25.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.1.3_06-1.25.1 xen-tools-domU-4.1.3_06-1.25.1 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.1.3_06-1.25.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (x86_64): xen-4.1.3_06-1.25.1 xen-doc-html-4.1.3_06-1.25.1 xen-doc-pdf-4.1.3_06-1.25.1 xen-libs-32bit-4.1.3_06-1.25.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.1.3_06-1.25.1 xen-tools-4.1.3_06-1.25.1 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.1.3_06-1.25.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (ia64): xen-libs-debuginfo-x86-4.1.3_06-1.25.1 xen-libs-x86-4.1.3_06-1.25.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (i586): xen-kmp-pae-4.1.3_06_k3.1.10_1.16-1.25.1 xen-kmp-pae-debuginfo-4.1.3_06_k3.1.10_1.16-1.25.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5510.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5511.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5512.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5513.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5514.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5515.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/777628 https://bugzilla.novell.com/789940 https://bugzilla.novell.com/789944 https://bugzilla.novell.com/789945 https://bugzilla.novell.com/789948 https://bugzilla.novell.com/789950 https://bugzilla.novell.com/789951 https://bugzilla.novell.com/789988 https://bugzilla.novell.com/792476


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:1687-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 12.1

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