openSUSE Security Update: xen to fix various denial of service issues
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2013:0133-1
Rating:             important
References:         #789940 #789944 #789945 #789948 #789950 #789951 
                    
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-5510 CVE-2012-5511 CVE-2012-5512
                    CVE-2012-5513 CVE-2012-5514 CVE-2012-5515
                   
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.4/standard/i586/patchinfo.32
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   An update that fixes 6 vulnerabilities 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)


Patch Instructions:

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

   - openSUSE 11.4/standard/i586/patchinfo.32:

      zypper in -t patch 2012-25

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE 11.4/standard/i586/patchinfo.32 (i586 x86_64):

      xen-4.0.3_05-49.1
      xen-debugsource-4.0.3_05-49.1
      xen-devel-4.0.3_05-49.1
      xen-doc-html-4.0.3_05-49.1
      xen-doc-pdf-4.0.3_05-49.1
      xen-kmp-default-4.0.3_05_k2.6.37.6_24-49.1
      xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.0.3_05_k2.6.37.6_24-49.1
      xen-kmp-desktop-4.0.3_05_k2.6.37.6_24-49.1
      xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo-4.0.3_05_k2.6.37.6_24-49.1
      xen-libs-4.0.3_05-49.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-4.0.3_05-49.1
      xen-tools-4.0.3_05-49.1
      xen-tools-debuginfo-4.0.3_05-49.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.0.3_05-49.1
      xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.0.3_05-49.1

   - openSUSE 11.4/standard/i586/patchinfo.32 (i586):

      xen-kmp-pae-4.0.3_05_k2.6.37.6_24-49.1
      xen-kmp-pae-debuginfo-4.0.3_05_k2.6.37.6_24-49.1


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/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

openSUSE: 2013:0133-1: important: xen

January 23, 2013
An update that fixes 6 vulnerabilities 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)

 

Patch

Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4/standard/i586/patchinfo.32: zypper in -t patch 2012-25 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List

- openSUSE 11.4/standard/i586/patchinfo.32 (i586 x86_64): xen-4.0.3_05-49.1 xen-debugsource-4.0.3_05-49.1 xen-devel-4.0.3_05-49.1 xen-doc-html-4.0.3_05-49.1 xen-doc-pdf-4.0.3_05-49.1 xen-kmp-default-4.0.3_05_k2.6.37.6_24-49.1 xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.0.3_05_k2.6.37.6_24-49.1 xen-kmp-desktop-4.0.3_05_k2.6.37.6_24-49.1 xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo-4.0.3_05_k2.6.37.6_24-49.1 xen-libs-4.0.3_05-49.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.0.3_05-49.1 xen-tools-4.0.3_05-49.1 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.0.3_05-49.1 xen-tools-domU-4.0.3_05-49.1 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.0.3_05-49.1 - openSUSE 11.4/standard/i586/patchinfo.32 (i586): xen-kmp-pae-4.0.3_05_k2.6.37.6_24-49.1 xen-kmp-pae-debuginfo-4.0.3_05_k2.6.37.6_24-49.1


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/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


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2013:0133-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4/standard/i586/patchinfo.32 .

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