openSUSE Security Update: xen: security and bugfix update
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2014:1281-1
Rating:             important
References:         #798770 #820873 #842006 #864801 #865682 #875668 
                    #878841 #880751 #882127 #895798 #895799 #895802 
                    #896023 #897657 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-4344 CVE-2013-4540 CVE-2014-3124
                    CVE-2014-3967 CVE-2014-3968 CVE-2014-4021
                    CVE-2014-7154 CVE-2014-7155 CVE-2014-7156
                    CVE-2014-7188
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 13.1
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   An update that solves 10 vulnerabilities and has four fixes
   is now available.

Description:


   XEN was updated to fix security issues and bugs.

   Security issues fixed:
   - bnc#897657 - CVE-2014-7188: XSA-108 Improper MSR range used for x2APIC
     emulation
   - bnc#895802 - CVE-2014-7156: XSA-106: Missing privilege level checks in
     x86 emulation of software interrupts
   - bnc#895799 - CVE-2014-7155: XSA-105: Missing privilege level checks in
     x86 HLT, LGDT, LIDT, and LMSW emulation
   - bnc#895798 - CVE-2014-7154: XSA-104: Race condition in
     HVMOP_track_dirty_vram
   - bnc#864801 - CVE-2013-4540: qemu: zaurus: buffer overrun on invalid
     state load
   - bnc#875668 - CVE-2014-3124: XSA-92: HVMOP_set_mem_type allows invalid
     P2M entries to be created
   - bnc#878841 - CVE-2014-3967, CVE-2014-3968: XSA-96: Xen: Vulnerabilities
     in HVM MSI injection
   - bnc#880751 - CVE-2014-4021: XSA-100: Hypervisor heap contents leaked to
     guests
   - bnc#842006 - CVE-2013-4344: XSA-65: xen: qemu SCSI REPORT LUNS buffer
     overflow

   Other bugs fixed:
   - bnc#896023 - Adjust xentop column layout
   - bnc#820873 - The "long" option doesn't work with "xl list"
   - bnc#882127 - Xen kernel panics on booting SLES12 Beta 8
   - bnc#865682 - Local attach support for PHY backends using scripts
   - bnc#798770 - Improve multipath support for npiv devices


Patch Instructions:

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

   - openSUSE 13.1:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-580

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):

      xen-debugsource-4.3.2_02-27.1
      xen-devel-4.3.2_02-27.1
      xen-kmp-default-4.3.2_02_k3.11.10_21-27.1
      xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.3.2_02_k3.11.10_21-27.1
      xen-kmp-desktop-4.3.2_02_k3.11.10_21-27.1
      xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo-4.3.2_02_k3.11.10_21-27.1
      xen-libs-4.3.2_02-27.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-4.3.2_02-27.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.3.2_02-27.1
      xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.3.2_02-27.1

   - openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64):

      xen-4.3.2_02-27.1
      xen-doc-html-4.3.2_02-27.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.3.2_02-27.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.3.2_02-27.1
      xen-tools-4.3.2_02-27.1
      xen-tools-debuginfo-4.3.2_02-27.1
      xen-xend-tools-4.3.2_02-27.1
      xen-xend-tools-debuginfo-4.3.2_02-27.1

   - openSUSE 13.1 (i586):

      xen-kmp-pae-4.3.2_02_k3.11.10_21-27.1
      xen-kmp-pae-debuginfo-4.3.2_02_k3.11.10_21-27.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4344.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4540.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3124.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3967.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3968.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4021.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7154.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7155.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7156.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7188.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798770
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820873
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=842006
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864801
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865682
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875668
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=878841
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880751
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882127
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895798
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895799
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895802
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=896023
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=897657

openSUSE: 2014:1281-1: important: xen

October 9, 2014
An update that solves 10 vulnerabilities and has four fixes An update that solves 10 vulnerabilities and has four fixes An update that solves 10 vulnerabilities and has four fixes ...

Description

XEN was updated to fix security issues and bugs. Security issues fixed: - bnc#897657 - CVE-2014-7188: XSA-108 Improper MSR range used for x2APIC emulation - bnc#895802 - CVE-2014-7156: XSA-106: Missing privilege level checks in x86 emulation of software interrupts - bnc#895799 - CVE-2014-7155: XSA-105: Missing privilege level checks in x86 HLT, LGDT, LIDT, and LMSW emulation - bnc#895798 - CVE-2014-7154: XSA-104: Race condition in HVMOP_track_dirty_vram - bnc#864801 - CVE-2013-4540: qemu: zaurus: buffer overrun on invalid state load - bnc#875668 - CVE-2014-3124: XSA-92: HVMOP_set_mem_type allows invalid P2M entries to be created - bnc#878841 - CVE-2014-3967, CVE-2014-3968: XSA-96: Xen: Vulnerabilities in HVM MSI injection - bnc#880751 - CVE-2014-4021: XSA-100: Hypervisor heap contents leaked to guests - bnc#842006 - CVE-2013-4344: XSA-65: xen: qemu SCSI REPORT LUNS buffer overflow Other bugs fixed: - bnc#896023 - Adjust xentop column layout - bnc#820873 - The "long" option doesn't work with "xl list" - bnc#882127 - Xen kernel panics on booting SLES12 Beta 8 - bnc#865682 - Local attach support for PHY backends using scripts - bnc#798770 - Improve multipath support for npiv devices

 

Patch

Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 13.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-580 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List

- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64): xen-debugsource-4.3.2_02-27.1 xen-devel-4.3.2_02-27.1 xen-kmp-default-4.3.2_02_k3.11.10_21-27.1 xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.3.2_02_k3.11.10_21-27.1 xen-kmp-desktop-4.3.2_02_k3.11.10_21-27.1 xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo-4.3.2_02_k3.11.10_21-27.1 xen-libs-4.3.2_02-27.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.3.2_02-27.1 xen-tools-domU-4.3.2_02-27.1 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.3.2_02-27.1 - openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64): xen-4.3.2_02-27.1 xen-doc-html-4.3.2_02-27.1 xen-libs-32bit-4.3.2_02-27.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.3.2_02-27.1 xen-tools-4.3.2_02-27.1 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.3.2_02-27.1 xen-xend-tools-4.3.2_02-27.1 xen-xend-tools-debuginfo-4.3.2_02-27.1 - openSUSE 13.1 (i586): xen-kmp-pae-4.3.2_02_k3.11.10_21-27.1 xen-kmp-pae-debuginfo-4.3.2_02_k3.11.10_21-27.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4344.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4540.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3124.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3967.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3968.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4021.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7154.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7155.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7156.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7188.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798770 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820873 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=842006 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864801 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865682 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875668 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=878841 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880751 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882127 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895798 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895799 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895802 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=896023 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=897657


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2014:1281-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.1

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