openSUSE Security Update: Security update for xen
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2015:0983-1
Rating:             important
References:         #927967 #929339 
Cross-References:   CVE-2015-3340 CVE-2015-3456
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 13.1
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   An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


   The XEN hypervisor was updated to fix two security issues:

   - Fixed a buffer overflow in the floppy drive emulation, which could be
     used to denial of service attacks or potential code execution against
     the host. (CVE-2015-3456)
   - Xen did not initialize certain fields, which allowed certain remote
     service domains to obtain sensitive information from memory via a (1)
     XEN_DOMCTL_gettscinfo or (2) XEN_SYSCTL_getdomaininfolist request.
     (CVE-2015-3340)


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-2015-391=1

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):

      xen-debugsource-4.3.4_04-44.1
      xen-devel-4.3.4_04-44.1
      xen-kmp-default-4.3.4_04_k3.11.10_29-44.1
      xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.3.4_04_k3.11.10_29-44.1
      xen-kmp-desktop-4.3.4_04_k3.11.10_29-44.1
      xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo-4.3.4_04_k3.11.10_29-44.1
      xen-libs-4.3.4_04-44.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-4.3.4_04-44.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.3.4_04-44.1
      xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.3.4_04-44.1

   - openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64):

      xen-4.3.4_04-44.1
      xen-doc-html-4.3.4_04-44.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.3.4_04-44.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.3.4_04-44.1
      xen-tools-4.3.4_04-44.1
      xen-tools-debuginfo-4.3.4_04-44.1
      xen-xend-tools-4.3.4_04-44.1
      xen-xend-tools-debuginfo-4.3.4_04-44.1

   - openSUSE 13.1 (i586):

      xen-kmp-pae-4.3.4_04_k3.11.10_29-44.1
      xen-kmp-pae-debuginfo-4.3.4_04_k3.11.10_29-44.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3340.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3456.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/927967
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/929339

openSUSE: 2015:0983-1: important: xen

June 2, 2015
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Description

The XEN hypervisor was updated to fix two security issues: - Fixed a buffer overflow in the floppy drive emulation, which could be used to denial of service attacks or potential code execution against the host. (CVE-2015-3456) - Xen did not initialize certain fields, which allowed certain remote service domains to obtain sensitive information from memory via a (1) XEN_DOMCTL_gettscinfo or (2) XEN_SYSCTL_getdomaininfolist request. (CVE-2015-3340)

 

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-2015-391=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List

- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64): xen-debugsource-4.3.4_04-44.1 xen-devel-4.3.4_04-44.1 xen-kmp-default-4.3.4_04_k3.11.10_29-44.1 xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.3.4_04_k3.11.10_29-44.1 xen-kmp-desktop-4.3.4_04_k3.11.10_29-44.1 xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo-4.3.4_04_k3.11.10_29-44.1 xen-libs-4.3.4_04-44.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.3.4_04-44.1 xen-tools-domU-4.3.4_04-44.1 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.3.4_04-44.1 - openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64): xen-4.3.4_04-44.1 xen-doc-html-4.3.4_04-44.1 xen-libs-32bit-4.3.4_04-44.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.3.4_04-44.1 xen-tools-4.3.4_04-44.1 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.3.4_04-44.1 xen-xend-tools-4.3.4_04-44.1 xen-xend-tools-debuginfo-4.3.4_04-44.1 - openSUSE 13.1 (i586): xen-kmp-pae-4.3.4_04_k3.11.10_29-44.1 xen-kmp-pae-debuginfo-4.3.4_04_k3.11.10_29-44.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3340.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3456.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/927967 https://bugzilla.suse.com/929339


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2015:0983-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.1 .

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