openSUSE Security Update: Security update for xen
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2015:1094-1
Rating:             important
References:         #922709 #931625 #931626 #931627 #931628 #932770 
                    #932790 #932996 
Cross-References:   CVE-2015-2751 CVE-2015-3209 CVE-2015-4103
                    CVE-2015-4104 CVE-2015-4105 CVE-2015-4106
                    CVE-2015-4163 CVE-2015-4164
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 13.1
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   An update that fixes 8 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   Xen was updated to fix eight vulnerabilities.

   The following vulnerabilities were fixed:

   * CVE-2015-2751: Certain domctl operations may be abused to lock up the
     host (XSA-127 boo#922709)
   * CVE-2015-4103: Potential unintended writes to host MSI message data
     field via qemu (XSA-128) (boo#931625)
   * CVE-2015-4104: PCI MSI mask bits inadvertently exposed to guests
     (XSA-129) (boo#931626)
   * CVE-2015-4105: Guest triggerable qemu MSI-X pass-through error messages
     (XSA-130) (boo#931627)
   * CVE-2015-4106: Unmediated PCI register access in qemu (XSA-131)
     (boo#931628)
   * CVE-2015-4163: GNTTABOP_swap_grant_ref operation misbehavior (XSA-134)
     (boo#932790)
   * CVE-2015-3209: heap overflow in qemu pcnet controller allowing guest to
     host escape (XSA-135) (boo#932770)
   * CVE-2015-4164: DoS through iret hypercall handler (XSA-136) (boo#932996)


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-2015-435=1

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):

      xen-debugsource-4.3.4_05-47.1
      xen-devel-4.3.4_05-47.1
      xen-kmp-default-4.3.4_05_k3.11.10_29-47.1
      xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.3.4_05_k3.11.10_29-47.1
      xen-kmp-desktop-4.3.4_05_k3.11.10_29-47.1
      xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo-4.3.4_05_k3.11.10_29-47.1
      xen-libs-4.3.4_05-47.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-4.3.4_05-47.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.3.4_05-47.1
      xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.3.4_05-47.1

   - openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64):

      xen-4.3.4_05-47.1
      xen-doc-html-4.3.4_05-47.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.3.4_05-47.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.3.4_05-47.1
      xen-tools-4.3.4_05-47.1
      xen-tools-debuginfo-4.3.4_05-47.1
      xen-xend-tools-4.3.4_05-47.1
      xen-xend-tools-debuginfo-4.3.4_05-47.1

   - openSUSE 13.1 (i586):

      xen-kmp-pae-4.3.4_05_k3.11.10_29-47.1
      xen-kmp-pae-debuginfo-4.3.4_05_k3.11.10_29-47.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2751.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3209.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4103.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4104.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4105.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4106.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4163.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4164.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/922709
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/931625
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/931626
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/931627
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/931628
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/932770
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/932790
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/932996

openSUSE: 2015:1094-1: important: xen

June 22, 2015
An update that fixes 8 vulnerabilities is now available

Description

Xen was updated to fix eight vulnerabilities. The following vulnerabilities were fixed: * CVE-2015-2751: Certain domctl operations may be abused to lock up the host (XSA-127 boo#922709) * CVE-2015-4103: Potential unintended writes to host MSI message data field via qemu (XSA-128) (boo#931625) * CVE-2015-4104: PCI MSI mask bits inadvertently exposed to guests (XSA-129) (boo#931626) * CVE-2015-4105: Guest triggerable qemu MSI-X pass-through error messages (XSA-130) (boo#931627) * CVE-2015-4106: Unmediated PCI register access in qemu (XSA-131) (boo#931628) * CVE-2015-4163: GNTTABOP_swap_grant_ref operation misbehavior (XSA-134) (boo#932790) * CVE-2015-3209: heap overflow in qemu pcnet controller allowing guest to host escape (XSA-135) (boo#932770) * CVE-2015-4164: DoS through iret hypercall handler (XSA-136) (boo#932996)

 

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-2015-435=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List

- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64): xen-debugsource-4.3.4_05-47.1 xen-devel-4.3.4_05-47.1 xen-kmp-default-4.3.4_05_k3.11.10_29-47.1 xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.3.4_05_k3.11.10_29-47.1 xen-kmp-desktop-4.3.4_05_k3.11.10_29-47.1 xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo-4.3.4_05_k3.11.10_29-47.1 xen-libs-4.3.4_05-47.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.3.4_05-47.1 xen-tools-domU-4.3.4_05-47.1 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.3.4_05-47.1 - openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64): xen-4.3.4_05-47.1 xen-doc-html-4.3.4_05-47.1 xen-libs-32bit-4.3.4_05-47.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.3.4_05-47.1 xen-tools-4.3.4_05-47.1 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.3.4_05-47.1 xen-xend-tools-4.3.4_05-47.1 xen-xend-tools-debuginfo-4.3.4_05-47.1 - openSUSE 13.1 (i586): xen-kmp-pae-4.3.4_05_k3.11.10_29-47.1 xen-kmp-pae-debuginfo-4.3.4_05_k3.11.10_29-47.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2751.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3209.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4103.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4104.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4105.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4106.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4163.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4164.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/922709 https://bugzilla.suse.com/931625 https://bugzilla.suse.com/931626 https://bugzilla.suse.com/931627 https://bugzilla.suse.com/931628 https://bugzilla.suse.com/932770 https://bugzilla.suse.com/932790 https://bugzilla.suse.com/932996


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2015:1094-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.1 .

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