openSUSE Security Update: Security update for xen
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2015:1964-1
Rating:             important
References:         #877642 #932267 #938344 #939709 #939712 #941074 
                    #944463 #944697 #947165 #950367 #950703 #950705 
                    #950706 #951845 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-0222 CVE-2015-4037 CVE-2015-5154
                    CVE-2015-5165 CVE-2015-5166 CVE-2015-5239
                    CVE-2015-6815 CVE-2015-7311 CVE-2015-7835
                    CVE-2015-7969 CVE-2015-7971 CVE-2015-7972
                   
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 13.1
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   An update that solves 12 vulnerabilities and has two fixes
   is now available.

Description:

   xen was updated to fix 13 security issues.

   These security issues were fixed:
   - CVE-2015-7972: Populate-on-demand balloon size inaccuracy can crash
     guests (bsc#951845).
   - CVE-2015-7969: Leak of main per-domain vcpu pointer array (DoS)
     (bsc#950703).
   - CVE-2015-7969: Leak of per-domain profiling-related vcpu pointer array
     (DoS) (bsc#950705).
   - CVE-2015-7971: Some pmu and profiling hypercalls log without rate
     limiting (bsc#950706).
   - CVE-2015-4037: Insecure temporary file use in /net/slirp.c (bsc#932267).
   - CVE-2014-0222: Validate L2 table size to avoid integer overflows
     (bsc#877642).
   - CVE-2015-7835: Uncontrolled creation of large page mappings by PV guests
     (bsc#950367).
   - CVE-2015-7311: libxl fails to honour readonly flag on disks with
     qemu-xen (bsc#947165).
   - CVE-2015-5165: QEMU leak of uninitialized heap memory in rtl8139 device
     model (bsc#939712).
   - CVE-2015-5166: Use after free in QEMU/Xen block unplug protocol
     (bsc#939709).
   - CVE-2015-5239: Integer overflow in vnc_client_read() and
     protocol_client_msg() (bsc#944463).
   - CVE-2015-6815: e1000: infinite loop issue (bsc#944697).
   - CVE-2015-5154: Host code execution via IDE subsystem CD-ROM (bsc#938344).

   This non-security issues was fixed:
   - bsc#941074: VmError: Device 51728 (vbd) could not be connected. Hotplug
     scripts not working.


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-2015-729=1

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):

      xen-debugsource-4.3.4_06-50.1
      xen-devel-4.3.4_06-50.1
      xen-kmp-default-4.3.4_06_k3.11.10_29-50.1
      xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.3.4_06_k3.11.10_29-50.1
      xen-kmp-desktop-4.3.4_06_k3.11.10_29-50.1
      xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo-4.3.4_06_k3.11.10_29-50.1
      xen-libs-4.3.4_06-50.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-4.3.4_06-50.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.3.4_06-50.1
      xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.3.4_06-50.1

   - openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64):

      xen-4.3.4_06-50.1
      xen-doc-html-4.3.4_06-50.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.3.4_06-50.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.3.4_06-50.1
      xen-tools-4.3.4_06-50.1
      xen-tools-debuginfo-4.3.4_06-50.1
      xen-xend-tools-4.3.4_06-50.1
      xen-xend-tools-debuginfo-4.3.4_06-50.1

   - openSUSE 13.1 (i586):

      xen-kmp-pae-4.3.4_06_k3.11.10_29-50.1
      xen-kmp-pae-debuginfo-4.3.4_06_k3.11.10_29-50.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0222.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4037.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5154.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5165.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5166.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5239.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6815.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7311.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7835.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7969.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7971.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7972.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/877642
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/932267
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/938344
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/939709
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/939712
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/941074
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/944463
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/944697
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/947165
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/950367
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/950703
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/950705
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/950706
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/951845

openSUSE: 2015:1964-1: important: xen

November 12, 2015
An update that solves 12 vulnerabilities and has two fixes An update that solves 12 vulnerabilities and has two fixes An update that solves 12 vulnerabilities and has two fixes is ...

Description

xen was updated to fix 13 security issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2015-7972: Populate-on-demand balloon size inaccuracy can crash guests (bsc#951845). - CVE-2015-7969: Leak of main per-domain vcpu pointer array (DoS) (bsc#950703). - CVE-2015-7969: Leak of per-domain profiling-related vcpu pointer array (DoS) (bsc#950705). - CVE-2015-7971: Some pmu and profiling hypercalls log without rate limiting (bsc#950706). - CVE-2015-4037: Insecure temporary file use in /net/slirp.c (bsc#932267). - CVE-2014-0222: Validate L2 table size to avoid integer overflows (bsc#877642). - CVE-2015-7835: Uncontrolled creation of large page mappings by PV guests (bsc#950367). - CVE-2015-7311: libxl fails to honour readonly flag on disks with qemu-xen (bsc#947165). - CVE-2015-5165: QEMU leak of uninitialized heap memory in rtl8139 device model (bsc#939712). - CVE-2015-5166: Use after free in QEMU/Xen block unplug protocol (bsc#939709). - CVE-2015-5239: Integer overflow in vnc_client_read() and protocol_client_msg() (bsc#944463). - CVE-2015-6815: e1000: infinite loop issue (bsc#944697). - CVE-2015-5154: Host code execution via IDE subsystem CD-ROM (bsc#938344). This non-security issues was fixed: - bsc#941074: VmError: Device 51728 (vbd) could not be connected. Hotplug scripts not working.

 

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-2015-729=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List

- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64): xen-debugsource-4.3.4_06-50.1 xen-devel-4.3.4_06-50.1 xen-kmp-default-4.3.4_06_k3.11.10_29-50.1 xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.3.4_06_k3.11.10_29-50.1 xen-kmp-desktop-4.3.4_06_k3.11.10_29-50.1 xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo-4.3.4_06_k3.11.10_29-50.1 xen-libs-4.3.4_06-50.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.3.4_06-50.1 xen-tools-domU-4.3.4_06-50.1 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.3.4_06-50.1 - openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64): xen-4.3.4_06-50.1 xen-doc-html-4.3.4_06-50.1 xen-libs-32bit-4.3.4_06-50.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.3.4_06-50.1 xen-tools-4.3.4_06-50.1 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.3.4_06-50.1 xen-xend-tools-4.3.4_06-50.1 xen-xend-tools-debuginfo-4.3.4_06-50.1 - openSUSE 13.1 (i586): xen-kmp-pae-4.3.4_06_k3.11.10_29-50.1 xen-kmp-pae-debuginfo-4.3.4_06_k3.11.10_29-50.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0222.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4037.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5154.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5165.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5166.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5239.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6815.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7311.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7835.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7969.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7971.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7972.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/877642 https://bugzilla.suse.com/932267 https://bugzilla.suse.com/938344 https://bugzilla.suse.com/939709 https://bugzilla.suse.com/939712 https://bugzilla.suse.com/941074 https://bugzilla.suse.com/944463 https://bugzilla.suse.com/944697 https://bugzilla.suse.com/947165 https://bugzilla.suse.com/950367 https://bugzilla.suse.com/950703 https://bugzilla.suse.com/950705 https://bugzilla.suse.com/950706 https://bugzilla.suse.com/951845


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2015:1964-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.1

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