openSUSE Security Update: Security update for xen
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2015:2003-1
Rating:             important
References:         #877642 #901488 #907514 #910258 #918984 #923967 
                    #925466 #932267 #935634 #938344 #939709 #939712 
                    #944463 #944697 #945167 #947165 #949138 #950367 
                    #950703 #950705 #950706 #951845 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-0222 CVE-2015-3259 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 13.2
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   An update that solves 13 vulnerabilities and has 9 fixes is
   now available.

Description:

   xen was updated to fix 12 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-2015-5154: Host code execution via IDE subsystem CD-ROM (bsc#938344).
   - CVE-2015-3259: xl command line config handling stack overflow
     (bsc#935634).

   These non-security issues were fixed:
   - bsc#907514: Bus fatal error and sles12 sudden reboot has been observed
   - bsc#910258: SLES12 Xen host crashes with FATAL NMI after shutdown of
     guest with VT-d NIC
   - bsc#918984: Bus fatal error and sles11-SP4 sudden reboot has been
     observed
   - bsc#923967: Partner-L3: Bus fatal error and sles11-SP3 sudden reboot has
     been observed
   - bsc#901488: Intel ixgbe driver assigns rx/tx queues per core resulting
     in irq problems on servers with a large amount of CPU cores
   - bsc#945167: Running command xl pci-assignable-add 03:10.1 secondly show
     errors   - bsc#949138: Setting vcpu affinity under Xen causes libvirtd abort
   - bsc#944463: VUL-0: CVE-2015-5239: qemu-kvm: Integer overflow in
     vnc_client_read() and protocol_client_msg()
   - bsc#944697: VUL-1: CVE-2015-6815: qemu: net: e1000: infinite loop issue
   - bsc#925466: Kdump does not work in a XEN environment


Patch Instructions:

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

   - openSUSE 13.2:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-750=1

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):

      xen-debugsource-4.4.3_02-30.1
      xen-devel-4.4.3_02-30.1
      xen-libs-4.4.3_02-30.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.3_02-30.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.4.3_02-30.1
      xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.4.3_02-30.1

   - openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64):

      xen-4.4.3_02-30.1
      xen-doc-html-4.4.3_02-30.1
      xen-kmp-default-4.4.3_02_k3.16.7_29-30.1
      xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.3_02_k3.16.7_29-30.1
      xen-kmp-desktop-4.4.3_02_k3.16.7_29-30.1
      xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo-4.4.3_02_k3.16.7_29-30.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.4.3_02-30.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.3_02-30.1
      xen-tools-4.4.3_02-30.1
      xen-tools-debuginfo-4.4.3_02-30.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0222.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3259.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/901488
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/907514
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/910258
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/918984
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/923967
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/925466
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/932267
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/935634
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/938344
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/939709
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/939712
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/944463
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/944697
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/945167
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/947165
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/949138
   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: 2015:2003-1: important: xen

November 17, 2015
An update that solves 13 vulnerabilities and has 9 fixes is An update that solves 13 vulnerabilities and has 9 fixes is An update that solves 13 vulnerabilities and has 9 fixes is ...

Description

xen was updated to fix 12 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-2015-5154: Host code execution via IDE subsystem CD-ROM (bsc#938344). - CVE-2015-3259: xl command line config handling stack overflow (bsc#935634). These non-security issues were fixed: - bsc#907514: Bus fatal error and sles12 sudden reboot has been observed - bsc#910258: SLES12 Xen host crashes with FATAL NMI after shutdown of guest with VT-d NIC - bsc#918984: Bus fatal error and sles11-SP4 sudden reboot has been observed - bsc#923967: Partner-L3: Bus fatal error and sles11-SP3 sudden reboot has been observed - bsc#901488: Intel ixgbe driver assigns rx/tx queues per core resulting in irq problems on servers with a large amount of CPU cores - bsc#945167: Running command xl pci-assignable-add 03:10.1 secondly show errors - bsc#949138: Setting vcpu affinity under Xen causes libvirtd abort - bsc#944463: VUL-0: CVE-2015-5239: qemu-kvm: Integer overflow in vnc_client_read() and protocol_client_msg() - bsc#944697: VUL-1: CVE-2015-6815: qemu: net: e1000: infinite loop issue - bsc#925466: Kdump does not work in a XEN environment

 

Patch

Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 13.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-750=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List

- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64): xen-debugsource-4.4.3_02-30.1 xen-devel-4.4.3_02-30.1 xen-libs-4.4.3_02-30.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.3_02-30.1 xen-tools-domU-4.4.3_02-30.1 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.4.3_02-30.1 - openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64): xen-4.4.3_02-30.1 xen-doc-html-4.4.3_02-30.1 xen-kmp-default-4.4.3_02_k3.16.7_29-30.1 xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.3_02_k3.16.7_29-30.1 xen-kmp-desktop-4.4.3_02_k3.16.7_29-30.1 xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo-4.4.3_02_k3.16.7_29-30.1 xen-libs-32bit-4.4.3_02-30.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.3_02-30.1 xen-tools-4.4.3_02-30.1 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.4.3_02-30.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0222.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3259.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/901488 https://bugzilla.suse.com/907514 https://bugzilla.suse.com/910258 https://bugzilla.suse.com/918984 https://bugzilla.suse.com/923967 https://bugzilla.suse.com/925466 https://bugzilla.suse.com/932267 https://bugzilla.suse.com/935634 https://bugzilla.suse.com/938344 https://bugzilla.suse.com/939709 https://bugzilla.suse.com/939712 https://bugzilla.suse.com/944463 https://bugzilla.suse.com/944697 https://bugzilla.suse.com/945167 https://bugzilla.suse.com/947165 https://bugzilla.suse.com/949138 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-2015:2003-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.2

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