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openSUSE 13.2: 2016:0995-1 Critical: Xen Buffer Overflow & DoS

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Description

xen was updated to version 4.4.4 to fix 33 security issues.

These security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2016-2392: NULL pointer dereference in remote NDIS control message

handling (bsc#967012).

- CVE-2015-5239: Integer overflow in vnc_client_read() and

protocol_client_msg() (bsc#944463).

- CVE-2016-2270: Xen allowed local guest administrators to cause a denial

of service (host reboot) via vectors related to multiple mappings of

MMIO pages with different cachability settings (boo#965315).

- CVE-2016-2538: Integer overflow in remote NDIS control message handling

(bsc#967969).

- CVE-2015-7512: Buffer overflow in the pcnet_receive function in

hw/net/pcnet.c, when a guest NIC has a larger MTU, allowed remote

attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or execute

arbitrary code via a large packet (boo#962360).

- CVE-2014-3689: The vmware-vga driver (hw/display/vmware_vga.c) allowed

local guest users to write to...

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Topics Covered

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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-2016-439=1

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

Package List

- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):

xen-debugsource-4.4.4_02-43.1

xen-devel-4.4.4_02-43.1

xen-libs-4.4.4_02-43.1

xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.4_02-43.1

xen-tools-domU-4.4.4_02-43.1

xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.4.4_02-43.1

- openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64):

xen-4.4.4_02-43.1

xen-doc-html-4.4.4_02-43.1

xen-kmp-default-4.4.4_02_k3.16.7_35-43.1

xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.4_02_k3.16.7_35-43.1

xen-kmp-desktop-4.4.4_02_k3.16.7_35-43.1

xen-kmp-desktop-debuginfo-4.4.4_02_k3.16.7_35-43.1

xen-libs-32bit-4.4.4_02-43.1

xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.4_02-43.1

xen-tools-4.4.4_02-43.1

xen-tools-debuginfo-4.4.4_02-43.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4529.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4530.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4533.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4534.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4537.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4538.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4539.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0222.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3689.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7815.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9718.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1779.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5239.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5278.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6815.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6855.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7512.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8345.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8613.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:0995-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.2 .

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