This update for xen fixes several issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5754: Prevent information leaks
via side effects of speculative execution, aka "Spectre" and "Meltdown"
attacks (bsc#1074562, bsc#1068032)
- CVE-2017-15595: x86 PV guest OS users were able to cause a DoS
(unbounded recursion, stack consumption, and hypervisor crash) or
possibly gain privileges via crafted page-table stacking (bsc#1061081)
- CVE-2017-17566: Prevent PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service
(host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges in shadow mode by mapping a
certain auxiliary page (bsc#1070158).
- CVE-2017-17563: Prevent guest OS users to cause a denial of service
(host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging an incorrect
mask for reference-count overflow checking in shadow mode (bsc#1070159).
- CVE-2017-17564: Prevent guest OS users to cause a denial of service
(host...
Read the Full AdvisoryPatch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-169=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):
xen-4.9.1_08-16.1
xen-debugsource-4.9.1_08-16.1
xen-devel-4.9.1_08-16.1
xen-doc-html-4.9.1_08-16.1
xen-libs-4.9.1_08-16.1
xen-libs-debuginfo-4.9.1_08-16.1
xen-tools-4.9.1_08-16.1
xen-tools-debuginfo-4.9.1_08-16.1
xen-tools-domU-4.9.1_08-16.1
xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.9.1_08-16.1
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15595.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17563.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17564.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17565.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17566.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18030.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5753.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5754.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5683.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1027519
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1035442
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1051729
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1061081
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1067317
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068032
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1070158
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1070159
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1070160
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1070163
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1074562
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1076116
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1076180
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