openSUSE Security Update: Security update for xen
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2020:0818-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1027519 #1157490 #1167007 #1172205 
Cross-References:   CVE-2020-0543
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Leap 15.1
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has three fixes
   is now available.

Description:

   This update for xen to version 4.12.3 fixes the following issues:

   - CVE-2020-0543: Fixed a side channel attack against special registers     which could have resulted in leaking of read values to cores other than
     the one which called it. This attack is known as Special Register Buffer
     Data Sampling (SRBDS) or "CrossTalk" (bsc#1172205).
   - Added support for new 64bit libxl memory API (bsc#1167007 and
     bsc#1157490).

   This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE Leap 15.1:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-818=1



Package List:

   - openSUSE Leap 15.1 (i586 x86_64):

      xen-debugsource-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2
      xen-devel-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2
      xen-libs-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2
      xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2
      xen-tools-domU-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2
      xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2

   - openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

      xen-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2
      xen-doc-html-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2
      xen-libs-32bit-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2
      xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2
      xen-tools-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2
      xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-0543.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1027519
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1157490
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1167007
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1172205

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openSUSE: 2020:0818-1: important: xen

June 16, 2020
An update that solves one vulnerability and has three fixes is now available.

Description

This update for xen to version 4.12.3 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-0543: Fixed a side channel attack against special registers which could have resulted in leaking of read values to cores other than the one which called it. This attack is known as Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) or "CrossTalk" (bsc#1172205). - Added support for new 64bit libxl memory API (bsc#1167007 and bsc#1157490). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.

 

Patch

Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Leap 15.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-818=1


Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (i586 x86_64): xen-debugsource-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2 xen-devel-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2 xen-libs-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2 xen-tools-domU-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2 - openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64): xen-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2 xen-doc-html-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2 xen-libs-32bit-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2 xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2 xen-tools-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.3_02-lp151.2.18.2


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-0543.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1027519 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1157490 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1167007 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1172205--


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0818-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1 le.

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