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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5: RHSA-2007:0114-02 Important: Xen Access Risk

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Calendar Grey March 14, 2007
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Patch addresses critical vulnerability in Xen for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Ensure your system is protected by applying the most recent updates.
An updated Xen package to fix one security issue and two bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

230295 - CVE-2007-0998 HVM guest VNC server allows compromise of entire host OS by any VNC console user

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):

SRPMS: 21c113a6005f92e634de2e81e75d8f8b xen-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.src.rpm

i386: e2054068563042541dac3604ef38f736 xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386.rpm 92f7eabd5a9a6f918d83141eb71c7593 xen-libs-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64: e2054068563042541dac3604ef38f736 xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386.rpm 84c732e30dc5967bdd80b270d79b7e21 xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm 92f7eabd5a9a6f918d83141eb71c7593 xen-libs-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386.rpm c460c527934aa3270aa425c5dd15ca66 xen-libs-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm

RHEL Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client):

SRPMS: 21c113a6005f92e634de2e81e75d8f8b xen-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.src.rpm

i386: 572e398fbc504adaae182b3ba040920f xen-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386.rpm e2054068563042541dac3604ef38f736 xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386.rpm 160836bd41a0d666fd7a6289f718c741 xen-devel-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64: 2d5a582377d3874bb25fcc75615cb27a xen-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm e2054068563042541dac3604ef38f736 xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386.rpm 84c732e30dc5967bdd80b270d79b7e21 xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm 160836bd41a0d666fd7a6289f718c741 xen-devel-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386.rpm 2bac7c8ac7e7748385712eaf3755beaf xen-devel-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

SRPMS: 21c113a6005f92e634de2e81e75d8f8b xen-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.src.rpm

i386: e2054068563042541dac3604ef38f736 xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386.rpm 92f7eabd5a9a6f918d83141eb71c7593 xen-libs-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386.rpm

ia64: 7f26965bfa2b601ad1b34bb435c223a0 xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.ia64.rpm b18a6c8850c5a5253d96b02aab29cb7d xen-libs-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.ia64.rpm

x86_64: e2054068563042541dac3604ef38f736 xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386.rpm 84c732e30dc5967bdd80b270d79b7e21 xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm 92f7eabd5a9a6f918d83141eb71c7593 xen-libs-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386.rpm c460c527934aa3270aa425c5dd15ca66 xen-libs-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm

RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server):

SRPMS: 21c113a6005f92e634de2e81e75d8f8b xen-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.src.rpm

i386: 572e398fbc504adaae182b3ba040920f xen-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386.rpm e2054068563042541dac3604ef38f736 xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386.rpm 160836bd41a0d666fd7a6289f718c741 xen-devel-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386.rpm

ia64: b9e42bf5e3afbd84b2e15b1aab7f502d xen-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.ia64.rpm 7f26965bfa2b601ad1b34bb435c223a0 xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.ia64.rpm b36f6d2d4c0c8df85085ce10ba0e854f xen-devel-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.ia64.rpm

x86_64: 2d5a582377d3874bb25fcc75615cb27a xen-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm e2054068563042541dac3604ef38f736 xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386.rpm 84c732e30dc5967bdd80b270d79b7e21 xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm 160836bd41a0d666fd7a6289f718c741 xen-devel-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.i386.rpm 2bac7c8ac7e7748385712eaf3755beaf xen-devel-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

Summary

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update remote access important threat mitigation red hat enterprise xen

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-0998 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2007:0114-02
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0114.html
Issue date: 2007-03-14
Updated on: 2007-03-14
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Keywords: xen qemu console ia64 VTi

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update remote access important threat mitigation red hat enterprise xen

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

RHEL Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, x86_64

RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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