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SUSE 11 SP2: SUSE-SU-2012:1132-1 Important: Xen DoS Fixes

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Calendar Grey September 7, 2012
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The recent Xen security patch resolves 5 critical vulnerabilities impacting SUSE systems. Make sure your installation is current.
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Summary

XEN was updated 4.1.3 to fix multiple bugs and security issues. The following security issues have been fixed: * CVE-2012-3494: xen: hypercall set_debugreg vulnerability (XSA-12) * CVE-2012-3495: xen: hypercall physdev_get_free_pirq vulnerability (XSA-13) * CVE-2012-3496: xen: XENMEM_populate_physmap DoS vulnerability (XSA-14) * CVE-2012-3498: xen: PHYSDEVOP_map_pirq index vulnerability (XSA-16) * CVE-2012-3515: xen: Qemu VT100 emulation vulnerability (XSA-17) Also the following bugs have been fixed: * pvscsi support of attaching Luns - bnc#776995 The following related bugs in vm-install 0.5.12 have been fixed: * bnc#776300 - vm-install does not pass --extra-args in --upgrade * Add for support Open Enterprise Server 11 * Add support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue software update DoS SUSE Xen

References

#776300 #776995 #777084 #777086 #777088 #777090

#777091

Cross- CVE-2012-3494 CVE-2012-3495 CVE-2012-3496

CVE-2012-3498 CVE-2012-3515

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3494.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3495.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3496.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3498.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3515.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1132-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue software update DoS SUSE Xen

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