SUSE Security Update: Security update for Xen
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2015:0613-1
Rating:             important
References:         #861318 #882089 #895528 #901488 #903680 #904255 
                    #906996 #910254 #910681 #912011 #918995 #918998 
                    #919098 #919464 #919663 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-3615 CVE-2014-9065 CVE-2014-9066
                    CVE-2015-0361 CVE-2015-2044 CVE-2015-2045
                    CVE-2015-2151 CVE-2015-2152
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
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   An update that solves 8 vulnerabilities and has 7 fixes is
   now available.

Description:


   The XEN hypervisor received updates to fix various security issues and
   bugs.

   The following security issues were fixed:
   - CVE-2015-2151: XSA-123: A hypervisor memory corruption due to x86
     emulator flaw.
   - CVE-2015-2045: XSA-122: Information leak through version information
     hypercall.
   - CVE-2015-2044: XSA-121: Information leak via internal x86 system device
     emulation.
   - CVE-2015-2152: XSA-119: HVM qemu was unexpectedly enabling emulated VGA
     graphics backends.
   - CVE-2014-3615: Information leakage when guest sets high graphics
     resolution.
   - CVE-2015-0361: XSA-116: A xen crash due to use after free on hvm guest
     teardown.
   - CVE-2014-9065, CVE-2014-9066: XSA-114: xen: p2m lock starvation.

   Also the following bugs were fixed:
   - bnc#919098 - XEN blktap device intermittently fails to connect
   - bnc#882089 - Windows 2012 R2 fails to boot up with greater than 60 vcpus
   - bnc#903680 - Problems with detecting free loop devices on Xen guest
     startup
   - bnc#861318 - xentop reports "Found interface vif101.0 but domain 101
     does not exist."
   - Update seabios to rel-1.7.3.1 which is the correct version for Xen 4.4
   - Enhancement to virsh/libvirtd "send-key" command The xen side small fix.
     (FATE#317240)
   - bnc#901488 - Intel ixgbe driver assigns rx/tx queues per core resulting
     in irq problems on servers with a large amount of CPU cores
   - bnc#910254 - SLES11 SP3 Xen VT-d igb NIC doesn't work
   - Add domain_migrate_constraints_set API to Xend's http interface
     (FATE#317239)
   - Restore missing fixes from block-dmmd script
   - bnc#904255 - XEN boot hangs in early boot on UEFI system
   - bsc#912011 - high ping latency after upgrade to latest SLES11SP3 on xen
     Dom0
   - Fix missing banner by restoring the figlet program.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-147=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-147=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-147=1

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (x86_64):

      xen-debugsource-4.4.1_10-9.1
      xen-devel-4.4.1_10-9.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64):

      xen-4.4.1_10-9.1
      xen-debugsource-4.4.1_10-9.1
      xen-doc-html-4.4.1_10-9.1
      xen-kmp-default-4.4.1_10_k3.12.36_38-9.1
      xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.1_10_k3.12.36_38-9.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.4.1_10-9.1
      xen-libs-4.4.1_10-9.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.1_10-9.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.1_10-9.1
      xen-tools-4.4.1_10-9.1
      xen-tools-debuginfo-4.4.1_10-9.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.4.1_10-9.1
      xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.4.1_10-9.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):

      xen-4.4.1_10-9.1
      xen-debugsource-4.4.1_10-9.1
      xen-kmp-default-4.4.1_10_k3.12.36_38-9.1
      xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.1_10_k3.12.36_38-9.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.4.1_10-9.1
      xen-libs-4.4.1_10-9.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.1_10-9.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.1_10-9.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3615.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9065.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9066.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0361.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2044.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2045.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2151.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2152.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/861318
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/882089
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/895528
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/901488
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/903680
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/904255
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/906996
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/910254
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/910681
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/912011
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/918995
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/918998
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/919098
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/919464
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/919663

SuSE: 2015:0613-1: important: Xen

March 27, 2015
An update that solves 8 vulnerabilities and has 7 fixes is An update that solves 8 vulnerabilities and has 7 fixes is An update that solves 8 vulnerabilities and has 7 fixes is now...

Summary

The XEN hypervisor received updates to fix various security issues and bugs. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2015-2151: XSA-123: A hypervisor memory corruption due to x86 emulator flaw. - CVE-2015-2045: XSA-122: Information leak through version information hypercall. - CVE-2015-2044: XSA-121: Information leak via internal x86 system device emulation. - CVE-2015-2152: XSA-119: HVM qemu was unexpectedly enabling emulated VGA graphics backends. - CVE-2014-3615: Information leakage when guest sets high graphics resolution. - CVE-2015-0361: XSA-116: A xen crash due to use after free on hvm guest teardown. - CVE-2014-9065, CVE-2014-9066: XSA-114: xen: p2m lock starvation. Also the following bugs were fixed: - bnc#919098 - XEN blktap device intermittently fails to connect - bnc#882089 - Windows 2012 R2 fails to boot up with greater than 60 vcpus - bnc#903680 - Problems with detecting free loop devices on Xen guest startup - bnc#861318 - xentop reports "Found interface vif101.0 but domain 101 does not exist." - Update seabios to rel-1.7.3.1 which is the correct version for Xen 4.4 - Enhancement to virsh/libvirtd "send-key" command The xen side small fix. (FATE#317240) - bnc#901488 - Intel ixgbe driver assigns rx/tx queues per core resulting in irq problems on servers with a large amount of CPU cores - bnc#910254 - SLES11 SP3 Xen VT-d igb NIC doesn't work - Add domain_migrate_constraints_set API to Xend's http interface (FATE#317239) - Restore missing fixes from block-dmmd script - bnc#904255 - XEN boot hangs in early boot on UEFI system - bsc#912011 - high ping latency after upgrade to latest SLES11SP3 on xen Dom0 - Fix missing banner by restoring the figlet program. Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-147=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-147=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-147=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (x86_64): xen-debugsource-4.4.1_10-9.1 xen-devel-4.4.1_10-9.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64): xen-4.4.1_10-9.1 xen-debugsource-4.4.1_10-9.1 xen-doc-html-4.4.1_10-9.1 xen-kmp-default-4.4.1_10_k3.12.36_38-9.1 xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.1_10_k3.12.36_38-9.1 xen-libs-32bit-4.4.1_10-9.1 xen-libs-4.4.1_10-9.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.1_10-9.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.1_10-9.1 xen-tools-4.4.1_10-9.1 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.4.1_10-9.1 xen-tools-domU-4.4.1_10-9.1 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.4.1_10-9.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64): xen-4.4.1_10-9.1 xen-debugsource-4.4.1_10-9.1 xen-kmp-default-4.4.1_10_k3.12.36_38-9.1 xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.1_10_k3.12.36_38-9.1 xen-libs-32bit-4.4.1_10-9.1 xen-libs-4.4.1_10-9.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.1_10-9.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.1_10-9.1

References

#861318 #882089 #895528 #901488 #903680 #904255

#906996 #910254 #910681 #912011 #918995 #918998

#919098 #919464 #919663

Cross- CVE-2014-3615 CVE-2014-9065 CVE-2014-9066

CVE-2015-0361 CVE-2015-2044 CVE-2015-2045

CVE-2015-2151 CVE-2015-2152

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3615.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9065.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9066.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0361.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2044.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2045.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2151.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2152.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/861318

https://bugzilla.suse.com/882089

https://bugzilla.suse.com/895528

https://bugzilla.suse.com/901488

https://bugzilla.suse.com/903680

https://bugzilla.suse.com/904255

https://bugzilla.suse.com/906996

https://bugzilla.suse.com/910254

https://bugzilla.suse.com/910681

https://bugzilla.suse.com/912011

https://bugzilla.suse.com/918995

https://bugzilla.suse.com/918998

https://bugzilla.suse.com/919098

https://bugzilla.suse.com/919464

https://bugzilla.suse.com/919663

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0613-1
Rating: important

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