SUSE: 2015:1421-1 Critical: Xen Code Execution And Memory Leak
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August 21, 2015
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
Xen was updated to fix the following security issues: * CVE-2015-5154: Host code execution via IDE subsystem CD-ROM (bsc#938344) * CVE-2015-5165: QEMU leak of uninitialized heap memory in rtl8139 device model (XSA-140, bsc#939712) 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 Server 11-SP1-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp1-xen-12039=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP1: zypper in -t patch dbgsp1-xen-12039=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP1-LTSS (i586 x86_64): xen-4.0.3_21548_18-29.1 xen-doc-html-4.0.3_21548_18-29.1 xen-doc-pdf-4.0.3_21548_18-29.1
Topics Covered
References
#938344 #939712
Cross- CVE-2015-5154 CVE-2015-5165
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP1-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP1
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5154.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5165.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/938344
https://bugzilla.suse.com/939712
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1421-1
Rating: important
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