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SUSE 12-SP1: 2016:3083-1 Important: Xen Issues Resolved

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Calendar Grey December 12, 2016
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has rolled out updates to tackle security concerns in xen, successfully remedying 19 vulnerabilities, leading to enhanced stability.
An update that fixes 19 vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for xen to version 4.5.5 fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2016-9637: ioport array overflow allowing a malicious guest administrator can escalate their privilege to that of the host (bsc#1011652) - CVE-2016-9386: x86 null segments were not always treated as unusable allowing an unprivileged guest user program to elevate its privilege to that of the guest operating system. Exploit of this vulnerability is easy on Intel and more complicated on AMD (bsc#1009100) - CVE-2016-9382: x86 task switch to VM86 mode was mis-handled, allowing a unprivileged guest process to escalate its privilege to that of the guest operating system on AMD hardware. On Intel hardware a malicious unprivileged guest process can crash the guest (bsc#1009103)

References

#1000106 #1003030 #1003032 #1003870 #1004016

#1005004 #1005005 #1007157 #1007160 #1009100

#1009103 #1009104 #1009107 #1009108 #1009109

#1009111 #1011652

Cross- CVE-2016-7777 CVE-2016-7908 CVE-2016-7909

CVE-2016-7995 CVE-2016-8576 CVE-2016-8667

CVE-2016-8669 CVE-2016-8909 CVE-2016-8910

CVE-2016-9377 CVE-2016-9378 CVE-2016-9379

CVE-2016-9380 CVE-2016-9381 CVE-2016-9382

CVE-2016-9383 CVE-2016-9385 CVE-2016-9386

CVE-2016-9637

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7777.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7908.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7909.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:3083-1
Rating: important

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