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SUSE: 2017:1058-1 Critical: Xen Denial of Service and Memory Flaws

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Calendar Grey April 19, 2017
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OpenSUSE Security Update for kernel addresses major vulnerabilities. Key details outlined.
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for xen fixes the following security issues: - CVE-2017-7228: Broken check in memory_exchange() permited PV guest breakout (bsc#1030442). - CVE-2017-6414: Memory leak in the vcard_apdu_new function in card_7816.c in libcacard allowed local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via vectors related to allocating a new APDU object (bsc#1027570). - CVE-2017-6505: The ohci_service_ed_list function in hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c allowed local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving the number of link endpoint list descriptors (bsc#1028235). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5:

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service memory leak SUSE xen

References

#1027570 #1028235 #1030442

Cross- CVE-2017-6414 CVE-2017-6505 CVE-2017-7228

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5

SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1

SUSE Manager 2.1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6414.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6505.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7228.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1027570

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1028235

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1030442

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1058-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service memory leak SUSE xen

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