SUSE Security Update: Security update for xen
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2018:1216-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1027519 #1086039 #1089152 #1089635 #1090820 
                    #1090822 #1090823 
Cross-References:   CVE-2018-10471 CVE-2018-10472 CVE-2018-8897
                   
Affected Products:
                    SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS
                    SUSE Enterprise Storage 4
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   An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has four
   fixes is now available.

Description:

   This update for xen fixes several issues.

   These security issues were fixed:

   - CVE-2018-8897: Prevent mishandling of debug exceptions on x86 (XSA-260,
     bsc#1090820)
   - Handle HPET timers in IO-APIC mode correctly to prevent malicious or
     buggy HVM guests from causing a hypervisor crash or potentially
     privilege escalation/information leaks (XSA-261, bsc#1090822)
   - Prevent unbounded loop, induced by qemu allowing an attacker to
     permanently keep a physical CPU core busy (XSA-262, bsc#1090823)
   - CVE-2018-10472: x86 HVM guest OS users (in certain configurations) were
     able to read arbitrary dom0 files via QMP live insertion of a CDROM, in
     conjunction with specifying the target file as the backing file of a
     snapshot (bsc#1089152).
   - CVE-2018-10471: x86 PV guest OS users were able to cause a denial of
     service (out-of-bounds zero write and hypervisor crash) via unexpected
     INT 80 processing, because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2017-5754
     (bsc#1089635).

   These non-security issues were fixed:

   - bsc#1086039: Ensure that Dom0 does represent DomU cpu flags correctly
   - bsc#1027519: Fixed shadow mode guests


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2018-841=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2018-841=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-841=1

   - SUSE Enterprise Storage 4:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-4-2018-841=1



Package List:

   - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 (x86_64):

      xen-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-debugsource-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-doc-html-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-libs-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-tools-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-tools-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 (x86_64):

      xen-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-debugsource-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-doc-html-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-libs-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-tools-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-tools-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS (x86_64):

      xen-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-debugsource-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-doc-html-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-libs-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-tools-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-tools-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1

   - SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 (x86_64):

      xen-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-debugsource-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-doc-html-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-libs-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-tools-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-tools-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.7.5_02-43.30.1
      xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10471.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10472.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8897.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1027519
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1086039
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1089152
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1089635
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1090820
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1090822
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1090823

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SUSE: 2018:1216-1: important: xen

May 11, 2018
An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has four fixes is now available.

Summary

This update for xen fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2018-8897: Prevent mishandling of debug exceptions on x86 (XSA-260, bsc#1090820) - Handle HPET timers in IO-APIC mode correctly to prevent malicious or buggy HVM guests from causing a hypervisor crash or potentially privilege escalation/information leaks (XSA-261, bsc#1090822) - Prevent unbounded loop, induced by qemu allowing an attacker to permanently keep a physical CPU core busy (XSA-262, bsc#1090823) - CVE-2018-10472: x86 HVM guest OS users (in certain configurations) were able to read arbitrary dom0 files via QMP live insertion of a CDROM, in conjunction with specifying the target file as the backing file of a snapshot (bsc#1089152). - CVE-2018-10471: x86 PV guest OS users were able to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds zero write and hypervisor crash) via unexpected INT 80 processing, because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2017-5754 (bsc#1089635). These non-security issues were fixed: - bsc#1086039: Ensure that Dom0 does represent DomU cpu flags correctly - bsc#1027519: Fixed shadow mode guests Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2018-841=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2018-841=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-841=1 - SUSE Enterprise Storage 4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-4-2018-841=1 Package List: - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 (x86_64): xen-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-debugsource-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-doc-html-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-libs-32bit-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-libs-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-tools-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-tools-domU-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 (x86_64): xen-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-debugsource-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-doc-html-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-libs-32bit-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-libs-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-tools-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-tools-domU-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS (x86_64): xen-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-debugsource-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-doc-html-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-libs-32bit-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-libs-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-tools-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-tools-domU-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 - SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 (x86_64): xen-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-debugsource-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-doc-html-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-libs-32bit-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-libs-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-tools-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-tools-domU-4.7.5_02-43.30.1 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.7.5_02-43.30.1

References

#1027519 #1086039 #1089152 #1089635 #1090820

#1090822 #1090823

Cross- CVE-2018-10471 CVE-2018-10472 CVE-2018-8897

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS

SUSE Enterprise Storage 4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10471.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10472.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8897.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1027519

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1086039

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1089152

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1089635

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1090820

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1090822

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1090823

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Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1216-1
Rating: important

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