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SUSE: 2018:1582-1 Critical: Local Access Vulnerability in Xen Detected

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Calendar Grey June 7, 2018
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A recent security patch for SUSE Xen resolves a local access vulnerability. Explore the specifics of the solution now accessible for your infrastructure.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for xen fixes one issue. This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2018-3639: Prevent attackers with local user access from extracting information via a side-channel analysis, aka Speculative Store Bypass (SSB), Variant 4 (bsc#1092631). 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 Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2018-1094=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-1094=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 (x86_64): xen-4.5.5_24-22.49.1 xen-debugsource-4.5.5_24-22.49.1 xen-doc-html-4.5.5_24-22.49.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory patch important local access SUSE xen side-channel

References

#1027519 #1092631

Cross- CVE-2018-3639

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3639.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1027519

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1092631

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1582-1
Rating: important

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security advisory patch important local access SUSE xen side-channel

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