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SUSE: 2020:3415-1 Critical: Xen Intel Sidechannel Attack Fix

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Calendar Grey November 19, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Patch for xen addresses urgent Intel side-channel vulnerability. Keep your systems updated and protected.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for xen fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2020-28368: Fixed the Intel RAPL sidechannel attack, aka PLATYPUS attack, aka XSA-351 (bsc#1178591). Non-security issue fixed: - Adjusted help for --max_iters, default is 5 (bsc#1177950). 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 Crowbar 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2020-3415=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2020-3415=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2020-3415=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS:

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical SUSE xen Intel sidechannel attack

References

#1177950 #1178591

Cross- CVE-2020-28368

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28368.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177950

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178591

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3415-1
Rating: important

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