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SUSE: 2020:3416-1 Important: Xen Intel RAPL Sidechannel Fix

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Calendar Grey November 19, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
Crucial SUSE Security Patch for xen tackles Intel RAPL vulnerability, bolstering system resilience and efficiency.
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 Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2020-3416=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-3416=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS:

References

#1177950 #1178591

Cross- CVE-2020-28368

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS

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-2020:3416-1
Rating: important

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