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SUSE: 2020:3881-1 Moderate: Xen Security Threat Overview

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Calendar Grey December 18, 2020
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This Ubuntu Security Patch resolves several challenges within the kernel, providing critical remedies for potential vulnerabilities.
An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available

Summary

This update for xen fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-29480: Fixed an issue which could have allowed leak of non-sensitive data to administrator guests (bsc#117949 XSA-115). - CVE-2020-29481: Fixed an issue which could have allowd to new domains to inherit existing node permissions (bsc#1179498 XSA-322). - CVE-2020-29483: Fixed an issue where guests could disturb domain cleanup (bsc#1179502 XSA-325). - CVE-2020-29484: Fixed an issue where guests could crash xenstored via watchs (bsc#1179501 XSA-324). - CVE-2020-29566: Fixed an undue recursion in x86 HVM context switch code (bsc#1179506 XSA-348). - CVE-2020-29570: Fixed an issue where FIFO event channels control block related ordering (bsc#1179514 XSA-358). - CVE-2020-29571: Fixed an issue where FIFO event channels control

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update security fix vulnerability xen SUSE Linux Enterprise

References

#1027519 #1176782 #1179496 #1179498 #1179501

#1179502 #1179506 #1179514 #1179516

Cross- CVE-2020-29480 CVE-2020-29481 CVE-2020-29483

CVE-2020-29484 CVE-2020-29566 CVE-2020-29570

CVE-2020-29571

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-29480.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-29481.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-29483.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-29484.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-29566.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-29570.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-29571.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1027519

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3881-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update security fix vulnerability xen SUSE Linux Enterprise

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