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SUSE Linux Enterprise: 2021:2925-1 Important Update For Xen Security Issues

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Calendar Grey September 2, 2021
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SUSE unveils significant upgrade for xen, addressing 11 vulnerabilities and bolstering system defenses across various platforms.
An update that solves 11 vulnerabilities and has 7 fixes is now available

Summary

This update for xen fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2021-28693: xen/arm: Boot modules are not scrubbed (bsc#1186428) - CVE-2021-28692: xen: inappropriate x86 IOMMU timeout detection / handling (bsc#1186429) - CVE-2021-0089: xen: Speculative Code Store Bypass (bsc#1186433) - CVE-2021-28690: xen: x86: TSX Async Abort protections not restored after S3 (bsc#1186434) - CVE-2021-28694,CVE-2021-28695,CVE-2021-28696: IOMMU page mapping issues on x86 (XSA-378)(bsc#1189373). - CVE-2021-28697: grant table v2 status pages may remain accessible after de-allocation (XSA-379)(bsc#1189376). - CVE-2021-28698: long running loops in grant table handling (XSA-380)(bsc#1189378). - CVE-2021-28699: inadequate grant-v2 status frames array bounds check (XSA-382)(bsc#1189380).

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References

#1027519 #1179148 #1179246 #1180491 #1180846

#1181989 #1183243 #1186428 #1186429 #1186433

#1186434 #1188050 #1189373 #1189376 #1189378

#1189380 #1189381 #1189882

Cross- CVE-2021-0089 CVE-2021-28690 CVE-2021-28692

CVE-2021-28693 CVE-2021-28694 CVE-2021-28695

CVE-2021-28696 CVE-2021-28697 CVE-2021-28698

CVE-2021-28699 CVE-2021-28700

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-0089 (NVD) : 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2021-28694 (SUSE): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-28695 (SUSE): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-28696 (SUSE): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-28697 (SUSE): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:2925-1
Rating: important

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