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SUSE Linux 15 SP2: 2024:4073-1 important: xen data leak and deadlock

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Calendar Grey November 27, 2024
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Essential security patch for SUSE's xen addressing vulnerabilities related to deadlocks and data exposure impacting several services.
* bsc#1230366 * bsc#1232542 * bsc#1232622 * bsc#1232624

Summary

## This update for xen fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: * CVE-2024-45818: xen: Deadlock in x86 HVM standard VGA handling (bsc#1232622) * CVE-2024-45819: xen: libxl leaks data to PVH guests via ACPI tables (bsc#1232624) * CVE-2024-45817: xen: x86: Deadlock in vlapic_error() (bsc#1230366) Non-security issue fixed: * Removed usage of net-tools-deprecated from supportconfig plugin (bsc#1232542)

References

* bsc#1230366

* bsc#1232542

* bsc#1232622

* bsc#1232624

Cross-

* CVE-2024-45817

* CVE-2024-45818

* CVE-2024-45819

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2024-45817 ( SUSE ): 6.9

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2024-45817 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-45818 ( SUSE ): 8.2

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H

* CVE-2024-45818 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-45819 ( SUSE ): 6.8

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2024-45819 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:4073-1
Release Date: 2024-11-27T07:34:48Z
Rating: important

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