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SUSE 11 SP3: 2013:1314-2 Critical: Xen Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities

An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has 6 fixes An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has 6 fixes An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has 6 fixes is now available. is now available.. SUSE Security Update: Security update for Xen ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1314-1 Rating: important References: #801663 #808085 #808269 #817210 #820917 #820919 #820920 #823011 #823608 Cross-References: CVE-2013-2194 CVE-2013-2195 CVE-2013-2196 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has 6 fixes is now available. Description: The Xen hypervisor and toolset has been updated to 4.2.2_06 to fix various bugs and security issues: The following security issues have been addressed: * CVE-2013-2194: Various integer overflows in the ELF loader were fixed. (XSA-55) * CVE-2013-2195: Various pointer dereferences issues in the ELF loader were fixed. (XSA-55) * CVE-2013-2196: Various other problems in the ELF loader were fixed. (XSA-55) * CVE-2013-2078: A Hypervisor crash due to missing exception recovery on XSETBV was fixed. (XSA-54) * CVE-2013-2077: A Hypervisor crash due to missing exception recovery on XRSTOR was fixed. (XSA-53) * CVE-2013-2211: libxl allowed guest write access to sensitive console related xenstore keys. (XSA-57) * CVE-2013-2076: An information leak on XSAVE/XRSTOR capable AMD CPUs (XSA-52) was fixed, where parts of this state could leak to other VMs. Also the following bugs have been fixed: * performance issues in mirror lvm (bnc#801663) * aacraid driver panics mapping INT Awhen booting kernel-xen (bnc#808085) * Fully Virtualized Windows VM install failed on Ivy Bridge platforms with Xen kernel (bnc#808269) * Did not boot with i915 graphics controller with VT-d enabled (bnc#817210) Security Issue references: * CVE-2013-2194 * CVE-2013-2195 * CVE-2013-2196 Special Instructions and Notes: Please reboot the system after installing this update. Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch sdksp3-xen-201307-8063 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch slessp3-xen-201307-8063 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch sledsp3-xen-201307-8063 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64): xen-devel-4.2.2_06-0.7.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64): xen-kmp-default-4.2.2_06_3.0.82_0.7-0.7.1 xen-libs-4.2.2_06-0.7.1 xen-tools-domU-4.2.2_06-0.7.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (x86_64): xen-4.2.2_06-0.7.1 xen-doc-html-4.2.2_06-0.7.1 xen-doc-pdf-4.2.2_06-0.7.1 xen-libs-32bit-4.2.2_06-0.7.1 xen-tools-4.2.2_06-0.7.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586): xen-kmp-pae-4.2.2_06_3.0.82_0.7-0.7.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64): xen-kmp-default-4.2.2_06_3.0.82_0.7-0.7.1 xen-libs-4.2.2_06-0.7.1 xen-tools-domU-4.2.2_06-0.7.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64): xen-4.2.2_06-0.7.1 xen-doc-html-4.2.2_06-0.7.1 xen-doc-pdf-4.2.2_06-0.7.1 xen-libs-32bit-4.2.2_06-0.7.1 xen-tools-4.2.2_06-0.7.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586): xen-kmp-pae-4.2.2_06_3.0.82_0.7-0.7.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2194.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2195.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2196.html . SUSE has released a security patch for Xen, targeting severe vulnerabilities such as buffer overflows and flaws in guest isolation protocols.. SUSE Update, Xen Security, Important Patch. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Aug 09, 2013 •Critical SuSE