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An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has four fixes is now available. . SUSE Security Update: Security update for xen ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1460-1 Rating: important References: #1027519 #1177204 #1178591 #1179148 #1181254 #1181989 #1183072 Cross-References: CVE-2020-28368 CVE-2021-28687 CVE-2021-3308 CVSS scores: CVE-2020-28368 (NVD) : 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVE-2020-28368 (SUSE): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N CVE-2021-3308 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2021-3308 (SUSE): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H Affected Products: SUSE Manager Server 4.0 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has four fixes is now available. Description: This update for xen fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-28368: Intel RAPL sidechannel attack aka PLATYPUS attack (bsc#1178591, XSA-351) - CVE-2021-3308: IRQ vector leak on x86 (bsc#1181254, XSA-360) - CVE-2021-28687: HVM soft-reset crashes toolstack (bsc#1183072, XSA-368) - L3: conring size for XEN HV's with huge memory to small (bsc#1177204). - kdump of HVM fails, soft-reset nothandled by libxl (bsc#1179148) - openQA job causes libvirtd to dump core when running kdump inside domain (bsc#1181989). - Upstream bug fixes (bsc#1027519) 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 Manager Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.0-2021-1460=1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.0-2021-1460=1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.0-2021-1460=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2021-1460=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-1460=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-BCL-2021-1460=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-1460=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-ESPOS-2021-1460=1 - SUSE Enterprise Storage 6: zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-6-2021-1460=1 - SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0: To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way. Package List: - SUSE Manager Server 4.0 (x86_64): xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 (x86_64): xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 (x86_64): xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1 (x86_64): xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS (x86_64): xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL (x86_64): xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 - SUSE LinuxEnterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS (x86_64): xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS (x86_64): xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 - SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 (x86_64): xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 - SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 (x86_64): xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28368.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28687.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3308.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1027519 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1177204 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178591 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179148 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181254 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181989 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1183072 . Prompt security patches introducedfor SUSE Xen tackling a range of severe vulnerabilities affecting several corporate applications.. SUSE Linux Enterprise,xen patch,security updates,SUSE Manager Server. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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