Security update for xen

SUSE Security Update: Security update for xen
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1952-1
Rating: important
References: #877642 #932267 #944463 #944697 #950367 #950703 #950705 #950706
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP2
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    An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

    Description:

    xen was updated to fix eight security issues.

    These security issues were fixed:
    - CVE-2015-4037: The slirp_smb function in net/slirp.c created temporary
    files with predictable names, which allowed local users to cause a
    denial of service (instantiation failure) by creating /tmp/qemu-smb.*-*
    files before the program (bsc#932267).
    - CVE-2014-0222: Integer overflow in the qcow_open function allowed remote
    attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large L2 table in a
    QCOW version 1 image (bsc#877642).
    - CVE-2015-7835: Uncontrolled creation of large page mappings by PV guests
    (bsc#950367).
    - CVE-2015-5239: Integer overflow in vnc_client_read() and
    protocol_client_msg() (bsc#944463).
    - CVE-2015-6815: With e1000 NIC emulation support it was possible to enter
    an infinite loop (bsc#944697).
    - CVE-2015-7969: Leak of main per-domain vcpu pointer array leading to
    denial of service (bsc#950703).
    - CVE-2015-7969: Leak of per-domain profiling- related vcpu pointer array
    leading to denial of service (bsc#950705).
    - CVE-2015-7971: Some pmu and profiling hypercalls log without rate
    limiting (bsc#950706).

    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 Server 11-SP2-LTSS:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-xen-12199=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp2-xen-12199=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS (i586 x86_64):
      • xen-devel-4.1.6_08-20.1
      • xen-kmp-default-4.1.6_08_3.0.101_0.7.37-20.1
      • xen-kmp-trace-4.1.6_08_3.0.101_0.7.37-20.1
      • xen-libs-4.1.6_08-20.1
      • xen-tools-domU-4.1.6_08-20.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS (x86_64):
      • xen-4.1.6_08-20.1
      • xen-doc-html-4.1.6_08-20.1
      • xen-doc-pdf-4.1.6_08-20.1
      • xen-libs-32bit-4.1.6_08-20.1
      • xen-tools-4.1.6_08-20.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS (i586):
      • xen-kmp-pae-4.1.6_08_3.0.101_0.7.37-20.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP2 (i586 x86_64):
      • xen-debuginfo-4.1.6_08-20.1
      • xen-debugsource-4.1.6_08-20.1

    References: