Security update for xen

SUSE Security Update: Security update for xen
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1302-1
Rating: important
References: #925466 #935256 #935634 #938344
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

  • An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available.

    Description:

    xen was updated to fix two security issues.

    These security issues were fixed:
    - CVE-2015-3259: xl command line config handling stack overflow
    (bsc#935634, XSA-137).
    - CVE-2015-5154: Host code execution via IDE subsystem CD-ROM (bsc#938344).

    These non-security issues were fixed:
    - Restart of xencommons service did lead to loss of xenstore data
    (bsc#935256).
    - Kdump did not work in a XEN environment (bsc#925466).

    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 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-344=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-344=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-344=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (x86_64):
      • xen-debugsource-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
      • xen-devel-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64):
      • xen-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
      • xen-debugsource-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
      • xen-doc-html-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
      • xen-kmp-default-4.4.2_08_k3.12.43_52.6-22.5.1
      • xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.2_08_k3.12.43_52.6-22.5.1
      • xen-libs-32bit-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
      • xen-libs-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
      • xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
      • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
      • xen-tools-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
      • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
      • xen-tools-domU-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
      • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • xen-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
      • xen-debugsource-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
      • xen-kmp-default-4.4.2_08_k3.12.43_52.6-22.5.1
      • xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.2_08_k3.12.43_52.6-22.5.1
      • xen-libs-32bit-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
      • xen-libs-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
      • xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.2_08-22.5.1
      • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.2_08-22.5.1

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