[Oraclevm-errata] OVMSA-2013-0091 Important: Oracle VM 3.1 xen security update

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Mon Dec 16 13:20:03 PST 2013


Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2013-0091

The following updated rpms for Oracle VM 3.1 have been uploaded to the 
Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
xen-4.1.2-18.el5.116.x86_64.rpm
xen-devel-4.1.2-18.el5.116.x86_64.rpm
xen-tools-4.1.2-18.el5.116.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/oraclevm/server/3.1/SRPMS-updates/xen-4.1.2-18.el5.116.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[4.1.2-18.el5.116]
- x86/AMD: work around erratum 793
   The recommendation is to set a bit in an MSR - do this if the firmware
   didn't, considering that otherwise we expose ourselves to a guest
   induced DoS.
   This is CVE-2013-6885 / XSA-82.
   Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich at suse.com>
   Acked-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit at amd.com>
   Signed-off-by: Chuck Anderson <chuck.anderson at oracle.com>
   Reviewed-by: John Haxby <john.haxby at oracle.com> [bug 17884831] 
{CVE-2013-6885}



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