[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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