Security update for xen

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1460-1
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • 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-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-2021-28687 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-28687 ( 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
  • 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
Affected Products:
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ESPOS 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has four security fixes can now be installed.

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 not handled 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 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 Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ESPOS 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-ESPOS-2021-1460=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-1460=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-BCL-2021-1460=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-1460=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2021-1460=1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-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 Server 4.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.0-2021-1460=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 Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ESPOS 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 (x86_64)
    • xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 (x86_64)
    • xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 (x86_64)
    • xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0 (x86_64)
    • xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 (x86_64)
    • xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 (x86_64)
    • xen-tools-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-devel-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-debugsource-4.12.4_08-3.43.3
    • xen-libs-4.12.4_08-3.43.3

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