Security update for xen

SUSE Security Update: Security update for xen
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:2324-1
Rating: moderate
References: #947165 #954018 #954405 #956408 #956409 #956411 #956592 #956832
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1

  • An update that fixes 14 vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:



    This update fixes the following security issues:

    - bsc#956832 - CVE-2015-8345: xen: qemu: net: eepro100: infinite loop in
    processing command block list

    - Revert x86/IO-APIC: don't create pIRQ mapping from masked RTE until
    kernel maintenance release goes out.

    - bsc#956592 - xen: virtual PMU is unsupported (XSA-163)

    - bsc#956408 - CVE-2015-8339, CVE-2015-8340: xen: XENMEM_exchange error
    handling issues (XSA-159)

    - bsc#956409 - CVE-2015-8341: xen: libxl leak of pv kernel and initrd on
    error (XSA-160)

    - bsc#956411 - CVE-2015-7504: xen: heap buffer overflow vulnerability in
    pcnet emulator (XSA-162)

    - bsc#947165 - CVE-2015-7311: xen: libxl fails to honour readonly flag on
    disks with qemu-xen (xsa-142)

    - bsc#954405 - CVE-2015-8104: Xen: guest to host DoS by triggering an
    infinite loop in microcode via #DB exception

    - bsc#954018 - CVE-2015-5307: xen: x86: CPU lockup during fault delivery
    (XSA-156)

    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-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2015-999=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2015-999=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2015-999=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (x86_64):
      • xen-debugsource-4.5.2_02-4.1
      • xen-devel-4.5.2_02-4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (x86_64):
      • xen-4.5.2_02-4.1
      • xen-debugsource-4.5.2_02-4.1
      • xen-doc-html-4.5.2_02-4.1
      • xen-kmp-default-4.5.2_02_k3.12.49_11-4.1
      • xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.5.2_02_k3.12.49_11-4.1
      • xen-libs-32bit-4.5.2_02-4.1
      • xen-libs-4.5.2_02-4.1
      • xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.5.2_02-4.1
      • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.5.2_02-4.1
      • xen-tools-4.5.2_02-4.1
      • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.5.2_02-4.1
      • xen-tools-domU-4.5.2_02-4.1
      • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.5.2_02-4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):
      • xen-4.5.2_02-4.1
      • xen-debugsource-4.5.2_02-4.1
      • xen-kmp-default-4.5.2_02_k3.12.49_11-4.1
      • xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.5.2_02_k3.12.49_11-4.1
      • xen-libs-32bit-4.5.2_02-4.1
      • xen-libs-4.5.2_02-4.1
      • xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.5.2_02-4.1
      • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.5.2_02-4.1

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