SUSE Security Update: Security update for xen ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1952-1 Rating: important References: #877642 #932267 #944463 #944697 #950367 #950703 #950705 #950706 Cross-References: CVE-2014-0222 CVE-2015-4037 CVE-2015-5239 CVE-2015-6815 CVE-2015-7835 CVE-2015-7969 CVE-2015-7971 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP2 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that solves 7 vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.
Description:
xen was updated to fix eight security issues.
These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2015-4037: The slirp_smb function in net/slirp.c created temporary files with predictable names, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (instantiation failure) by creating /tmp/qemu-smb.*-* files before the program (bsc#932267). - CVE-2014-0222: Integer overflow in the qcow_open function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large L2 table in a QCOW version 1 image (bsc#877642). - CVE-2015-7835: Uncontrolled creation of large page mappings by PV guests (bsc#950367). - CVE-2015-5239: Integer overflow in vnc_client_read() and protocol_client_msg() (bsc#944463). - CVE-2015-6815: With e1000 NIC emulation support it was possible to enter an infinite loop (bsc#944697). - CVE-2015-7969: Leak of main per-domain vcpu pointer array leading to denial of service (bsc#950703). - CVE-2015-7969: Leak of per-domain profiling- related vcpu pointer array leading to denial of service (bsc#950705). - CVE-2015-7971: Some pmu and profiling hypercalls log without rate limiting (bsc#950706).
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 Server 11-SP2-LTSS:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-xen-12199=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP2:
zypper in -t patch dbgsp2-xen-12199=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS (i586 x86_64):
