SUSE-SU-2017:0983-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20170983-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:0983-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2017:0983-1
Related
Published
2017-04-11T14:35:30Z
Modified
2017-04-11T14:35:30Z
Summary
Security update for xen
Details

This update for xen to version 4.7.2 fixes the following issues:

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-7228: Broken check in memory_exchange() permited PV guest breakout (bsc#1030442).
  • XSA-206: Unprivileged guests issuing writes to xenstore were able to stall progress of the control domain or driver domain, possibly leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) of the entire host (bsc#1030144).
  • CVE-2017-6505: The ohciserviceed_list function in hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c allowed local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving the number of link endpoint list descriptors (bsc#1028235).

These non-security issues were fixed:

  • bsc#1015348: libvirtd didn't not start during boot
  • bsc#1014136: kdump couldn't dump a kernel on SLES12-SP2 with Xen hypervisor.
  • bsc#1026236: Fixed paravirtualized performance
  • bsc#1022555: Timeout in 'execution of /etc/xen/scripts/block add'
  • bsc#1029827: Forward port xenstored
  • bsc#1029128: Make xen to really produce xen.efi with gcc48
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 / xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
purl:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.7.2_02-36.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xen-libs": "4.7.2_02-36.1",
            "xen-libs-32bit": "4.7.2_02-36.1",
            "xen": "4.7.2_02-36.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 / xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
purl:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.7.2_02-36.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xen-devel": "4.7.2_02-36.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 / xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
purl:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.7.2_02-36.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xen-libs": "4.7.2_02-36.1",
            "xen-doc-html": "4.7.2_02-36.1",
            "xen-libs-32bit": "4.7.2_02-36.1",
            "xen-tools": "4.7.2_02-36.1",
            "xen-tools-domU": "4.7.2_02-36.1",
            "xen": "4.7.2_02-36.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 / xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
purl:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.7.2_02-36.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xen-libs": "4.7.2_02-36.1",
            "xen-doc-html": "4.7.2_02-36.1",
            "xen-libs-32bit": "4.7.2_02-36.1",
            "xen-tools": "4.7.2_02-36.1",
            "xen-tools-domU": "4.7.2_02-36.1",
            "xen": "4.7.2_02-36.1"
        }
    ]
}