SUSE-SU-2018:0909-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180909-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2018:0909-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2018:0909-1
Related
Published
2018-04-10T12:54:19Z
Modified
2018-04-10T12:54:19Z
Summary
Security update for xen
Details

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

Update to Xen 4.7.5 bug fix only release (bsc#1027519)

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2018-7540: Fixed DoS via non-preemptable L3/L4 pagetable freeing (XSA-252) (bsc#1080635)
  • CVE-2018-7541: A grant table v2 -> v1 transition may crash Xen (XSA-255) (bsc#1080662)

  • CVE-2017-5753,CVE-2017-5715,CVE-2017-5754 Fixed information leaks via side effects of speculative execution (XSA-254). Includes Spectre v2 mitigation. (bsc#1074562)

  • Preserve xen-syms from xen-dbg.gz to allow processing vmcores with crash(1) (bsc#1087251)

  • Xen HVM: Fixed unchecked MSR access error (bsc#1072834)
  • Add script, udev rule and systemd service to watch for vcpu online/offline events in a HVM domU They are triggered via xl vcpu-set domU N (fate#324965)
  • Make sure tools and tools-domU require libs from the very same build
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
4.7.5_02-43.27.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xen-libs": "4.7.5_02-43.27.1",
            "xen-libs-32bit": "4.7.5_02-43.27.1",
            "xen": "4.7.5_02-43.27.1"
        }
    ]
}

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
4.7.5_02-43.27.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xen-devel": "4.7.5_02-43.27.1"
        }
    ]
}

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
4.7.5_02-43.27.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xen-libs": "4.7.5_02-43.27.1",
            "xen-doc-html": "4.7.5_02-43.27.1",
            "xen-libs-32bit": "4.7.5_02-43.27.1",
            "xen-tools": "4.7.5_02-43.27.1",
            "xen-tools-domU": "4.7.5_02-43.27.1",
            "xen": "4.7.5_02-43.27.1"
        }
    ]
}

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
4.7.5_02-43.27.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xen-libs": "4.7.5_02-43.27.1",
            "xen-doc-html": "4.7.5_02-43.27.1",
            "xen-libs-32bit": "4.7.5_02-43.27.1",
            "xen-tools": "4.7.5_02-43.27.1",
            "xen-tools-domU": "4.7.5_02-43.27.1",
            "xen": "4.7.5_02-43.27.1"
        }
    ]
}