SUSE-SU-2018:2483-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182483-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2018:2483-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2018:2483-1
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Published
2018-08-23T12:15:49Z
Modified
2025-05-08T17:04:34.389849Z
Summary
Security update for xen
Details

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

This security issue was fixed:

  • CVE-2018-3646: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and address translations may have allowed unauthorized disclosure of information residing in the L1 data cache to an attacker with local user access with guest OS privilege via a terminal page fault and a side-channel analysis (bsc#1091107, bsc#1027519).

These non-security issue were fixed:

  • bsc#1102116: SSBD is not virtualized for guests
  • bsc#1101684: Not able to disable the visibility of the new CPU flags
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS / xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSS

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.4.4_36-22.74.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xen-libs-32bit": "4.4.4_36-22.74.1",
            "xen": "4.4.4_36-22.74.1",
            "xen-tools": "4.4.4_36-22.74.1",
            "xen-doc-html": "4.4.4_36-22.74.1",
            "xen-libs": "4.4.4_36-22.74.1",
            "xen-kmp-default": "4.4.4_36_k3.12.61_52.141-22.74.1",
            "xen-tools-domU": "4.4.4_36-22.74.1"
        }
    ]
}