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SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2015:2338-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 87650
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update fixes the following security issues :- bsc#955399 - Fix xm migrate --log_progress. Due to logic error progress was not logged when requested.
- bsc#956832 - CVE-2015-8345: xen: qemu: net: eepro100:
infinite loop in processing command block list
- 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#955399 - Fix xm migrate --live. The options were not passed due to a merge error. As a result the migration was not live, instead the suspended guest was migrated.
- 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)
- bsc#950704 - CVE-2015-7970: xen: x86: Long latency populate-on-demand operation is not preemptible (XSA-150)
- bsc#951845 - CVE-2015-7972: xen: x86: populate-on-demand balloon size inaccuracy can crash guests (XSA-153)
- Drop 5604f239-x86-PV-properly-populate-descriptor-tables.patc h
- bsc#950703 - CVE-2015-7969: xen: leak of main per-domain vcpu pointer array (DoS) (XSA-149)
- bsc#950705 - CVE-2015-7969: xen: x86: leak of per-domain profiling-related vcpu pointer array (DoS) (XSA-151)
- bsc#950706 - CVE-2015-7971: xen: x86: some pmu and profiling hypercalls log without rate limiting (XSA-152)
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
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 11-SP4 :
zypper in -t patch sdksp4-xen-20151203-12277=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 :
zypper in -t patch slessp4-xen-20151203-12277=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 :
zypper in -t patch sledsp4-xen-20151203-12277=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 :
zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-xen-20151203-12277=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947165
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=950703
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=950704
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=950705
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=950706
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=951845
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=954018
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=954405
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=955399
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=956408
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=956409
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=956411
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=956592
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=956832
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5307/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7311/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7504/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7835/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7969/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7970/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7971/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7972/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8104/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8339/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8340/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8341/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 87650
File Name: suse_SU-2015-2338-1.nasl
Version: 2.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 12/29/2015
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-doc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-domu, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/22/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-5307, CVE-2015-7311, CVE-2015-7504, CVE-2015-7835, CVE-2015-7969, CVE-2015-7970, CVE-2015-7971, CVE-2015-7972, CVE-2015-8104, CVE-2015-8339, CVE-2015-8340, CVE-2015-8341, CVE-2015-8345