SUSE-SU-2018:1181-1: important: Security update for xen

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for xen
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2018:1181-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1027519 #1035442 #1057493 #1072834 #1083292 
                    #1086107 #1089152 #1089635 #1090820 #1090822 
                    #1090823 
Cross-References:   CVE-2018-10471 CVE-2018-10472 CVE-2018-7550
                    CVE-2018-8897
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
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   An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has 7 fixes
   is now available.

Description:

   This update for xen fixes several issues.

   These security issues were fixed:

   - CVE-2018-8897: Prevent mishandling of debug exceptions on x86 (XSA-260,
     bsc#1090820)
   - Handle HPET timers in IO-APIC mode correctly to prevent malicious or
     buggy HVM guests from causing a hypervisor crash or potentially
     privilege escalation/information leaks (XSA-261, bsc#1090822)
   - Prevent unbounded loop, induced by qemu allowing an attacker to
     permanently keep a physical CPU core busy (XSA-262, bsc#1090823)
   - CVE-2018-10472: x86 HVM guest OS users (in certain configurations) were
     able to read arbitrary dom0 files via QMP live insertion of a CDROM, in
     conjunction with specifying the target file as the backing file of a
     snapshot (bsc#1089152).
   - CVE-2018-10471: x86 PV guest OS users were able to cause a denial of
     service (out-of-bounds zero write and hypervisor crash) via unexpected
     INT 80 processing, because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2017-5754
     (bsc#1089635).
   - CVE-2018-7550: The load_multiboot function allowed local guest OS users
     to execute arbitrary code on the host via a mh_load_end_addr value
     greater than mh_bss_end_addr, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or
     write memory access (bsc#1083292).

   These non-security issues were fixed:

   - bsc#1072834: Prevent unchecked MSR access error
   - bsc#1035442: Increase the value of LIBXL_DESTROY_TIMEOUT from 10 to 100
     seconds, allowing for more domUs to be shutdown in parallel
   - bsc#1057493: Prevent DomU crash


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp4-xen-13593=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch slessp4-xen-13593=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-xen-13593=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):

      xen-devel-4.4.4_30-61.26.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):

      xen-kmp-default-4.4.4_30_3.0.101_108.38-61.26.1
      xen-libs-4.4.4_30-61.26.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.4.4_30-61.26.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (x86_64):

      xen-4.4.4_30-61.26.1
      xen-doc-html-4.4.4_30-61.26.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.4.4_30-61.26.1
      xen-tools-4.4.4_30-61.26.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586):

      xen-kmp-pae-4.4.4_30_3.0.101_108.38-61.26.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):

      xen-debuginfo-4.4.4_30-61.26.1
      xen-debugsource-4.4.4_30-61.26.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10471.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10472.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7550.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8897.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1027519
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1035442
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1057493
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1072834
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083292
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1086107
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1089152
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1089635
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1090820
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1090822
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1090823



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