SUSE-SU-2012:1486-1: important: Security update for Xen

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for Xen
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:1486-1
Rating:             important
References:         #777890 #778105 #779212 #784087 #786516 #786517 
                    #786518 #786519 #786520 #787163 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-3497 CVE-2012-4411 CVE-2012-4535
                    CVE-2012-4536 CVE-2012-4537 CVE-2012-4538
                    CVE-2012-4539 CVE-2012-4544
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that solves 8 vulnerabilities and has two fixes
   is now available.

Description:


   XEN was updated to fix various bugs and security issues:

   The following security issues have been fixed:

   * CVE-2012-4544: xen: Domain builder Out-of-memory due
   to malicious kernel/ramdisk (XSA 25)
   * CVE-2012-4411: XEN / qemu: guest administrator can
   access qemu monitor console (XSA-19)
   * CVE-2012-4535: xen: Timer overflow DoS vulnerability
   (XSA 20)
   * CVE-2012-4536: xen: pirq range check DoS
   vulnerability (XSA 21)
   * CVE-2012-4537: xen: Memory mapping failure DoS
   vulnerability (XSA 22)
   * CVE-2012-4538: xen: Unhooking empty PAE entries DoS
   vulnerability (XSA 23)
   * CVE-2012-4539: xen: Grant table hypercall infinite
   loop DoS vulnerability (XSA 24)
   * CVE-2012-3497: xen: multiple TMEM hypercall
   vulnerabilities (XSA-15)

   Also the following bugs have been fixed and upstream
   patches have been  applied:

   *

   bnc#784087 - L3: Xen BUG at io_apic.c:129
   26102-x86-IOAPIC-legacy-not-first.patch

   *

   Upstream patches merged:
   26054-x86-AMD-perf-ctr-init.patch
   26055-x86-oprof-hvm-mode.patch
   26056-page-alloc-flush-filter.patch
   26061-x86-oprof-counter-range.patch
   26062-ACPI-ERST-move-data.patch
   26063-x86-HPET-affinity-lock.patch
   26093-HVM-PoD-grant-mem-type.patch
   25931-x86-domctl-iomem-mapping-checks.patch
   25952-x86-MMIO-remap-permissions.patch
   25808-domain_create-return-value.patch
   25814-x86_64-set-debugreg-guest.patch
   25815-x86-PoD-no-bug-in-non-translated.patch
   25816-x86-hvm-map-pirq-range-check.patch
   25833-32on64-bogus-pt_base-adjust.patch
   25834-x86-S3-MSI-resume.patch
   25835-adjust-rcu-lock-domain.patch
   25836-VT-d-S3-MSI-resume.patch 25850-tmem-xsa-15-1.patch
   25851-tmem-xsa-15-2.patch 25852-tmem-xsa-15-3.patch
   25853-tmem-xsa-15-4.patch 25854-tmem-xsa-15-5.patch
   25855-tmem-xsa-15-6.patch 25856-tmem-xsa-15-7.patch
   25857-tmem-xsa-15-8.patch 25858-tmem-xsa-15-9.patch
   25859-tmem-missing-break.patch 25860-tmem-cleanup.patch
   25883-pt-MSI-cleanup.patch
   25927-x86-domctl-ioport-mapping-range.patch
   25929-tmem-restore-pool-version.patch

   *

   bnc#778105 - first XEN-PV VM fails to spawn xend:
   Increase wait time for disk to appear in host bootloader
   Modified existing xen-domUloader.diff

   25752-ACPI-pm-op-valid-cpu.patch
   25754-x86-PoD-early-access.patch 25755-x86-PoD-types.patch
   25756-x86-MMIO-max-mapped-pfn.patch

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2012-4539
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4539
   >
   * CVE-2012-3497
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3497
   >
   * CVE-2012-4411
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4411
   >
   * CVE-2012-4535
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4535
   >
   * CVE-2012-4537
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4537
   >
   * CVE-2012-4536
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4536
   >
   * CVE-2012-4538
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4538
   >
   * CVE-2012-4539
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4539
   >
   * CVE-2012-4544
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4544
   >

Indications:

   Everyone using XEN should update.

Special Instructions and Notes:

   Please reboot the system after installing this update.

Patch Instructions:

   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 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-xen-201211-7018

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-xen-201211-7018

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-xen-201211-7018

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-xen-201211-7018

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      xen-devel-4.1.3_04-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      xen-kmp-trace-4.1.3_04_3.0.42_0.7-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      xen-kmp-default-4.1.3_04_3.0.42_0.7-0.5.1
      xen-kmp-trace-4.1.3_04_3.0.42_0.7-0.5.1
      xen-libs-4.1.3_04-0.5.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.1.3_04-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (x86_64):

      xen-4.1.3_04-0.5.1
      xen-doc-html-4.1.3_04-0.5.1
      xen-doc-pdf-4.1.3_04-0.5.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.1.3_04-0.5.1
      xen-tools-4.1.3_04-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586):

      xen-kmp-pae-4.1.3_04_3.0.42_0.7-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      xen-kmp-default-4.1.3_04_3.0.42_0.7-0.5.1
      xen-kmp-trace-4.1.3_04_3.0.42_0.7-0.5.1
      xen-libs-4.1.3_04-0.5.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.1.3_04-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):

      xen-4.1.3_04-0.5.1
      xen-doc-html-4.1.3_04-0.5.1
      xen-doc-pdf-4.1.3_04-0.5.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.1.3_04-0.5.1
      xen-tools-4.1.3_04-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586):

      xen-kmp-pae-4.1.3_04_3.0.42_0.7-0.5.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3497.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4411.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4535.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4536.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4537.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4538.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4539.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4544.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/777890
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/778105
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/779212
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/784087
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/786516
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/786517
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/786518
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/786519
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/786520
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/787163
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=8f87058beb7d6e2bf1940373a4fb3ae2



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