SUSE-SU-2012:1615-1: important: Security update for Xen

Thu Dec 6 09:08:43 MST 2012

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for Xen
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:1615-1
Rating:             important
References:         #777628 #789940 #789944 #789945 #789948 #789950 
                    #789951 #789988 #792476 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-5510 CVE-2012-5511 CVE-2012-5512
                    CVE-2012-5513 CVE-2012-5514 CVE-2012-5515

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 6 vulnerabilities and has three fixes
   is now available.

Description:

   This update fixes the following security issues in xen:

   * CVE-2012-5510: Grant table version switch list
   corruption vulnerability (XSA-26)
   * CVE-2012-5511: Several HVM operations do not validate
   the range of their inputs (XSA-27)
   * CVE-2012-5512: HVMOP_get_mem_access crash /
   HVMOP_set_mem_access information leak (XSA-28)
   * CVE-2012-5513: XENMEM_exchange may overwrite
   hypervisor memory (XSA-29)
   * CVE-2012-5514: Missing unlock in
   guest_physmap_mark_populate_on_demand() (XSA-30)
   * CVE-2012-5515: Several memory hypercall operations
   allow invalid extent order values (XSA-31)

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

   * FATAL PAGE FAULT in hypervisor (arch_do_domctl)
   * 25931-x86-domctl-iomem-mapping-checks.patch
   * 26132-tmem-save-NULL-check.patch
   * 26134-x86-shadow-invlpg-check.patch
   * 26148-vcpu-timer-overflow.patch (Replaces
   CVE-2012-4535-xsa20.patch)
   * 26149-x86-p2m-physmap-error-path.patch (Replaces
   CVE-2012-4537-xsa22.patch)
   * 26150-x86-shadow-unhook-toplevel-check.patch
   (Replaces CVE-2012-4538-xsa23.patch)
   * 26151-gnttab-compat-get-status-frames.patch (Replaces
   CVE-2012-4539-xsa24.patch)
   * bnc#792476 - efi files missing in latest XEN update

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2012-5512
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5512
   >
   * CVE-2012-5513
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5513
   >
   * CVE-2012-5514
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5514
   >
   * CVE-2012-5511
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5511
   >
   * CVE-2012-5510
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5510
   >
   * CVE-2012-5515
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5515
   >

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-7133

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-xen-7133

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-xen-7133

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-xen-7133

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

Package List:

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

      xen-devel-4.1.3_06-0.7.1

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

      xen-kmp-trace-4.1.3_06_3.0.51_0.7.9-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (x86_64):

      xen-4.1.3_06-0.7.1
      xen-doc-html-4.1.3_06-0.7.1
      xen-doc-pdf-4.1.3_06-0.7.1
      xen-kmp-default-4.1.3_06_3.0.51_0.7.9-0.7.1
      xen-kmp-trace-4.1.3_06_3.0.51_0.7.9-0.7.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.1.3_06-0.7.1
      xen-libs-4.1.3_06-0.7.1
      xen-tools-4.1.3_06-0.7.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.1.3_06-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):

      xen-4.1.3_06-0.7.1
      xen-doc-html-4.1.3_06-0.7.1
      xen-doc-pdf-4.1.3_06-0.7.1
      xen-kmp-default-4.1.3_06_3.0.51_0.7.9-0.7.1
      xen-kmp-trace-4.1.3_06_3.0.51_0.7.9-0.7.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.1.3_06-0.7.1
      xen-libs-4.1.3_06-0.7.1
      xen-tools-4.1.3_06-0.7.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.1.3_06-0.7.1

References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5510.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5511.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5512.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5513.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5514.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5515.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/777628
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/789940
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/789944
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/789945
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/789948
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/789950
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/789951
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/789988
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/792476
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=d862e18d5680d7561000adc9e50779c8