SUSE-SU-2013:1314-1: important: Security update for Xen

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for Xen
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2013:1314-1
Rating:             important
References:         #801663 #808085 #808269 #817210 #820917 #820919 
                    #820920 #823011 #823608 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-2194 CVE-2013-2195 CVE-2013-2196
                   
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
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   An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has 6 fixes
   is now available.

Description:


   The Xen hypervisor and toolset has been updated to 4.2.2_06
   to fix various  bugs and security issues:

   The following security issues have been addressed:

   * CVE-2013-2194: Various integer overflows in the ELF
   loader were fixed. (XSA-55)
   * CVE-2013-2195: Various pointer dereferences issues in
   the ELF loader were fixed. (XSA-55)
   * CVE-2013-2196: Various other problems in the ELF
   loader were fixed. (XSA-55)
   * CVE-2013-2078: A Hypervisor crash due to missing
   exception recovery on XSETBV was fixed. (XSA-54)
   * CVE-2013-2077: A Hypervisor crash due to missing
   exception recovery on XRSTOR was fixed. (XSA-53)
   * CVE-2013-2211: libxl allowed guest write access to
   sensitive console related xenstore keys. (XSA-57)
   * CVE-2013-2076: An information leak on XSAVE/XRSTOR
   capable AMD CPUs (XSA-52) was fixed, where parts of this
   state could leak to other VMs.

   Also the following bugs have been fixed:

   * performance issues in mirror lvm (bnc#801663)
   * aacraid driver panics mapping INT A when booting
   kernel-xen (bnc#808085)
   * Fully Virtualized Windows VM install failed on Ivy
   Bridge platforms with Xen kernel (bnc#808269)
   * Did not boot with i915 graphics controller with VT-d
   enabled (bnc#817210)

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2013-2194
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2194
   >
   * CVE-2013-2195
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2195
   >
   * CVE-2013-2196
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2196
   >


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 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-xen-201307-8063

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-xen-201307-8063

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-xen-201307-8063

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

      xen-devel-4.2.2_06-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

      xen-kmp-default-4.2.2_06_3.0.82_0.7-0.7.1
      xen-libs-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.2.2_06-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (x86_64):

      xen-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
      xen-doc-html-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
      xen-doc-pdf-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
      xen-tools-4.2.2_06-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586):

      xen-kmp-pae-4.2.2_06_3.0.82_0.7-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

      xen-kmp-default-4.2.2_06_3.0.82_0.7-0.7.1
      xen-libs-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.2.2_06-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):

      xen-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
      xen-doc-html-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
      xen-doc-pdf-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.2.2_06-0.7.1
      xen-tools-4.2.2_06-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586):

      xen-kmp-pae-4.2.2_06_3.0.82_0.7-0.7.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2194.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2195.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2196.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/801663
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/808085
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/808269
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/817210
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/820917
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/820919
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/820920
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/823011
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/823608
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=6f245c857571421a6701c20d04b046cb



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