SUSE-SU-2018:1699-2: important: Security update for xen

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for xen
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2018:1699-2
Rating:             important
References:         #1027519 #1074562 #1086039 #1092631 
Cross-References:   CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2017-5753 CVE-2017-5754
                    CVE-2018-3639
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL
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   An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   This update for xen fixes several issues.

   This feature was added:

   - Added support for qemu monitor command

   These security issues were fixed:

   - CVE-2018-3639: Prevent attackers with local user access from extracting
     information via a side-channel analysis, aka Speculative Store Bypass
     (SSB), Variant 4 (bsc#1092631).
   - CVE-2017-5753,CVE-2017-5715,CVE-2017-5754: Improved Spectre v2
     mitigations (bsc#1074562).

   This non-security issue was fixed:

   - bsc#1086039 - Dom0 does not represent DomU cpu flags


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 Server 12-SP2-BCL:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2018-1142=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL (x86_64):

      xen-4.7.5_04-43.33.1
      xen-debugsource-4.7.5_04-43.33.1
      xen-doc-html-4.7.5_04-43.33.1
      xen-libs-32bit-4.7.5_04-43.33.1
      xen-libs-4.7.5_04-43.33.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.7.5_04-43.33.1
      xen-libs-debuginfo-4.7.5_04-43.33.1
      xen-tools-4.7.5_04-43.33.1
      xen-tools-debuginfo-4.7.5_04-43.33.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.7.5_04-43.33.1
      xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.7.5_04-43.33.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5753.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5754.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3639.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1027519
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1074562
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1086039
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1092631