MGASA-2016-0098 Updated xen packages fix security vulnerabilities

This xen update is based on upstream 4.5.2 maintenance release, and fixes the following security issues: The vgicv2tosgi function in arch/arm/vgic-v2.c in Xen 4.5.x, when running on ARM hardware with general interrupt controller GIC version 2, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service...

Fedora Update for xen FEDORA-2015-11247

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

FreeBSD : xen-kernel -- arm: vgic: incorrect rate limiting of guest triggered logging (912cb7f7-27df-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5)

The Xen Project reports : On ARM systems the code which deals with virtualizing the GIC distributor would, under various circumstances, log messages on a guest accessible code path without appropriate rate limiting. A malicious guest could cause repeated logging to the hypervisor console, leading...

Fedora Update for xen FEDORA-2015-9466

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Fedora Update for xen FEDORA-2015-6670

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

CVE-2015-1563

The ARM GIC distributor virtualization in Xen 4.4.x and 4.5.x allows local guests to cause a denial of service by causing a large number messages to be logged...

CVE-2015-1563

CVE-2015-1563 involves the ARM GIC distributor virtualization in Xen (versions 4.4.x and 4.5.x). The advisory notes that local guests can cause a denial of service by flooding the hypervisor console with log messages due to the GIC distribution path. This is the precise root cause and impact desc...