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HistoryNov 14, 2019 - 12:00 a.m.

Security update for xen (important)

2019-11-1400:00:00
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9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

An update that fixes 6 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2018-12207: Untrusted virtual machines on Intel CPUs could exploit a
    race condition in the Instruction Fetch Unit of the Intel CPU to cause a
    Machine Exception during Page Size Change, causing the CPU core to be
    non-functional. (bsc#1155945)
  • CVE-2019-11135: Aborting an asynchronous TSX operation on Intel CPUs
    with Transactional Memory support could be used to facilitate
    sidechannel information leaks out of microarchitectural buffers, similar
    to the previously described “Microarchitectural Data Sampling” attack.
    (bsc#1152497).
  • CVE-2019-18425: 32-bit PV guest user mode could elevate its privileges
    to that
    of the guest kernel. (bsc#1154456).
  • CVE-2019-18421: A malicious PV guest administrator may have been able to
    escalate their privilege to that of the host. (bsc#1154458).
  • CVE-2019-18420: Malicious x86 PV guests may have caused a hypervisor
    crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (Dos). (bsc#1154448)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE 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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.0:

    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-2506=1

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
openSUSE Leap15.0i586< - openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):.i586.rpm
openSUSE Leap15.0x86_64< - openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):.x86_64.rpm
openSUSE Leap15.0x86_64< - openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64):- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64):.x86_64.rpm

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C