SUSE-SU-2015:0927-1

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    SUSE-SU-2015:0927-1

    Published: 13 May 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-3456
    Aliases:
    CVE-2015-3456

    Summary: Security update for Xen

    Details: Xen was updated to fix two security issues and a bug: * CVE-2015-3456: A buffer overflow in the floppy drive emulation, which could be used to carry out denial of service attacks or potential code execution against the host. This vulnerability is also known as VENOM. * CVE-2015-3340: Xen did not initialize certain fields, which allowed certain remote service domains to obtain sensitive information from memory via a (1) XEN_DOMCTL_gettscinfo or (2) XEN_SYSCTL_getdomaininfolist request. * An exception in setCPUAffinity when restoring guests. (bsc#910441) Security Issues: * CVE-2015-3456 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3456> * CVE-2015-3340 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3340>

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20150927-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/910441, https://bugzilla.suse.com/927967, https://bugzilla.suse.com/929339, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3456

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High