SUSE-SU-2015:1479-1

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    SUSE-SU-2015:1479-1

    Published: 11 Aug 2015Last Modified: 2 May 2025

    Summary: Security update for xen

    Details: xen was updated to fix the following security issues: * CVE-2015-5165: QEMU leak of uninitialized heap memory in rtl8139 device model (bsc#939712, XSA-140) * CVE-2015-5166: Use after free in QEMU/Xen block unplug protocol (bsc#939709, XSA-139) * CVE-2015-2751: Certain domctl operations could have be used to lock up the host (bsc#922709, XSA-127) * CVE-2015-3259: xl command line config handling stack overflow (bsc#935634, XSA-137) * CVE-2015-4164: DoS through iret hypercall handler (bsc#932996, XSA-136) * CVE-2015-5154: Host code execution via IDE subsystem CD-ROM (bsc#938344)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20151479-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/922709, https://bugzilla.suse.com/932996, https://bugzilla.suse.com/935634, https://bugzilla.suse.com/938344, https://bugzilla.suse.com/939709, https://bugzilla.suse.com/939712, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2751, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3259, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4164, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5154, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5165, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5166

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xen

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2.5_12-15.1

    Affected versions

    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
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