SUSE-SU-2015:2306-1

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    SUSE-SU-2015:2306-1

    Published: 18 Dec 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for xen

    Details: This update fixes the following security issues: - bsc#956832 - CVE-2015-8345: xen: qemu: net: eepro100: infinite loop in processing command block list - bsc#956408 - CVE-2015-8339, CVE-2015-8340: xen: XENMEM_exchange error handling issues (XSA-159) xsa159.patch - bsc#956411 - CVE-2015-7504: xen: heap buffer overflow vulnerability in pcnet emulator (XSA-162) - bsc#954405 - CVE-2015-8104: Xen: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode via #DB exception - bsc#953527 - CVE-2015-5307: kernel: kvm/xen: x86: avoid guest->host DOS by intercepting #AC (XSA-156) - bsc#950704 - CVE-2015-7970: xen: x86: Long latency populate-on-demand operation is not preemptible (XSA-150) - bsc#951845 - CVE-2015-7972: xen: x86: populate-on-demand balloon size inaccuracy can crash guests (XSA-153) - bsc#950703 - CVE-2015-7969: xen: leak of main per-domain vcpu pointer array (DoS) (XSA-149) - bsc#950705 - CVE-2015-7969: xen: x86: leak of per-domain profiling-related vcpu pointer array (DoS) (XSA-151) - bsc#950706 - CVE-2015-7971: xen: x86: some pmu and profiling hypercalls log without rate limiting (XSA-152)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xen

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSS

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.1.6_08-23.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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