SUSE-SU-2017:0983-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:0983-1

    Published: 11 Apr 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for xen

    Details: This update for xen to version 4.7.2 fixes the following issues: These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2017-7228: Broken check in memory_exchange() permited PV guest breakout (bsc#1030442). - XSA-206: Unprivileged guests issuing writes to xenstore were able to stall progress of the control domain or driver domain, possibly leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) of the entire host (bsc#1030144). - CVE-2017-6505: The ohci_service_ed_list function in hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c allowed local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving the number of link endpoint list descriptors (bsc#1028235). These non-security issues were fixed: - bsc#1015348: libvirtd didn't not start during boot - bsc#1014136: kdump couldn't dump a kernel on SLES12-SP2 with Xen hypervisor. - bsc#1026236: Fixed paravirtualized performance - bsc#1022555: Timeout in 'execution of /etc/xen/scripts/block add' - bsc#1029827: Forward port xenstored - bsc#1029128: Make xen to really produce xen.efi with gcc48

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20170983-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1014136, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1015348, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1022555, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1026236, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1027519, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1028235, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1029128, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1029827, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1030144, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1030442, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6505, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7228

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xen

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.7.2_02-36.1

    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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