SUSE-SU-2017:1058-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:1058-1

    Published: 19 Apr 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for xen

    Details: This update for xen fixes the following security issues: - CVE-2017-7228: Broken check in memory_exchange() permited PV guest breakout (bsc#1030442). - CVE-2017-6414: Memory leak in the vcard_apdu_new function in card_7816.c in libcacard allowed local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via vectors related to allocating a new APDU object (bsc#1027570). - 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).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171058-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1027570, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1028235, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1030442, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6414, 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%20OpenStack%20Cloud%205

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2.5_21-38.1

    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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