SUSE Security Update: Security update for Xen and libvirt ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1043-1 Rating: important References: #746702 #762484 #762963 #764982 #766283 #773393 #773401 #773955 Cross-References: CVE-2012-3432 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves one vulnerability and has 7 fixes is now available. It includes one version update. Description: Xen was updated to fix several security issues: * CVE-2012-3433: A xen HVM guest destroy p2m teardown host DoS vulnerability was fixed, where malicious guest could lock/crash the host. * CVE-2012-3432: A xen HVM guest user mode MMIO emulation DoS was fixed. * CVE-2012-2625: The xen pv bootloader doesn't check the size of the bzip2 or lzma compressed kernel, leading to denial of service (crash). Also the following bug in XEN has been fixed: * bnc#746702 - Xen HVM DomU crash during Windows Server 2008 R2 install, when maxmem > memory This update also included bugfixes for: * vm-install: - bnc#762963 - ReaR: Unable to recover a paravirtualized XEN guest * virt-manager - SLE11-SP2 ONLY * bnc#764982 - virt-manager fails to start after upgrade to SLES11 SP2 from SLES10 Security Issue reference: * CVE-2012-3432 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3432
Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch sdksp2-xen-201208-6640 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch slessp2-xen-201208-6640 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch sledsp2-xen-201208-6640 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (x86_64): libvirt-devel-0.9.6-0.21.3 libvirt-devel-32bit-0.9.6-0.21.3 xen-devel-4.1.2_20-0.5.2 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (x86_64) [New Version: 0.5.10]: libvirt-0.9.6-0.21.3 libvirt-client-0.9.6-0.21.3 libvirt-client-32bit-0.9.6-0.21.3 libvirt-doc-0.9.6-0.21.3 libvirt-python-0.9.6-0.21.3 virt-manager-0.9.0-3.19.1 vm-install-0.5.10-0.5.1 xen-4.1.2_20-0.5.2 xen-doc-html-4.1.2_20-0.5.2 xen-doc-pdf-4.1.2_20-0.5.2 xen-kmp-default-4.1.2_20_3.0.38_0.5-0.5.2 xen-kmp-trace-4.1.2_20_3.0.38_0.5-0.5.2 xen-libs-32bit-4.1.2_20-0.5.2 xen-libs-4.1.2_20-0.5.2 xen-tools-4.1.2_20-0.5.2 xen-tools-domU-4.1.2_20-0.5.2 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64) [New Version: 0.5.10]: libvirt-0.9.6-0.21.3 libvirt-client-0.9.6-0.21.3 libvirt-client-32bit-0.9.6-0.21.3 libvirt-doc-0.9.6-0.21.3 libvirt-python-0.9.6-0.21.3 virt-manager-0.9.0-3.19.1 vm-install-0.5.10-0.5.1 xen-4.1.2_20-0.5.2 xen-doc-html-4.1.2_20-0.5.2 xen-doc-pdf-4.1.2_20-0.5.2 xen-kmp-default-4.1.2_20_3.0.38_0.5-0.5.2 xen-kmp-trace-4.1.2_20_3.0.38_0.5-0.5.2 xen-libs-32bit-4.1.2_20-0.5.2 xen-libs-4.1.2_20-0.5.2 xen-tools-4.1.2_20-0.5.2 xen-tools-domU-4.1.2_20-0.5.2 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3432.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/746702 https://bugzilla.novell.com/762484 https://bugzilla.novell.com/762963 https://bugzilla.novell.com/764982 https://bugzilla.novell.com/766283 https://bugzilla.novell.com/773393 https://bugzilla.novell.com/773401 https://bugzilla.novell.com/773955 http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=6aa25504d39edb169f3b6d3e11... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help@opensuse.org