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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.851577
Category:SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:openSUSE: Security Advisory for xen (openSUSE-SU-2017:1826-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'xen'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'xen'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
This update for xen fixes several issues.

These security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2017-10912: Page transfer might have allowed PV guest to elevate
privilege (XSA-217, bsc#1042882)

- CVE-2017-10913 CVE-2017-10914: Races in the grant table unmap code
allowed for information leaks and potentially privilege escalation
(XSA-218, bsc#1042893)

- CVE-2017-10915: Insufficient reference counts during shadow emulation
allowed a malicious pair of guest to elevate their privileges to the
privileges that XEN runs under (XSA-219, bsc#1042915)

- CVE-2017-10917: Missing NULL pointer check in event channel poll allows
guests to DoS the host (XSA-221, bsc#1042924)

- CVE-2017-10918: Stale P2M mappings due to insufficient error checking
allowed malicious guest to leak information or elevate privileges
(XSA-222, bsc#1042931)

- CVE-2017-10920, CVE-2017-10921, CVE-2017-10922: Grant table operations
mishandled reference counts allowing malicious guests to escape
(XSA-224, bsc#1042938)

- CVE-2017-9330: USB OHCI Emulation in qemu allowed local guest OS users
to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by leveraging an incorrect
return value (bsc#1042160)

- CVE-2017-8309: Memory leak in the audio/audio.c allowed remote attackers
to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly starting
and stopping audio capture (bsc#1037243)

- PKRU and BND* leakage between vCPU-s might have leaked information to
other guests (XSA-220, bsc#1042923)

These non-security issues were fixed:

- bsc#1027519: Included various upstream patches

- bsc#1035642: Ensure that rpmbuild works

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

Affected Software/OS:
xen on openSUSE Leap 42.2

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-8309
BugTraq ID: 98302
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98302
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg05587.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:2408
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-9330
BugTraq ID: 98779
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98779
Debian Security Information: DSA-3920 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3920
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/01/3
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2017 Greenbone Networks GmbH

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