GLSA 201412-42: Xen: Denial of Service

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Xen: Denial of Service
Date:	12/26/2014
Bugs:	#523524, #524200
ID:	201412-42

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Xen, possibly resulting in Denial of Service.

Background

Xen is a bare-metal hypervisor.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-emulation/xen	< 4.3.3-r3	>= 4.2.5-r1	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xen. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A local user could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All xen users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/xen-4.2.5-r1"

All xen users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/xen-4.3.3-r3"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-42.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.