GLSA 201504-04: Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
Severity: | high |
Title: | Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities |
Date: | 04/11/2015 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 201504-04 |
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Xen, the worst of which can allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.Background
Xen is a bare-metal hypervisor.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
---|---|---|---|
app-emulation/xen | < 4.4.2-r1 | >= 4.4.2-r1 | All supported architectures |
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xen. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
A local attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition or obtain sensitive information.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Xen 4.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/xen-4.4.2-r1"
All Xen 4.2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/xen-4.2.5-r8"
References
CVE-2013-2212 CVE-2013-3495 CVE-2014-3967 CVE-2014-3968 CVE-2014-5146 CVE-2014-5149 CVE-2014-8594 CVE-2014-8595 CVE-2014-8866 CVE-2014-8867 CVE-2014-9030 CVE-2014-9065 CVE-2014-9066 CVE-2015-0361 CVE-2015-2044 CVE-2015-2045 CVE-2015-2152 CVE-2015-2751 CVE-2015-2752 CVE-2015-2756
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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