SB2015070818 - SUSE Linux update for Xen

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SB2015070818 - SUSE Linux update for Xen

Published: July 8, 2015

Security Bulletin ID SB2015070818
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3209)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the PCNET controller in QEMU allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a packet with TXSTATUS_STARTPACKET set and then a crafted packet with TXSTATUS_DEVICEOWNS set.


2) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-4164)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The compat_iret function in Xen 3.1 through 4.5 iterates the wrong way through a loop, which allows local 32-bit PV guest administrators to cause a denial of service (large loop and system hang) via a hypercall_iret call with EFLAGS.VM set.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References