SB2024013115 - SUSE update for xen

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SB2024013115 - SUSE update for xen

Published: January 31, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024013115
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46839)

The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in phantom functions implementation for PCI devices. Under certain circumstances a malicious guest assigned a PCI device with phantom functions may be able to access memory from a previous owner of the device.


2) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46840)

The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect placement of a preprocessor directive in source code, which results in a logic error when support for HVM guests is compiled out of Xen and CONFIG_HVM is disabled at Xen's build time. When a device is removed from a domain, it is not properly quarantined and retains its access to the domain to which it was previously assigned. An attacker with control over a malicious guest can retain access to the domain after it has been removed from it.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References