SUSE Security Update: Security update for Xen 
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:1044-1
Rating:             important
References:         #744771 #746702 #762484 #762963 #773393 #773401 
                    
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-2625 CVE-2012-3432 CVE-2012-3433
                   
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
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   An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has three
   fixes is now available. It includes one version update.

Description:


   Xen was updated to fix several security issues:

   *

   CVE-2012-3433: A xen HVM guest destroy p2m teardown
   host DoS vulnerability was fixed, where malicious guest
   could lock/crash the host.

   *

   CVE-2012-3432: A xen HVM guest user mode MMIO
   emulation DoS was fixed.

   *

   CVE-2012-2625: The xen pv bootloader doesn't check
   the size of the bzip2 or lzma compressed kernel, leading to
   denial of service (crash).

   Also the following bug in XEN was fixed:

   * bnc#746702 - Xen HVM DomU crash during Windows Server
   2008 R2 install, when maxmem > memory

   This update also included bugfixes for:

   * vm-install: - bnc#762963 - ReaR: Unable to recover a
   paravirtualized XEN guest

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2012-3432
   
   * CVE-2012-3433
   
   * CVE-2012-2625
   


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp1-xen-201208-6653

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-xen-201208-6653

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-xen-201208-6653

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-xen-201208-6653

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):

      xen-devel-4.0.3_21548_08-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      xen-kmp-trace-4.0.3_21548_08_2.6.32.59_0.7-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 0.4.34]:

      vm-install-0.4.34-0.3.1
      xen-4.0.3_21548_08-0.7.1
      xen-doc-html-4.0.3_21548_08-0.7.1
      xen-doc-pdf-4.0.3_21548_08-0.7.1
      xen-kmp-default-4.0.3_21548_08_2.6.32.59_0.7-0.7.1
      xen-kmp-trace-4.0.3_21548_08_2.6.32.59_0.7-0.7.1
      xen-libs-4.0.3_21548_08-0.7.1
      xen-tools-4.0.3_21548_08-0.7.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.0.3_21548_08-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586):

      xen-kmp-pae-4.0.3_21548_08_2.6.32.59_0.7-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 0.4.34]:

      vm-install-0.4.34-0.3.1
      xen-4.0.3_21548_08-0.7.1
      xen-kmp-default-4.0.3_21548_08_2.6.32.59_0.7-0.7.1
      xen-libs-4.0.3_21548_08-0.7.1
      xen-tools-4.0.3_21548_08-0.7.1
      xen-tools-domU-4.0.3_21548_08-0.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586):

      xen-kmp-pae-4.0.3_21548_08_2.6.32.59_0.7-0.7.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2625.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3432.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3433.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/744771
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/746702
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/762484
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/762963
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/773393
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/773401
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login