Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 201504-04

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Xen, the worst of which can allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Affected packages

app-emulation/xen on all architectures
Affected versions < 4.4.2-r1
Unaffected versions >= 4.4.2-r1
revision >= 4.2.5-r8

Background

Xen is a bare-metal hypervisor.

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

Release date
April 11, 2015

Latest revision
April 11, 2015: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
local

Bugzilla entries