Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Xen, the worst of which could allow for privilege escalation.
| Package | app-emulation/xen on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 4.9.1-r1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 4.9.1-r1 |
| Package | app-emulation/xen-tools on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 4.9.1-r1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 4.9.1-r1 |
Xen is a bare-metal hypervisor.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xen. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
A local attacker could potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Xen (QEMU) process on the host, gain privileges on the host system, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Xen users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/xen-4.9.1-r1"
All Xen tools users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/xen-tools-4.9.1-r1"