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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202005-08 ] Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 22:18:00
Message-Id: c6aceec8-cb6e-74fb-29e2-61a91c9a139b@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: May 14, 2020
10 Bugs: #717446
11 ID: 202005-08
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Xen, the worst of which
19 could allow privilege escalation.
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21 Background
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24 Xen is a bare-metal hypervisor.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 app-emulation/xen < 4.12.2-r2 >= 4.12.2-r2
33 2 app-emulation/xen-tools < 4.12.2-r2 >= 4.12.2-r2
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35 2 affected packages
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37 Description
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40 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xen. Please review the
41 CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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43 Impact
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46 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All Xen users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/xen-4.12.2-r2"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2020-11739
65 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11739
66 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-11740
67 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11740
68 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-11741
69 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11741
70 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-11742
71 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11742
72 [ 5 ] CVE-2020-11743
73 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11743
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75 Availability
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78 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
79 the Gentoo Security Website:
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81 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-08
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83 Concerns?
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86 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
87 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
88 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
89 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
90 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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92 License
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95 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
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98 The contents of this document are licensed under the
99 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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101 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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