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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201904-09 ] Xen: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 08:53:59
Message-Id: 20190404050042.GA5136@monkey
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Xen: Multiple Vulnerabilities
9 Date: April 04, 2019
10 Bugs: #679580
11 ID: 201904-09
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Xen, the worst of which
19 could result in 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 < 4.10.3-r2 >= 4.10.3-r2
33 2 app-emulation/xen-pvgrub
34 < 4.10.3-r2 >= 4.10.3-r2
35 3 app-emulation/xen-tools < 4.10.3-r2 >= 4.10.3-r2
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37 3 affected packages
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39 Description
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42 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xen. Please review the
43 referenced XSA security advisories.
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45 Impact
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48 Please review the referenced XSA security advisories for details.
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50 Workaround
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53 There is no known workaround at this time.
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55 Resolution
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58 All Xen users should upgrade to the latest version:
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60 # emerge --sync
61 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/xen-4.10.3-r2"
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63 All Xen pvgrub users should upgrade to the latest version:
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65 # emerge --sync
66 # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/xen-pvgrub-4.10.3-r2"
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68 All Xen tools users should upgrade to the latest version:
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70 # emerge --sync
71 # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/xen-tools-4.10.3-r2"
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73 References
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76 [ 1 ] XSA Security Advisory
77 http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/
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79 Availability
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82 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
83 the Gentoo Security Website:
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85 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-09
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87 Concerns?
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90 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
91 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
92 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
93 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
94 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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96 License
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99 Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
100 belongs to its owner(s).
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102 The contents of this document are licensed under the
103 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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105 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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