{"schema_version":"1.7.3","id":"SUSE-SU-2017:3212-1","published":"2017-12-05T16:37:48Z","modified":"2026-02-04T03:32:49.897755Z","related":["CVE-2017-15289","CVE-2017-15592","CVE-2017-15595","CVE-2017-15597"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-15289","CVE-2017-15592","CVE-2017-15595","CVE-2017-15597"],"summary":"Security update for xen","details":"This update for xen fixes several issues.\n\nThese security issues were fixed:\n\n- bsc#1068187: Failure to recognize errors in the Populate on Demand (PoD) code\n  allowed for DoS (XSA-246)\n- bsc#1068191: Missing p2m error checking in PoD code allowed unprivileged guests\n  to retain a writable mapping of freed memory leading to information leaks,\n  privilege escalation or DoS (XSA-247).\n- CVE-2017-15289: The mode4and5 write functions allowed local OS guest privileged\n  users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write access and Qemu process\n  crash) via vectors related to dst calculation (bsc#1063123)\n- CVE-2017-15597: A grant copy operation being done on a grant of a dying domain\n  allowed a malicious guest administrator to corrupt hypervisor memory, allowing\n  for DoS or potentially privilege escalation and information leaks (bsc#1061075).\n- CVE-2017-15595: x86 PV guest OS users were able to cause a DoS (unbounded\n  recursion, stack consumption, and hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges\n  via crafted page-table stacking (bsc#1061081).\n- CVE-2017-15592: x86 HVM guest OS users were able to cause a DoS (hypervisor\n  crash) or possibly gain privileges because self-linear shadow mappings were\n  mishandled for translated guests (bsc#1061086).\n","affected":[{"package":{"name":"xen","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.2.5_21-45.16.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"xen-kmp-default":"4.2.5_21_3.0.101_0.47.106.8-45.16.1","xen-kmp-pae":"4.2.5_21_3.0.101_0.47.106.8-45.16.1","xen-libs":"4.2.5_21-45.16.1","xen-tools-domU":"4.2.5_21-45.16.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:3212-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"xen","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSS"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.2.5_21-45.16.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"xen":"4.2.5_21-45.16.1","xen-doc-html":"4.2.5_21-45.16.1","xen-doc-pdf":"4.2.5_21-45.16.1","xen-kmp-default":"4.2.5_21_3.0.101_0.47.106.8-45.16.1","xen-kmp-pae":"4.2.5_21_3.0.101_0.47.106.8-45.16.1","xen-libs":"4.2.5_21-45.16.1","xen-libs-32bit":"4.2.5_21-45.16.1","xen-tools":"4.2.5_21-45.16.1","xen-tools-domU":"4.2.5_21-45.16.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:3212-1.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20173212-1/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1061075"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1061081"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1061086"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1063123"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068187"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068191"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15289"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15592"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15595"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15597"}]}