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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2011.1110
xen security update
7 November 2011
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: xen
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 6
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account
Denial of Service -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2011-3262 CVE-2011-1898 CVE-2011-1583
CVE-2011-1166
Reference: ESB-2011.0872
ESB-2011.0864
ESB-2011.0519
Original Bulletin:
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2337
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2337-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst
November 6, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : xen
Vulnerability : several vulnerabilities
Problem type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2011-1166 CVE-2011-1583 CVE-2011-1898 CVE-2011-3262
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the Xen virtual machine
hypervisor.
CVE-2011-1166
A 64-bit guest can get one of its vCPU'ss into non-kernel
mode without first providing a valid non-kernel pagetable,
thereby locking up the host system.
CVE-2011-1583, CVE-2011-3262
Local users can cause a denial of service and possibly execute
arbitrary code via a crafted paravirtualised guest kernel image.
CVE-2011-1898
When using PCI passthrough on Intel VT-d chipsets that do not
have interrupt remapping, guest OS can users to gain host OS
privileges by writing to the interrupt injection registers.
The oldstable distribution (lenny) contains a different version of Xen
not affected by these problems.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.1-4.
For the testing (wheezy) and unstable distribution (sid), this problem
has been fixed in version 4.1.1-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your xen packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
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