SUSE-SU-2015:1908-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20151908-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2015:1908-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2015:1908-1
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Published
2015-10-29T16:40:54Z
Modified
2026-02-04T02:18:33Z
Summary
Security update for xen
Details

xen was updated to version 4.4.3 to fix nine security issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2015-4037: The slirp_smb function in net/slirp.c created temporary files with predictable names, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (instantiation failure) by creating /tmp/qemu-smb.- files before the program (bsc#932267).
  • CVE-2014-0222: Integer overflow in the qcow_open function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large L2 table in a QCOW version 1 image (bsc#877642).
  • CVE-2015-7835: Uncontrolled creation of large page mappings by PV guests (bsc#950367).
  • CVE-2015-7311: libxl in Xen did not properly handle the readonly flag on disks when using the qemu-xen device model, which allowed local guest users to write to a read-only disk image (bsc#947165).
  • CVE-2015-5239: Integer overflow in vnc_client_read() and protocol_client_msg() (bsc#944463).
  • CVE-2015-6815: With e1000 NIC emulation support it was possible to enter an infinite loop (bsc#944697).
  • CVE-2015-7969: Leak of main per-domain vcpu pointer array leading to denial of service (bsc#950703).
  • CVE-2015-7969: Leak of per-domain profiling- related vcpu pointer array leading to denial of service (bsc#950705).
  • CVE-2015-7971: Some pmu and profiling hypercalls log without rate limiting (bsc#950706).

These non-security issues were fixed:

  • bsc#907514: Bus fatal error: SLES 12 sudden reboot has been observed
  • bsc#910258: SLES12 Xen host crashes with FATAL NMI after shutdown of guest with VT-d NIC
  • bsc#918984: Bus fatal error: SLES11-SP4 sudden reboot has been observed
  • bsc#923967: Partner-L3: Bus fatal error: SLES11-SP3 sudden reboot has been observed
  • bnc#901488: Intel ixgbe driver assigns rx/tx queues per core resulting in irq problems on servers with a large amount of CPU cores
  • bsc#945167: Running command: xl pci-assignable-add 03:10.1 secondly show errors
  • bsc#949138: Setting vcpu affinity under Xen causes libvirtd abort
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.4.3_02-22.12.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xen": "4.4.3_02-22.12.1",
            "xen-kmp-default": "4.4.3_02_k3.12.48_52.27-22.12.1",
            "xen-libs": "4.4.3_02-22.12.1",
            "xen-libs-32bit": "4.4.3_02-22.12.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2015:1908-1.json"
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12
xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.4.3_02-22.12.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xen": "4.4.3_02-22.12.1",
            "xen-doc-html": "4.4.3_02-22.12.1",
            "xen-kmp-default": "4.4.3_02_k3.12.48_52.27-22.12.1",
            "xen-libs": "4.4.3_02-22.12.1",
            "xen-libs-32bit": "4.4.3_02-22.12.1",
            "xen-tools": "4.4.3_02-22.12.1",
            "xen-tools-domU": "4.4.3_02-22.12.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2015:1908-1.json"
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.4.3_02-22.12.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xen": "4.4.3_02-22.12.1",
            "xen-doc-html": "4.4.3_02-22.12.1",
            "xen-kmp-default": "4.4.3_02_k3.12.48_52.27-22.12.1",
            "xen-libs": "4.4.3_02-22.12.1",
            "xen-libs-32bit": "4.4.3_02-22.12.1",
            "xen-tools": "4.4.3_02-22.12.1",
            "xen-tools-domU": "4.4.3_02-22.12.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2015:1908-1.json"
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
xen

Package

Name
xen
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.4.3_02-22.12.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xen-devel": "4.4.3_02-22.12.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2015:1908-1.json"