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SUSE: CVE-2017-10916: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-10916: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
07/04/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/07/2017
Modified
01/26/2018

Description

The vCPU context-switch implementation in Xen through 4.8.x improperly interacts with the Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) and Protection Key (PKU) features, which makes it easier for guest OS users to defeat ASLR and other protection mechanisms, aka XSA-220.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-xen
  • suse-upgrade-xen-doc-html
  • suse-upgrade-xen-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-xen-libs
  • suse-upgrade-xen-libs-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-xen-tools
  • suse-upgrade-xen-tools-domu

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:1812-1
  • DSA-3969
  • 99167
  • 1038730
  • GLSA-201708-03
  • CVE-2017-10916

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