OpenSUSE Linux update for xen



Published: 2018-07-31
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
CVE-ID CVE-2018-12891
CVE-2018-12892
CVE-2018-12893
CVE-2018-3665
CWE-ID CWE-264
CWE-200
Exploitation vector Local network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.

1) Denial of service

EUVDB-ID: #VU13520

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12891

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists on x86 systems due to unspecified flaw. An adjacent attacker can invoke certain PV MMU operations to preempt the current vCPU, prevent use of a physical CPU and cause the system to crash.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 15.0

External links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-07/msg00033.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Security restrictions bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU13522

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12892

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker with administrative privileges to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The vulnerability exists on x86 systems due to a flaw in libxl. An adjacent attacker can bypass the read-only restrictions on a SCSI disk image in certain cases.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 15.0

External links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-07/msg00033.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the local network (LAN).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Denial of service

EUVDB-ID: #VU13521

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12893

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists on x86 systems due to unspecified flaw. An adjacent attacker can invoke hardware debugging facilities, trigger a debug exception and cause the system to crash.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 15.0

External links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-07/msg00033.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) Side-channel attack

EUVDB-ID: #VU13337

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-3665

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to utilizing the Lazy FP state restore technique for floating point state when context switching between application processes. A local attacker can conduct cache side-channel attacks and determine register values of other processes.

Note: This vulnerability is known as LazyFP.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 15.0

External links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-07/msg00033.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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