SB2024013115 - SUSE update for xen
Published: January 31, 2024
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46839)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in phantom functions implementation for PCI devices. Under certain circumstances a malicious guest assigned a PCI device with phantom functions may be able to access memory from a previous owner of the device.
2) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46840)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect placement of a preprocessor directive in source code, which results in a logic error when support for HVM guests is compiled out of Xen and CONFIG_HVM is disabled at Xen's build time. When a device is removed from a domain, it is not properly quarantined and retains its access to the domain to which it was previously assigned. An attacker with control over a malicious guest can retain access to the domain after it has been removed from it.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.