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gentoo-announce: GLSA 202007-02 : Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities


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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202007-02
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  https://security.gentoo.org/ (  https://security.gentoo.org/)
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Severity: Normal
Title: Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 26, 2020
Bugs: #731658
ID: 202007-02

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Xen, the worst of which
could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background
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Xen is a bare-metal hypervisor.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-emulation/xen < 4.12.3-r2 >= 4.12.3-r2
2 app-emulation/xen-tools < 4.12.3-r2 >= 4.12.3-r2
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2 affected packages

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xen. Please review the
CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Xen users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/xen-4.12.3-r2"

All Xen Tools users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/xen-tools-4.12.3-r2"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2020-15563
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15563 (  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15563)
[ 2 ] CVE-2020-15564
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15564 (  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15564)
[ 3 ] CVE-2020-15565
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15565 (  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15565)
[ 4 ] CVE-2020-15566
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15566 (  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15566)
[ 5 ] CVE-2020-15567
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15567 (  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15567)

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-02 (  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-02)

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
  https://bugs.gentoo.org (  https://bugs.gentoo.org/) .

License
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Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 (  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)