<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201612-56"> <title>Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Xen, the worst of which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the host system. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">xen</product> <announced>2016-12-31</announced> <revised count="2">2017-01-03</revised> <bug>600382</bug> <bug>600662</bug> <bug>601248</bug> <bug>601250</bug> <bug>601986</bug> <bug>603420</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="app-emulation/xen" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">4.7.1-r4</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">4.7.1-r4</vulnerable> </package> <package name="app-emulation/xen-tools" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">4.7.1-r4</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">4.7.1-r4</vulnerable> </package> <package name="app-emulation/xen-pvgrub" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">4.7.1-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">4.7.1-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>Xen is a bare-metal hypervisor.</p> </background> <description> <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xen. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, could gain privileges on the host system, cause a Denial of Service condition, or obtain sensitive information. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All Xen users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/xen-4.7.1-r4" </code> <p>All Xen Tools users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/xen-tools-4.7.1-r4" </code> <p>All Xen PvGrub users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/xen-pvgrub-4.7.1-r1" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10024"> CVE-2016-10024 </uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9377">CVE-2016-9377</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9378">CVE-2016-9378</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9379">CVE-2016-9379</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9380">CVE-2016-9380</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9381">CVE-2016-9381</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9382">CVE-2016-9382</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9383">CVE-2016-9383</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9384">CVE-2016-9384</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9385">CVE-2016-9385</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9386">CVE-2016-9386</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9637">CVE-2016-9637</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9815">CVE-2016-9815</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9816">CVE-2016-9816</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9817">CVE-2016-9817</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9818">CVE-2016-9818</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9932">CVE-2016-9932</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-11-26T10:47:37Z">b-man</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-03T05:55:18Z">b-man</metadata> </glsa>