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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201702-27
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Severity: Normal
Title: Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 21, 2017
Bugs: #607840, #609160
ID: 201702-27

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Xen, the worst of which
could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the host system.

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 < 4.7.1-r5 >= 4.7.1-r5
2 app-emulation/xen-tools < 4.7.1-r6 >= 4.7.1-r6
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2 affected packages

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

Impact
======

A local attacker could potentially execute arbitrary code with
privileges of Xen (QEMU) process on the host, gain privileges on the
host system, cause a Denial of Service condition, or obtain sensitive
information.

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-4.7.1-r5”

All Xen Tools users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot -v “>=app-emulation/xen-tools-4.7.1-r6”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-2615
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2615
[ 2 ] XSA-207
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-207.html
[ 3 ] XSA-208
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-208.html

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/201702-27

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.

License
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Copyright 2017 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.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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