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SUSE-SU-2018:4070-1 Not scored

Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-18849: Fixed an out of bounds memory access issue was found in the LSI53C895A SCSI Host Bus Adapter emulation while writing a message in lsi_do_msgin (bsc#1114423). - CVE-2018-18883: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference that could have been triggered by nested VT-x that where not properly restricted (XSA-278)(bsc#1114405). - CVE-2018-19965: Fixed denial of service issue from attempting to use INVPCID with a non-canonical addresses (XSA-279)(bsc#1115045). - CVE-2018-19966: Fixed issue introduced by XSA-240 that could have caused conflicts with shadow paging (XSA-280)(bsc#1115047). - CVE-2018-19961 CVE-2018-19962: Fixed insufficient TLB flushing / improper large page mappings with AMD IOMMUs (XSA-275)(bsc#1115040). Non-security issues fixed: - Added upstream bug fixes (bsc#1027519). - Fixed XEN SLE12-SP1 domU hang on SLE12-SP3 HV (bsc#1108940).

Exploit probability Not scored
Published December 11, 2018
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 xen

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2018:4070-1

This update for xen fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-18849: Fixed an out of bounds memory access issue was found in the LSI53C895A SCSI Host Bus Adapter emulation while writing a message in lsi_do_msgin (bsc#1114423). - CVE-2018-18883: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference that could have been triggered by nested VT-x that where not properly restricted (XSA-278)(bsc#1114405). - CVE-2018-19965: Fixed denial of service issue from attempting to use INVPCID with a non-canonical addresses (XSA-279)(bsc#1115045). - CVE-2018-19966: Fixed issue introduced by XSA-240 that could have caused conflicts with shadow paging (XSA-280)(bsc#1115047). - CVE-2018-19961 CVE-2018-19962: Fixed insufficient TLB flushing / improper large page mappings with AMD IOMMUs (XSA-275)(bsc#1115040). Non-security issues fixed: - Added upstream bug fixes (bsc#1027519). - Fixed XEN SLE12-SP1 domU hang on SLE12-SP3 HV (bsc#1108940).

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05 / REFERENCES

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