Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Xen, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.
| Package | app-emulations/xen on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 4.3.2-r4 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 4.3.2-r4 revision >= 4.2.4-r4 |
| Package | app-emulations/xen-tools on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 4.3.2-r5 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 4.3.2-r5 revision >= 4.2.4-r6 |
| Package | app-emulations/xen-pvgrub on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 4.3.2 |
| Unaffected versions | revision >= 4.3.2 revision >= 4.2.4 |
Xen is a bare-metal hypervisor.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xen. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
A remote attacker can utilize multiple vectors to execute arbitrary code, cause Denial of Service, or gain access to data on the host.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Xen 4.3 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulations/xen-4.3.2-r2"
All Xen 4.2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulations/xen-4.2.4-r2"
All xen-tools 4.3 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulations/xen-tools-4.3.2-r2"
All xen-tools 4.2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulations/xen-tools-4.2.4-r2"
All Xen PVGRUB 4.3 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulations/xen-pvgrub-4.3.2"
All Xen PVGRUB 4.2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulations/xen-pvgrub-4.2.4"