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Severity: Normal
Title: Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 14, 2020
Bugs: #717446
ID: 202005-08

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Xen, the worst of which
could allow privilege escalation.

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 < 4.12.2-r2 >= 4.12.2-r2
2 app-emulation/xen-tools < 4.12.2-r2 >= 4.12.2-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-4.12.2-r2”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2020-11739
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11739
[ 2 ] CVE-2020-11740
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11740
[ 3 ] CVE-2020-11741
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11741
[ 4 ] CVE-2020-11742
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11742
[ 5 ] CVE-2020-11743
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11743

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/202005-08

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 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

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