Security Announcements (Historical)
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The following security advisories have been made in accordance with the xen.org security problem response process.
Please contact security@xen.org if you wish to disclose a security vulnerability.
XSA-1 Host crash due to failure to correctly validate PV kernel execution state.
- Date
- 14 March 2011
- References
- CVE-2011-1166
- Advisory
- Cannot specify user mode execution without specifying user-mode pagetables. Failure to validate this allows a malicious or buggy 64 bit PV guest to crash the host.
- nb: predates vulnerability handling process and therefore no formal announcement
- Fixes
- xen-unstable.hg: 23034:c79aae866ad8
- xen-4.1-testing.hg: 22993:842aed720b84
- xen-4.0-testing.hg: 21461:ee088a0b5cb8
XSA-2 PV kernel validation vulnerabilities
- Date
- 9 May 2011
- References
- CVE-2011-1583
- Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-05/msg00483.html
- Fixes
- xen-unstable.hg: 23322:d9982136d8fa
- xen-4.1-testing.hg: 23042:e2e575f8b5d9
- xen-4.0-testing.hg: 21482:c2adc059e931
XSA-3 VT-d (PCI passthrough) MSI
- Date
- 12 May 2011
- References
- CVE-2011-1898
- Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-05/msg00687.html
- Fixes
- xen-unstable.hg: 23337:cc91832a02c7
- xen-4.1-testing.hg: 23046:ed630a821de1
- xen-4.0-testing.hg: 21485:b85a9e58ec3a
XSA-4 Xen 3.3 vaddr validation
- Date
- 2 September 2011
- References
- CVE-2011-2901
- Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-09/msg00119.html
- Fixes
- xen-unstable.hg: 23800:72edc40e2942
- nb: although the off-by-one error was fixed in the above changeset only Xen version 3.3 and earlier were vulnerable due to this error.
XSA-5 IOMMU Fault Live lock
- Date
- 12 August 2011
- References
- CVE-2011-3131
- Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-08/msg00450.html
- Fixes
- xen-unstable.hg: 23762:537ed3b74b3f
- xen-4.1-testing.hg: 23112:84e3706df07a
- xen-4.0-testing.hg: 21535:789ff1a462b8
XSA-6 HVM e1000, buffer overflow
- Date
- 2 February 2012
- References
- CVE-2012-0029
- Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-02/msg00212.html
- Fixes
- qemu-xen-unstable.git: ebe37b2a3f844bad02dcc30d081f39eda06118f8
- qemu-xen-4.1-testing.git: 3cf61880403b4e484539596a95937cc066243388
- qemu-xen-4.0-testing.git: 36984c285a765541b04f378bfa84d2c850c167d3
In each case the QEMU_TAG in the corresponding xen.hg repository has been updated so that a completely fresh build will pick up the fix:
- xen-unstable.hg: 24673:fcc071c31e3a
- xen-4.1-testing.hg: 23224:cccd6c68e1b9
- xen-4.0-testing.hg: 21563:3feb83eed6bd
XSA-7 64-bit PV guest privilege escalation vulnerability
- Date
- 12 June 2012 (public disclosure)
- References
- CVE-2012-0217
- Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-06/msg00001.html
- Fixes
- xen-unstable.hg: 25480:76eaf5966c05
- xen-4.1-testing.hg: 23299:f08e61b9b33f
- xen-4.0-testing.hg: 21590:dd367837e089
XSA-8 guest denial of service on syscall/sysenter exception generation
- Date
- 12 June 2012 (public disclosure)
- References
- CVE-2012-0218
- Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-06/msg00003.html
- Fixes
- xen-unstable.hg: 25200:80f4113be500 & 25204:569d6f05e1ef
- xen-4.1-testing.hg: 23300:0fec1afa4638
- xen-4.0-testing.hg: 21591:adb943a387c8
XSA-9 PV guest host Denial of Service (AMD erratum #121)
- Date
- 12 June 2012 (public disclosure)
- References
- CVE-2012-2934
- Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-06/msg00002.html
- Fixes
- xen-unstable.hg: 25481:bc2f3a848f9a
- xen-4.1-testing.hg: 23301:a9c0a89c08f2
- xen-4.0-testing.hg: 21592:e35c8bb53255
XSA-10 HVM guest user mode MMIO emulation DoS vulnerability
- Date
- 26 July 2012 (public disclosure)
- References
- CVE-2012-3432
- Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-07/msg01649.html
- Fixes
- xen-unstable.hg: 25682:ffcb24876b4f
- xen-4.1-testing.hg: 23325:a43f5b4b0331
- xen-4.0-testing.hg: 21604:82fcf3a5dc3a
XSA-11 HVM guest destroy p2m teardown host DoS vulnerability
- Date
- 8 August 2012 (public disclosure)
- References
- CVE-2012-3433
- Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-08/msg00855.html
- Fixes
- xen-unstable.hg: Not vulnerable
- xen-4.1-testing.hg: 23332:859205b36fe9
- xen-4.0-testing.hg: 21608:a51c86b407d7
XSA-12 hypercall set_debugreg vulnerability
- Date
- 5 September 2012 (public disclosure)
- References
- CVE-2012-3494
- Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html
- Fixes
- xen-unstable.hg: 25814:4f1c69648201
- xen-4.1-testing.hg: 23349:bcc340292731
- xen-4.0-testing.hg: 21613:92334c7f577e
XSA-13 hypercall physdev_get_free_pirq vulnerability
- Date
- 5 September 2012 (public disclosure)
- References
- CVE-2012-3495
- Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00001.html
- Fixes
- xen-unstable.hg: Not vulnerable
- xen-4.1-testing.hg: 23350:6779ddca8593
XSA-14 XENMEM_populate_physmap DoS vulnerability
- Date
- 5 September 2012 (public disclosure)
- References
- CVE-2012-3496
- Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00002.html
- Fixes
- xen-unstable.hg: 25815:bcf58ef63b7c
- xen-4.1-testing.hg: 23351:8ebda5388e4e
- xen-4.0-testing.hg: 21614:96b08706a0ed
XSA-15 multiple TMEM hypercall vulnerabilities
- Date
- 5 September 2012 (public disclosure)
- References
- CVE-2012-3497
- Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html
- Fixes
- None at this time. See advisory for details.
XSA-16 PHYSDEVOP_map_pirq index vulnerability
- Date
- 5 September 2012 (public disclosure)
- References
- CVE-2012-3498
- Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00005.html
- Fixes
- xen-unstable.hg: 25816:2750340a347d
- xen-4.1-testing.hg: 23352:936f63ee4dad
XSA-17 Qemu VT100 emulation vulnerability
- Date
- 5 September 2012 (public disclosure)
- References
- CVE-2012-3515
- Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html
- Fixes
- qemu-upstream-unstable.git: 87650d262dea07c955a683dcac75db86477c7ee3 (qemu-xen tree)
- qemu-xen-unstable.git: a56ae4b5069c7b23ee657b15f08443a9b14a8e7b (qemu-xen-traditional tree)
- qemu-xen-4.1-testing.git: 3220480734832a148d26f7a81f90af61c2ecfdd9 (qemu-xen-traditional tree)
- qemu-xen-4.0-testing.git: 091149d364e893e643a5da3175c3f84d2163cb3e (qemu-xen-traditional tree)
In each case the QEMU_TAG in the corresponding xen.hg repository has been updated so that a completely fresh build will pick up the fix to qemu-xen-traditional:
- xen-unstable.hg: 25818:50adc933faaf
- xen-4.1-testing.hg: 23353:3e4782f17f5c
- xen-4.0-testing.hg: 21615:79444af3258c
XSA-18 grant table entry swaps have inadequate bounds checking
- Date
- 5 September 2012 (public disclosure)
- References
- CVE-2012-3516
- Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html
- Fixes
- xen-unstable.hg: 25817:93e5a791d076
XSA-19 guest administrator can access qemu monitor console
- Date
- 6 September 2012 (public disclosure)
- References
- CVE-2012-4411
- Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00007.html
- Fixes
- qemu-upstream-unstable.git: Not vulnerable
- qemu-xen-unstable.git: bacc0d302445c75f18f4c826750fb5853b60e7ca
- qemu-xen-4.1-testing.git: d7d453f51459b591faa96d1c123b5bfff7c5b6b6
- qemu-xen-4.0-testing.git: eaa1bd612f50d2f253738ed19e14981e4ede98a5
In each case the QEMU_TAG in the corresponding xen.hg repository has been updated so that a completely fresh build will pick up the fix:
- xen-unstable.hg: 25822:ec23c2a11f6f
- xen-4.1-testing.hg: Pending
- xen-4.0-testing.hg: Pending
