SUSE update for xen

Published: 2024-08-21

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-31145 CVE-2024-31146
CWE-ID	CWE-388 CWE-399
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component xen-devel Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component xen-tools-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component xen-libs-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component xen-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component xen-libs Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component xen Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component xen-tools Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component xen-tools-domU Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component xen-tools-domU-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Improper error handling

EUVDB-ID: #VU96006

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-31145

CWE-ID: CWE-388 - Error Handling

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper error handling in x86 IOMMU identity mapping. A malicious guest can access memory regions related to other guests or the hypervisor.

Mitigation

Update the affected package xen to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS: 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS: 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP2

xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk: before 4.13.5_14-150200.3.96.1

xen-devel: before 4.13.5_14-150200.3.96.1

xen-tools-debuginfo: before 4.13.5_14-150200.3.96.1

xen-libs-debuginfo: before 4.13.5_14-150200.3.96.1

xen-debugsource: before 4.13.5_14-150200.3.96.1

xen-libs: before 4.13.5_14-150200.3.96.1

xen: before 4.13.5_14-150200.3.96.1

xen-tools: before 4.13.5_14-150200.3.96.1

xen-tools-domU: before 4.13.5_14-150200.3.96.1

xen-tools-domU-debuginfo: before 4.13.5_14-150200.3.96.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20242994-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU96007