SUSE update for xen

1) Deadlock

EUVDB-ID: #VU97680

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45817

CWE-ID: CWE-833 - Deadlock

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack (DoS) on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a deadlock within the vlapic_error() function. A buggy or malicious HVM or PVH guest can deadlock Xen and perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package xen to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher: 5.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro: 5.1 - 5.2

openSUSE Leap: 15.3

xen-libs-64bit: before 4.14.6_20-150300.3.81.1

xen-libs-64bit-debuginfo: before 4.14.6_20-150300.3.81.1

xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk: before 4.14.6_20-150300.3.81.1

xen-tools-debuginfo: before 4.14.6_20-150300.3.81.1

xen: before 4.14.6_20-150300.3.81.1

xen-tools: before 4.14.6_20-150300.3.81.1

xen-doc-html: before 4.14.6_20-150300.3.81.1

xen-libs-32bit: before 4.14.6_20-150300.3.81.1

xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo: before 4.14.6_20-150300.3.81.1

xen-tools-domU-debuginfo: before 4.14.6_20-150300.3.81.1

xen-tools-domU: before 4.14.6_20-150300.3.81.1

xen-devel: before 4.14.6_20-150300.3.81.1

xen-libs: before 4.14.6_20-150300.3.81.1

xen-libs-debuginfo: before 4.14.6_20-150300.3.81.1

xen-debugsource: before 4.14.6_20-150300.3.81.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_micro_for_rancher:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_micro:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_micro:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-libs-64bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-libs-64bit-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-tools-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-tools:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-doc-html:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-libs-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-tools-domu-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-tools-domu:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-libs:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-libs-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:xen-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243422-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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