Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities

Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Xen, the worst of which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the host system. xen 2017-02-21 2017-02-21 607840 609160 local 4.7.1-r5 4.7.1-r5 4.7.1-r6 4.7.1-r6

Xen is a bare-metal hypervisor.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xen. Please review the CVE identifiers and Xen Security Advisory referenced below for details.

A local attacker could potentially execute arbitrary code with privileges of Xen (QEMU) process on the host, gain privileges on the host system, cause a Denial of Service condition, or obtain sensitive information.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Xen users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/xen-4.7.1-r5"

All Xen Tools users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=app-emulation/xen-tools-4.7.1-r6"

CVE-2017-2615 XSA-207 XSA-208 whissi whissi