Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201703-7 - A vulnerability in Xen's bundled QEMU version might allow privilege escalation. Versions less than 4.7.1-r8 are affected.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201703-07
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Severity: Normal
Title: Xen: Privilege Escalation
Date: March 28, 2017
Bugs: #609120
ID: 201703-07
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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in Xen's bundled QEMU version might 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-tools < 4.7.1-r8 >= 4.7.1-r8
Description
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In CIRRUS_BLTMODE_MEMSYSSRC mode the bitblit copy routine
cirrus_bitblt_cputovideo fails to check wethehr the specified memory
region is safe.
Impact
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A local attacker could potentially execute arbitrary code with
privileges of Xen (QEMU) process on the host, gain privileges on the
host system, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
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Running guests in Paravirtualization (PV) mode, or running guests in
Hardware-assisted virtualizion (HVM) utilizing stub domains mitigate
the issue.
Running HVM guests with the device model in a stubdomain will mitigate
the issue.
Changing the video card emulation to stdvga (stdvga=1, vga="stdvga", =
in
the xl domain configuration) will avoid the vulnerability.
Resolution
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All Xen Tools users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/xen-tools-4.7.1-r8"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-2620
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-2620
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/201703-07
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 2017 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.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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