Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Xen, the worst of which could allow for privilege escalation. xen 2018-01-14 2018-01-14 627962 634668 637540 637542 639688 641566 local 4.9.1-r1 4.9.1-r1 4.9.1-r1 4.9.1-r1

Xen is a bare-metal hypervisor.

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

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

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-4.9.1-r1"

All Xen tools users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/xen-tools-4.9.1-r1" CVE-2017-12134 CVE-2017-12135 CVE-2017-12136 CVE-2017-12137 CVE-2017-15588 CVE-2017-15589 CVE-2017-15590 CVE-2017-15591 CVE-2017-15592 CVE-2017-15593 CVE-2017-15594 CVE-2017-15595 CVE-2017-17044 CVE-2017-17045 CVE-2017-17046 CVE-2017-17563 CVE-2017-17564 CVE-2017-17565 CVE-2017-17566 BlueKnight b-man