Date: 06 December 2012
References: ESB-2012.1144 ESB-2012.1155 ESB-2013.0100 ESB-2013.0310 ESB-2013.0313
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2012.1150
Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates
6 December 2012
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Citrix XenServer
Publisher: Citrix
Operating System: Windows
Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Denial of Service -- Existing Account
Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2012-5515 CVE-2012-5514 CVE-2012-5513
CVE-2012-5512 CVE-2012-5511 CVE-2012-5510
Reference: ESB-2012.1144
Original Bulletin:
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX135777
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Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates
Document ID: CTX135777
Created On: Dec 4, 2012
Updated On: Dec 4, 2012
Severity: High
Description of Problem
A number of security vulnerabilities have been identified in Citrix XenServer.
These vulnerabilities affect all currently supported versions of Citrix
XenServer up to and including version 6.1.
The following vulnerabilities have been addressed:
Grant table version switch list corruption vulnerability (CVE-2012-5510)
Several HVM operations do not validate the range of their inputs
(CVE-2012-5511)
HVMOP_get_mem_access crash / HVMOP_set_mem_access information leak
(CVE-2012-5512)
XENMEM_exchange may overwrite hypervisor memory (CVE-2012-5513)
Missing unlock in guest_physmap_mark_populate_on_demand() (CVE-2012-5514)
Several memory hypercall operations allow invalid extent order values
(CVE-2012-5515)
What Customers Should Do
Citrix is in the process of releasing hotfixes to address these issues in all
supported versions and update levels of Citrix XenServer. These hotfixes, when
available, may be downloaded from the locations below. Citrix strongly
recommends that customers using Citrix XenServer identify and apply the
hotfixes that relate to their deployed versions:
Citrix XenServer 6.1:
CTX135709 - Hotfix XS61E006 - For XenServer 6.1.0
Citrix XenServer 6.0.2:
CTX135707 - Hotfix XS602E016 - For XenServer 6.0.2
Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 CC:
Customers using Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 in the Common Criteria evaluated
configuration should apply the following hotfix: CTX135708 - [Document Not
Found]
Citrix XenServer 6.0.0:
CTX135706 - Hotfix XS60E024 - For XenServer 6.0
Citrix XenServer 5.6 Service Pack 2:
CTX135705 - Hotfix XS56ESP2022 - For XenServer 5.6 Service Pack 2
Citrix XenServer 5.6 Feature Pack 1:
CTX135704 - Hotfix XS56EFP1014 - For XenServer 5.6 Feature Pack 1
Citrix XenServer 5.6:
CTX135702 - Hotfix XS56E016 - For XenServer 5.6
Citrix XenServer 5.6 CC:
Customers using Citrix XenServer 5.6 in the Common Criteria evaluated
configuration should apply the following hotfix: CTX135703 - [Document Not
Found]
Citrix XenServer 5.5 Update 2:
CTX135701 - Hotfix XS55EU2014 - For XenServer 5.5 Update 2
Citrix XenServer 5.0 Update 3:
CTX135699 - Hotfix XS50EU3014 - For XenServer 5.0 Update 3
Customers using Citrix CloudPlatform, previously known as Citrix CloudStack,
that use XenServer are recommended to apply the hotfix relevant to their
version of XenServer.
What Citrix Is Doing
Citrix is notifying customers and channel partners about this potential
security issue. This article is also available from the Citrix Knowledge
Center at http://support.citrix.com/.
Obtaining Support on This Issue
If you require technical assistance with this issue, please contact Citrix
Technical Support. Contact details for Citrix Technical Support are available
at http://www.citrix.com/site/ss/supportContacts.asp.
Reporting Security Vulnerabilities to Citrix
Citrix welcomes input regarding the security of its products and considers
any and all potential vulnerabilities seriously. If you would like to report a
security issue to Citrix, please compose an e-mail to secure@citrix.com
stating the exact version of the product in which the vulnerability was found
and the steps needed to reproduce the vulnerability.
This document applies to:
XenServer 5.0 Update 3
XenServer 5.5
XenServer 5.6
XenServer 5.6 Common Criteria
XenServer 5.6 FP 1
XenServer 5.6 SP 2
XenServer 6.0
XenServer 6.0.2
XenServer 6.0.2 Common Criteria
XenServer 6.1.0
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