Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities

Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Xen, the worst of which may allow local attackers to escalate privileges. xen 2017-10-18 2017-10-18 624112 624116 624118 624124 624128 local 4.7.3 4.7.3 4.7.3 4.7.3 4.7.3 4.7.3

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 escalate privileges, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive information, or have other unspecified impacts.

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-4.7.3"

All Xen pvgrub users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/xen-pvgrub-4.7.3"

All Xen Tools users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/xen-tools-4.7.3"

CVE-2017-10912 CVE-2017-10913 CVE-2017-10914 CVE-2017-10915 CVE-2017-10918 CVE-2017-10920 CVE-2017-10921 CVE-2017-10922 b-man chrisadr