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rPSA-2007-0124-1 kernel xen



rPath Security Advisory: 2007-0124-1
Published: 2007-06-14
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Major
Exposure Level Classification:
    Remote Deterministic Denial of Service
Updated Versions:
    kernel=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1-xen/2.6.16.33-0.1-1
    xen=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/3.0.3_0-1.5-1

References:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4352
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4572
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4623
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4814
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4997
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5173
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5749
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5753
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5755
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5757
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5823
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6053
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6054
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6056
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6060
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6106
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0005
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0006
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0772
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1000
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1357
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1861
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2242
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-880
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-914
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1089
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1399

Description:
    Many security updates have been applied to the Xen kernels included
    in rPath Linux.  Most Xen systems do not expose these vulnerabilities,
    as many of the issues involve hardware support that is uncommon on
    Xen hosts and irrelevant on Xen guests.  Several cannot be exposed
    on default configurations of rPath Linux because tools to configure
    the subsystems are intentionally not included.
    
    Additionally, missing header files have been added to enable building
    other packages against Xen header files.
    
    In the future, the 2.6.16.x Xen kernels will be maintained only
    with important security fixes, and only for non-PAE x86 versions.
    Those kernels will be based on Xen 3.0.3, due to XenSource removing
    support for non-PAE kernels from all newer versions of Xen.
    More recent PAE Xen kernels will be made available in order to
    take advantage of newer hardware support, and to more closely track
    upstream sources.  These kernels will include more recent releases
    of Xen from XenSource.

Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc.
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