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Advisory-SVG-CVE-2017-8903
Title: EGI SVG 'ALERT' [TLP:WHITE] Various Xen CVEs [EGI-SVG-CVE-2017-8903] Date: 2017-09-21 Updated: 2017-09-25 (minor - recommend sites running Xen update) Affected software and risk ========================== Various vulnerabilities concerning Xen are listed by Xen [R 1] Package : Xen CVE ID : CVE-2017-8903 and many more As far as SVG is aware, Xen is not in widespread use with respect to services for EGI, and none of these vulnerabilities should hence present a serious risk to EGI. If any site becomes aware that there is a serious problem concerning Xen, please inform us. Actions required/recommended ============================ **UPDATE 2017-09-25** Sites running Xen are recommended to update relevant components. If any site is aware that any of these or other vulnerabilities in Xen presents a serious problem, please inform the EGI SVG. Affected software details ========================= See the Xen site [R 1] More information ================ See the Xen site [R 1] SVG was alerted to these vulnerabilities. Xen is not in widespread use in the EGI infrastructure. XSA-213 CVE-2017-8903 XSA-214 CVE-2017-8904 XSA-215 CVE-2017-8905 XSA-217 CVE-2017-10912 XSA-218 CVE-2017-10913 idem CVE-2017-10914 XSA-219 CVE-2017-10915 XSA-220 CVE-2017-10916 XSA-221 CVE-2017-10917 XSA-222 CVE-2017-10918 XSA-224 CVE-2017-10920 idem CVE-2017-10921 idem CVE-2017-10922 XSA-226 CVE-2017-12135 XSA-227 CVE-2017-12137 XSA-228 CVE-2017-12136 XSA-231 CVE-2017-14316 XSA-232 CVE-2017-14318 XSA-234 CVE-2017-14319 Component installation information ================================== See the Xen site [R 1] TLP and URL =========== ** WHITE information - Unlimited distribution - see https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/EGI_CSIRT:TLP for distribution restrictions*** URL: https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/SVG:Advisory-SVG-CVE-2017-8903 Minor updates may be made without re-distribution to the sites Comments ======== Comments or questions should be sent to svg-rat at mailman.egi.eu If you find or become aware of another vulnerability which is relevant to EGI you may report it by e-mail to report-vulnerability at egi.eu the EGI Software Vulnerability Group will take a look according to the procedure defined in [R 2] References ========== [R 1] https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/ [R 2] https://documents.egi.eu/public/ShowDocument?docid=2538 Credit ====== SVG was alerted to these public vulnerabilities by Mischa Salle Timeline ======== Yyyy-mm-dd [EGI-SVG-2017-CVE-2017-8903] 2017-09-18 SVG alerted to these vulnerabilities by Mischa Salle 2017-09-18 Acknowledgement from the EGI SVG to the reporter 2017-09-19 Investigation of vulnerability and relevance to EGI carried out 2017-09-20 Decided to send a simple alert to sites 2017-09-21 Alert drafted. 2017-09-22 Alert sent to sites and placed on wiki 2017-09-25 Recommend sites running Xen update Context ======= This advisory has been prepared as part of the effort to fulfil EGI SVG's purpose "To minimize the risk to the EGI infrastructure arising from software vulnerabilities" The risk is that assessed by the group, according to the EGI SVG issue handling procedure [R 2] in the context of how the software is used in the EGI infrastructure. It is the opinion of the group, we do not guarantee it to be correct. The risk may also be higher or lower in other deployments depending on how the software is used. Others may re-use this information provided they:- 1) Respect the provided TLP classification 2) Credit the EGI https://www.egi.eu/ Software Vulnerability Group On behalf of the EGI SVG,