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Date:      Thu, 22 Dec 2016 02:11:05 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Jason Unovitch <junovitch@FreeBSD.org>
To:        ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r429137 - head/security/vuxml
Message-ID:  <201612220211.uBM2B5Ht080135@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: junovitch
Date: Thu Dec 22 02:11:05 2016
New Revision: 429137
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/429137

Log:
  Document Xen Security Advisory (XSA 202)
  
  Security:	CVE-2016-10024
  Security:	https://vuxml.FreeBSD.org/freebsd/3ae078ca-c7eb-11e6-ae1b-002590263bf5.html

Modified:
  head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml

Modified: head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml	Thu Dec 22 02:03:21 2016	(r429136)
+++ head/security/vuxml/vuln.xml	Thu Dec 22 02:11:05 2016	(r429137)
@@ -58,6 +58,38 @@ Notes:
   * Do not forget port variants (linux-f10-libxml2, libxml2, etc.)
 -->
 <vuxml xmlns="http://www.vuxml.org/apps/vuxml-1">;
+  <vuln vid="3ae078ca-c7eb-11e6-ae1b-002590263bf5">
+    <topic>xen-kernel -- x86 PV guests may be able to mask interrupts</topic>
+    <affects>
+      <package>
+	<name>xen-kernel</name>
+	<range><lt>4.7.1_3</lt></range>
+      </package>
+    </affects>
+    <description>
+      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">;
+	<p>The Xen Project reports:</p>
+	<blockquote cite="https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-202.html">;
+	  <p>Certain PV guest kernel operations (page table writes in
+	    particular) need emulation, and use Xen's general x86 instruction
+	    emulator. This allows a malicious guest kernel which asynchronously
+	    modifies its instruction stream to effect the clearing of EFLAGS.IF
+	    from the state used to return to guest context.</p>
+	  <p>A malicious guest kernel administrator can cause a host hang or
+	    crash, resulting in a Denial of Service.</p>
+	</blockquote>
+      </body>
+    </description>
+    <references>
+      <cvename>CVE-2016-10024</cvename>
+      <url>https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-202.html</url>;
+    </references>
+    <dates>
+      <discovery>2016-12-21</discovery>
+      <entry>2016-12-22</entry>
+    </dates>
+  </vuln>
+
   <vuln vid="862d6ab3-c75e-11e6-9f98-20cf30e32f6d">
     <topic>Apache httpd -- several vulnerabilities</topic>
     <affects>



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