RHSA-2011:0496High

Red Hat Security Advisory: xen security update

Published
May 9, 2011
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

📋 Description

CVE-2011-1583 — xen: insufficiencies in pv kernel image validation CVE-2011-3262 — xen: insufficiencies in pv kernel image validation

🎯 Affected products19

  • RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • xen-0:3.0.3-120.el5_6.2.i386 as a component of RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-0:3.0.3-120.el5_6.2.ia64 as a component of RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-0:3.0.3-120.el5_6.2.src as a component of RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-0:3.0.3-120.el5_6.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • xen-0:3.0.3-120.el5_6.2.x86_64 as a component of RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-120.el5_6.2.i386 as a component of RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-120.el5_6.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • xen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-120.el5_6.2.ia64 as a component of RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-120.el5_6.2.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • xen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-120.el5_6.2.x86_64 as a component of RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-debuginfo-0:3.0.3-120.el5_6.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • xen-devel-0:3.0.3-120.el5_6.2.i386 as a component of RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-devel-0:3.0.3-120.el5_6.2.ia64 as a component of RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-devel-0:3.0.3-120.el5_6.2.x86_64 as a component of RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)
  • xen-libs-0:3.0.3-120.el5_6.2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • xen-libs-0:3.0.3-120.el5_6.2.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • xen-libs-0:3.0.3-120.el5_6.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (4)