Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This provides an update to kernel 5.6 series, currently based on upstream 5.6.6 adding support for new hardware and features, and fixes at least the following security issues: In the Linux kernel 5.0.21, mounting a crafted btrfs filesystem image, performing some operations, and unmounting can lea...

MGASA-2020-0183 Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This provides an update to kernel 5.6 series, currently based on upstream 5.6.6 adding support for new hardware and features, and fixes at least the following security issues: In the Linux kernel 5.0.21, mounting a crafted btrfs filesystem image, performing some operations, and unmounting can lea...

SAS@Home Virtual Summit Showcases New Threat Intel, Industry Changes

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to force in-person cybersecurity event cancellations, Kaspersky is forging ahead with a virtual security summit, SAS@home. Topics on the agenda include threat intel on advanced persistent threats APTs, new vulnerability research, and topics related to a...

OpenSSH 8.2 Just Works with U2F/FIDO2 Security Keys

OpenSSH is on a roll. In February, OpenSSH 8.2 introduced first-class support for FIDO2 nee U2F security keys, making hardware backed keys accessible for less than $20. This is not some complicated PAM setup, or some janky cryptographic trick, but a proper public key type, where the private key i...

The vulnerability of the Hyper-V hardware virtualization system in the Windows operating system allows a hacker to gain increased privileges.

The vulnerability of the Hyper-V hardware virtualization technology in the Windows operating system is related to insecure management of privileges. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to increase their privileges remotely...

Unpatchable 'Starbleed' Bug in FPGA Chips Exposes Critical Devices to Hackers

A newly discovered unpatchable hardware vulnerability in Xilinx programmable logic products could allow an attacker to break bitstream encryption, and clone intellectual property, change the functionality, and even implant hardware Trojans. The details of the attacks against Xilinx 7-Series and...

Unpatchable 'Starbleed' Bug in FPGA Chips Exposes Critical Devices to Hackers

A newly discovered unpatchable hardware vulnerability in Xilinx programmable logic products could allow an attacker to break bitstream encryption, and clone intellectual property, change the functionality, and even implant hardware Trojans. The details of the attacks against Xilinx 7-Series and...

Why SaaS opens the door to so many cyber threats (and how to make it safer)

Cloud services have become increasingly important to many companies' daily operations, and the rapid adoption of web apps has allowed businesses to continue operating with limited productivity hiccups, even as global coronavirus restrictions have forced much of the world to work from home. But at...

You can’t build a great IoT system without a strong foundation

Introduction Building a secure IoT system requires secure IoT devices, and building a secure IoT device requires a strong foundation. The hardware in the device must support and enable security. Too often, we've found that IoT products use innappropriate hardware. Worse still, many devices contai...

CVE-2019-10551

String error while processing non standard SIP messages received can lead to buffer overread and then denial of service in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in...

The vulnerability of the tcp_emu function in software emulation for hardware devices on various platforms, related to writing beyond the buffer boundaries of memory, allows attackers to access confidential data, compromise its integrity, and cause service failures.

The vulnerability of the tcpemu function in software for emulating hardware on various QEMU platforms is related to a memory management error. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to gain access to confidential data, compromise its integrity, and cause service failures...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

The kernel package is vulnerable to Denial Of Service DoS. A race condition was found in the mac80211 implementation, a framework used for writing drivers for wireless devices. An attacker could trigger this flaw by sending a Delete Block ACK DELBA packet to a target system, resulting in a remote...

Privilege Escalation

The kernel packages is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. The RHBA-2008:0314 update introduced NPort ID Virtualization NPIV support in the qla2xxx driver, resulting in two new sysfs pseudo files, "/sys/class/scsihost/a qla2xxx host/vportcreate" and "vportdelete". These two files were...

CVE-2019-0154

A flaw was found in Intel graphics hardware GPU where a local attacker with the ability to issue an ioctl could trigger a hardware level crash if MMIO registers were read while the graphics card was in a low-power state. This creates a denial of service situation and the GPU and connected display...

CVE-2018-12126

Modern Intel microprocessors implement hardware-level micro-optimizations to improve the performance of writing data back to CPU caches. The write operation is split into STA STore Address and STD STore Data sub-operations. These sub-operations allow the processor to hand-off address generation...

Samsung Mobile Device Authorization Issue Vulnerability (CNVD-2020-31264)

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system jointly developed by Google Inc. and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA for short. Samsung mobile devices have an authorization issue vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker to gain access to clipboard contents in a locked Secure Folder...

Windows 8.1 Store and Windows Update client improvements: May 13, 2014

Windows 8.1 Store and Windows Update client improvements: May 13, 2014 This article describes some improvements for Windows Store and Windows Update in Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2. Check out the new features of this update and how to obtain this update. This update has...

November 2014 update rollup for Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2

November 2014 update rollup for Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 Important When you install this update 3000850 from Windows Update, updates 3016437, 3003057, and 3014442 are included in the installation. The November 2014 update rollup for Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and...

CVE-2019-17055

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel’s implementation of the AFISDN protocol, which does not enforce the CAPNETRAW capability. This flaw can allow unprivileged users to create a raw socket for this protocol. This could further allow the user to control the availability of an existing ISD...

CVE-2018-1000199

An address corruption flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel built with hardware breakpoint CONFIGHAVEHWBREAKPOINT support. While modifying a h/w breakpoint via 'modifyuserhwbreakpoint' routine, an unprivileged user/process could use this flaw to crash the system kernel resulting in DoS OR to...