PT-2018-2206

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to the fixed version Description The issue is related to a use-after-free error in the ALSA /dev/snd/seq driver of the Linux kernel. It may allow an attacker to impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availabilit...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0017) (Meltdown)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - drivers/char/mem.c: deny access in open operation when securelevel is set Ethan Zhao Orabug: 27234850 Orabug: 27234850 - hugetlb: fix nrpmds accounting with shared page tables Kirill A. Shutemov Orabu...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4025)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4025 advisory. - dccp: CVE-2017-8824: use-after-free in DCCP code Mohamed Ghannam Orabug: 27290300 CVE-2017-8824 - ALSA: pcm: prevent UAF in sndpcminfo Robb Glass...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.1.12-112.14.14 - drivers/char/mem.c: deny access in open operation when securelevel is set Ethan Zhao Orabug: 27234850 Orabug: 27234850 - hugetlb: fix nrpmds accounting with shared page tables Kirill A. Shutemov Orabug: 26988581 - x86/IBRS: Drop unnecessary WRITEONCE Boris Ostrovsky Orabug:...

Security update for virtualbox (important)

This update for virtualbox to version 5.1.32 fixes the following issues: The following vulnerabilities were fixed boo1076372: - CVE-2017-5715: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacke...

openSUSE Security Update : virtualbox (openSUSE-2018-75) (Spectre)

This update for virtualbox to version 5.1.32 fixes the following issues : The following vulnerabilities were fixed boo1076372 : - CVE-2017-5715: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an...

kernel update provides 4.14 series and fixes security vulnerabilities

This kernel update provides an upgrade to the 4.14 longterm branch, currently based on 4.14.10. It also fixes at least the following security issues: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Broadcom wi-fi driver CVE-2017-0786. Use-after-free vulnerability in the sndpcminfo function in the...

VMware Workstation - ALSA Config File Local Privilege Escalation Exploit

This Metasploit module exploits a vulnerability in VMware Workstation Pro and Player on Linux which allows users to escalate their privileges by using an ALSA configuration file to load and execute a shared object as root when launching a virtual machine with an attached sound card. This Metasplo...

VMware Workstation ALSA Config File Local Privilege Escalation

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'VMware Workstation ALSA Config File Local Privilege Escalation', 'Description' = %q This module exploits a vulnerability in VMware Workstation Pr...

VMware Workstation - ALSA Config File Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'VMware Workstation ALSA Config File Local Privilege Escalation', 'Description' = %q This module exploits a vulnerability in VMware Workstation Pr...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0002)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - fuse: Call endqueuedrequests after releasing fc-lock in fusedevrelease Ashish Samant Orabug: 26431550 - rds: Fix inaccurate accounting of unsignaled wrs in rdsibxmitrdma H&aring kon Bugge Orabug:...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4001)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4001 advisory. - USB: serial: console: fix use-after-free after failed setup Johan Hovold Orabug: 27206830 CVE-2017-16525 - uwb: properly check kthreadrun return...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.1.12-112.14.2 - fuse: Call endqueuedrequests after releasing fc-lock in fusedevrelease Ashish Samant Orabug: 26431550 - rds: Fix inaccurate accounting of unsignaled wrs in rdsibxmitrdma Hakon Bugge Orabug: 27097105 - rds: Fix inaccurate accounting of unsignaled wrs Hakon Bugge Orabug: 27097105 ...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:3410-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 kernel was updated to 4.4.103 to receive various security and bugfixes. This update enables SMB encryption in the CIFS support in the Linux Kernel fate324404 The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-1000410: The Linux kernel was affected by an informati...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security and bugfix update

4.1.12-112.14.1 - ext4: fix off-by-one on max nrpages in ext4findunwrittenpgoff Eryu Guan Orabug: 27233471 4.1.12-112.13.1 - cgroup: make sure a parent css isnt offlined before its children Tejun Heo Orabug: 27179269 4.1.12-112.12.1 - ctf: allow dwarf2ctf to run as root but produce no output Nick...

SUSE-SU-2017:3267-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 Realtime kernel was updated to 4.4.95 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-12153: A security flaw was discovered in the nl80211setrekeydata function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel This function...

Debian DLA-1200-1 : linux security update (KRACK)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. CVE-2016-10208 Sergej Schumilo and Ralf Spenneberg discovered that a crafted ext4 filesystem could trigger memory corruption when it is mounted. A user...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3657)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3657 advisory. - mm: Tighten x86 /dev/mem with zeroing reads Kees Cook Orabug: 26675925 CVE-2017-7889 - more biomapuseriov leak fixes Al Viro Orabug: 27069042...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3658)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3658 advisory. - ping: implement proper locking Eric Dumazet Orabug: 26540288 CVE-2017-2671 - mm: Tighten x86 /dev/mem with zeroing reads Kees Cook Orabug: 266759...

OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0173) (BlueBorne) (Stack Clash)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - tty: Fix race in ptywrite leading to NULL deref Todd Vierling - ocfs2/dlm: ignore cleaning the migration mle that is inuse xuejiufei Orabug: 26479780 - KEYS: fix dereferencing NULL payload with nonzer...