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Updated microcode packages fix security vulnerabilities
This update provides microcode fixes and mitigations for Spectre CVE-2017-5715 for many Intel CPUs produced in the last 5 years. So far the Intel microcode updates are for several processors from the Haswell, Broadwell, Skylake, Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake, Gemini Lake, Apollo Lake, Crystal Well and I...
Intel AMT Loophole Allows Hackers to Gain Control of Some PCs in Under a Minute
Researchers have found a loophole in Intel processors that allow an attacker to bypass logins and place backdoors on laptops, allowing adversaries remote access to laptops. Researchers at F-Secure, that first identified the attack strategy, say the loophole can be exploited in less than one minut...
New Intel AMT Security Issue Lets Hackers Gain Full Control of Laptops in 30 Seconds
It's been a terrible new-year-starting for Intel. Researchers warn of a new attack which can be carried out in less than 30 seconds and potentially affects millions of laptops globally. As Intel was rushing to roll out patches for Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, security researchers have...
January Patch Tuesday – Meltdown/Spectre, 16 Critical Microsoft Patches, 1 Adobe Patch
Due to the disclosure of Meltdown and Spectre, Microsoft released several patches last week with the ranking "Important." While there are no active attacks against these vulnerabilities, a special focus should be placed on any of the browser patches, due to potential attacks using JavaScript. It ...
Microsoft January Patch Tuesday Update Fixes 16 Critical Bugs
Thanks to Meltdown and Spectre, January has already been an extremely busy month of patching for Microsoft. Today Microsoft tackled dozens more bugs, part of its regular Patch Tuesday release covering Microsoft Edge, Windows, Office, ASP.NET and the macOS version of Office. Sixteen of Microsoft’s...
openSUSE: Security Advisory for kernel (openSUSE-SU-2018:0022-1)
The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can...
Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates
Important Note Due to concerns about the robustness of some of the Intel microcode updates included in the earlier hotfixes for these issues XS71ECU1009, XS72E013 and XS73E001, Citrix has superseded these hotfixes with new hotfixes listed below. Customers are strongly recommended to apply these n...
Processor Vulnerabilities – Meltdown and Spectre
UPDATE 1/4/2018: Qualys has released several QIDs for detecting missing patches for these vulnerabilities. UPDATE 1/5/2018: Pre-built AssetView dashboards to visualize impact and remediation progress. Vulnerabilities potentially impacting all major processor vendors were disclosed today by Google...
SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:0012-1) (Meltdown) (Spectre)
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. This update adds mitigations for various side channel attacks against modern CPUs that could disclose content of otherwise unreadable memory bnc1068032. - CVE-2017-5753 / 'SpecreAttack': Local attackers ...
HPSBHF03573 rev. 15 - Side-Channel Analysis Method
Potential Security Impact Elevation of Privilege/Information Disclosure Source: HP, HP Product Security Response Team PSRT Reported by: Google Project Zero VULNERABILITY SUMMARY An industry-wide vulnerability, known as side channel analysis method, has been disclosed with modern CPUs using...
How to set customized BIOS strings to HVM VMs
This article describes the method to set customized BIOS strings to HVM VMs through xe CLI of XenServer 7.3 and later, as well as how to get customized BIOS strings on these VMs...
Wireshark 'epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability
Wireshark formerly known as Ethereal is a network packet analyzer software developed by the Wireshark team. The function of the software is to intercept network packets and display detailed data for analysis. A denial of service vulnerability exists in Wireshark 'epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c'...
Hardcoded credentials
Samsung 850 Pro and PM851 solid-state drives and Seagate ST500LT015 and ST500LT025 hard disk drives, when in sleep mode and operating in Opal or eDrive mode on Lenovo ThinkPad T440s laptops with BIOS 2.32; ThinkPad W541 laptops with BIOS 2.21; Dell Latitude E6410 laptops with BIOS A16; or Latitud...
Hardcoded credentials
Samsung 850 Pro and PM851 solid-state drives and Seagate ST500LT015 and ST500LT025 hard disk drives, when used on Windows and operating in Opal mode on Lenovo ThinkPad T440s laptops with BIOS 2.32 or ThinkPad W541 laptops with BIOS 2.21, or in Opal or eDrive mode on Dell Latitude E6410 laptops wi...
CVE-2015-7269
Seagate ST500LT015 hard disk drives, when operating in eDrive mode on Lenovo ThinkPad W541 laptops with BIOS 2.21, allow physically proximate attackers to bypass self-encrypting drive SED protection by attaching a second SATA connector to exposed pins, maintaining an alternate power source, and...
CVE-2015-7267
Samsung 850 Pro and PM851 solid-state drives and Seagate ST500LT015 and ST500LT025 hard disk drives, when in sleep mode and operating in Opal or eDrive mode on Lenovo ThinkPad T440s laptops with BIOS 2.32; ThinkPad W541 laptops with BIOS 2.21; Dell Latitude E6410 laptops with BIOS A16; or Latitud...
CVE-2015-7269
Summary: The CVE-2015-7269 vulnerability affects Seagate ST500LT015 hard drives in Lenovo ThinkPad W541 laptops running BIOS 2.21, where an attacker in close physical proximity can bypass the drive’s self-encrypting drive (SED) protection by a “Hot Unplug Attack" using a second SATA connector and...
Restoring GPT Disk to Incompatible Legacy BIOS System
Challenge After selecting a restore point during the bare metal restore configuration, the following message pops up: OS disk in backup uses GPT disk. This may cause boot issues on BIOS systems. If this is ignored and the restore process completes, the following may happen when the restored machi...
BIOS Code Execution Vulnerability in Multiple Lenovo Products
The Lenovo 320-17AST and others are computer products from the Chinese company Lenovo.BIOS is one of the basic output-input systems. A security vulnerability exists in the BIOS of several Lenovo products, which stems from the program's failure to properly configure write protection. The...
