SUSE-SU-2018:2331-1 Security update to ucode-intel

ucode-intel was updated to the 20180807 release. For the listed CPU chipsets this fixes CVE-2018-3640 Spectre v3a and is part of the mitigations for CVE-2018-3639 Spectre v4 and CVE-2018-3646 L1 Terminal fault. bsc1104134 bsc1087082 bsc1087083 bsc1089343 Processor Identifier Version Products Mode...

iPhone Chip Maker Firm Attacked with Computer Virus

By Uzair Amir Launch of Many New iPhone Models May be Delayed. The world’s leading semiconductors and processors’ manufacturing firm and sole supplier of Apple iPhone chipsets, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company TSMC, became the target of a cyber-attack on Friday night. Reportedly, TSMC h...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : microcode_ctl (SUSE-SU-2018:2076-1) (Spectre)

This update for microcodectl fixes the following issues: The Intel CPU Microcode bundle was updated to the 20180703 release For the listed CPU chipsets this fixes CVE-2018-3640 Spectre v3a and helps mitigating CVE-2018-3639 Spectre v4 bsc1100147 bsc1087082 bsc1087083 More details can be found on:...

Intel ME 6.x/7.x/8.x/9.x/10.x./11.x, SPS 4.0, and TXE 3.0 Cumulative Security Update - US

Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-17297 Potential Impact: An attacker could load and execute arbitrary code outside the visibility of the user, operating system, and hypervisor/virtualization platform; resulting in exfiltration of secrets, subtle manipulation of system operation, or denial of service...

SUSE-SU-2018:1926-1 Security update for ucode-intel

This update for ucode-intel fixes the following issues: The microcode bundles was updated to the 20180703 release For the listed CPU chipsets this fixes CVE-2018-3640 Spectre v3a and helps mitigating CVE-2018-3639 Spectre v4 bsc1100147 bsc1087082 bsc1087083. More information on:...

Intel System CU - Buffer Overflow (DoS) Vulnerability

Document Title: =============== Intel System CU - Buffer Overflow DoS Vulnerability References Source: ==================== https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=2133 Security ID: INTEL-SA-00134 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3661...

openSUSE Security Update : ucode-intel (openSUSE-2018-700) (Spectre)

This update for ucode-intel fixes the following issues : The microcode bundles was updated to the 20180703 release For the listed CPU chipsets this fixes CVE-2018-3640 Spectre v3a and helps mitigating CVE-2018-3639 Spectre v4 bsc1100147 bsc1087082 bsc1087083. More information on:...

Buffer Overflow in System Configuration Utilities

Summary: Buffer overflow in Intel® system Configuration utilities selview.exe and syscfg.exe before version 14 build 11 allows a local user to crash these services potentially resulting in a denial of service. 5.5 Medium CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Affected Products: Versions of...

SUSE-SU-2018:0509-1 Security update for drm

This update for drm provides the following fixes: This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-10810: Memory leak in the virtiogpuobjectcreate function in drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpuobject.c allowed attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption by triggering object-initialization...

Anti-Virus Updates Required Ahead of Microsoft’s Meltdown, Spectre Patches

Microsoft said it is holding off delivering security updates to Windows PCs for Spectre and Meltdown CPU flaws until hosted anti-virus software confirms it does not make unsupported calls into Windows kernel memory. Affected are PCs running certain AV products that bypass Windows built-in Kernel...

SA161: Local Information Disclosure Due to Meltdown and Spectre Attacks

SUMMARY Symantec Network Protection products, which run on an affected CPU chipset and execute arbitrary code from external sources, are susceptible to several information disclosure vulnerabilities aka Meltdown and Spectre attacks. A remote attacker, with the ability to execute arbitrary code...

Stack overflow

On Samsung mobile devices with N7.x software and Exynos chipsets, attackers can conduct a Trustlet stack overflow attack for arbitrary TEE code execution, in conjunction with a brute-force attack to discover unlock information PIN, password, or pattern. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10733...

CVE-2017-18020

On Samsung mobile devices with L5.x, M6.x, and N7.x software and Exynos chipsets, attackers can execute arbitrary code in the bootloader because S Boot omits a size check during a copy of ramfs data to memory. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10598...

CVE-2018-5210

On Samsung mobile devices with N7.x software and Exynos chipsets, attackers can conduct a Trustlet stack overflow attack for arbitrary TEE code execution, in conjunction with a brute-force attack to discover unlock information PIN, password, or pattern. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10733...

CVE-2018-5210

On Samsung mobile devices with N7.x software and Exynos chipsets, attackers can conduct a Trustlet stack overflow attack for arbitrary TEE code execution, in conjunction with a brute-force attack to discover unlock information PIN, password, or pattern. The Samsung ID is SVE-2017-10733...

CVE-2017-18020

CVE-2017-18020 affects Samsung mobile devices running Android L/M/N on Exynos SoCs. The flaw is in S Boot, which omits a size check when copying ramfs data to memory, enabling local arbitrary code execution in the bootloader. Impact is high (boot-time compromise) per NVD entries (CVSS v2/v3). A S...

Samsung Mobile Device Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Samsung mobile devices are smart mobile devices manufactured by Samsung in South Korea.Android L, M, and N are a set of different versions of the Linux-based open source operating system developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA.Exynos Exynos chipsets are processors designed and...

Siemens Patches Critical Intel AMT Flaw in Industrial Products

Siemens patched two critical vulnerabilities that affected its industrial products this week. One, tied to a recently disclosed flaw in Active Management Technology – a function of certain Intel processors – could have allowed an attacker to gain system privileges. Another vulnerability could hav...

Explained — How Intel AMT Vulnerability Allows to Hack Computers Remotely

Earlier this week Intel announced a critical escalation of privilege bug that affects its remote management features shipping with Intel Server chipsets for past 7 years, which, if exploited, would allow a remote attacker to take control of vulnerable PCs, laptops, or servers. The vulnerability,...

PCs with Intel Server Chipsets, Launched Since 2010, Can be Hacked Remotely

Updated: Since the below-reported vulnerability is highly critical and it would take a few weeks for sysadmins to protect their enterprise network, the research team has not yet disclosed the technical details of the vulnerability. Meanwhile, I have talked with Maksim Malyutin, a member of Embedi...