gcc security update

gcc el8 8.5.0-18.0.5 - CVE-2023-4039 GCC mitigation. Orabug 35751743. Includes removal of aarch64-preserve-args.patch. - CVE-2022-40982 'Intel Downfall' mitigation. Orabug 35751810. Add two patches originally from GCC upstream releases/gcc-11 branch. with major adjustment...

Security News This Week: US Energy Firm Targeted With Malicious QR Codes in Mass Phishing Attack

New research reveals the strategies hackers use to hide their malware distribution system, and companies are rushing to release mitigations for the “Downfall” processor vulnerability on Intel chips...

Missing Linux Kernel mitigations for 'GDS - Gather Data Sampling' hardware vulnerability (Downfall, INTEL-SA-00828)

The remote host is missing one or more known mitigations on Linux Kernel side for the referenced SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG 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-onl...

Intel Responds to ‘Downfall’ Attack with Firmware Updates, Urges Mitigation

By Habiba Rashid New Intel Processor Vulnerability "Downfall" Discovered: Threats to Data Security Amplify This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Intel Responds to Downfall Attack with Firmware Updates, Urges Mitigation...

Vulnerability fixed in Intel processors

A vulnerability has been fixed in the microcode of several Intel processors1. The vulnerability has been named "Downfall" and allows a local, authenticated malicious person to manipulate the operation of memory optimization. This allows the malicious party to gain access to memory locations...