SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2387-1) (Foreshadow)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.74-9238 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2018-3646: Local attackers in virtualized guest systems could use speculative code patterns on hyperthreaded processors to read data present in the L1 Datacache used by other...

Debian DSA-4274-1 : xen - security update (Foreshadow)

This update provides mitigations for the 'L1 Terminal Fault'vulnerability affecting a range of Intel CPUs. For additional information please refer to https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-273.html. The microcode updates mentioned there are not yet available in a form distributable by Debian. In...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2346-1) (Foreshadow)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-5292 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2018-3646: Local attackers in virtualized guest systems could use speculative code patterns on hyperthreaded processors to read data present in the L1 Datacache used by other...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2358-1) (Foreshadow)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-606496 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2018-3646: Local attackers in virtualized guest systems could use speculative code patterns on hyperthreaded processors to read data present in the L1 Datacache used by other...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2369-1) (Foreshadow)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52136 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2018-3646: Local attackers in virtualized guest systems could use speculative code patterns on hyperthreaded processors to read data present in the L1 Datacache used by other...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2359-1) (Foreshadow)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-606469 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2018-3646: Local attackers in virtualized guest systems could use speculative code patterns on hyperthreaded processors to read data present in the L1 Datacache used by other...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2354-1) (Foreshadow)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52119 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2018-3646: Local attackers in virtualized guest systems could use speculative code patterns on hyperthreaded processors to read data present in the L1 Datacache used by other...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2389-1) (Foreshadow)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.120-9270 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2018-3646: Local attackers in virtualized guest systems could use speculative code patterns on hyperthreaded processors to read data present in the L1 Datacache used by other...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2384-1) (Foreshadow)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2018-3620: Local attackers on baremetal systems could use speculative code patterns on hyperthreaded processors to read data present in the L1 Datacach...

Speculation Attack Against Intel's SGX

Another speculative-execution attack against Intel's SGX. At a high level, SGX is a new feature in modern Intel CPUs which allows computers to protect users' data even if the entire system falls under the attacker's control. While it was previously believed that SGX is resilient to speculative...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20180814) (Foreshadow)

Security Fixes : - Modern operating systems implement virtualization of physical memory to efficiently use available system resources and provide inter-domain protection through access control and isolation. The L1TF issue was found in the way the x86 microprocessor designs have implemented...

Fedora 27 : kernel / kernel-headers (2018-1c80fea1cd) (Foreshadow)

The 4.17.14-102 build contains patches for the 'foreshadow ' security issue that were missing from the 101 builds. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and form...

RHEL 6 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2018:2396)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2396 advisory. The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirement...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2332-1) (Foreshadow)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2018-3620: Local attackers on baremetal systems could use speculative code patterns on hyperthreaded processors to read data present in the L1 Datacache use...

Citrix XenServer Multiple Vulnerabilities (Foreshadow) (CTX236548)

The version of Citrix XenServer running on the remote host is missing a security hotfix. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities including L1 Terminal Fault L1TF and a local code execution vulnerability. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0247) (Foreshadow)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2018-0247 for details. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The package checks in this plugin were extracted from OracleVM Security Advisory OVMSA-2018-0247...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : Security update to ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2018:2335-1) (Foreshadow) (Spectre)

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 Mod...

OracleVM 3.4 : xen (OVMSA-2018-0246) (Foreshadow)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - BUILDINFO: OVMF commit=173bf5c847e3ca8b42c11796ce048d8e2e916ff8 - BUILDINFO: xen commit=02cec92b3eb1612e37616b10400d82f1e3d8de85 - BUILDINFO: QEMU upstream...

Intel CPU Foreshadow-NG (foreshadow next-generation version) Vulnerability

The L1 Terminal Malfunction OS/SMM vulnerability is different for Intel CPUs with SGX Software Protection Extensions technology, and may also affect CPUs from other vendors. With the speculative execution of a side-channel attack, an attacker with local user access could achieve an unauthorized...

Intel CPU Foreshadow-NG (foreshadow next generation version) vulnerability (CNVD-2018-15494)

The L1 endpoint failure VMM vulnerability, like CVE-2018-3620, belongs to Foreshadow-NG foreshadowed next-generation version, and similarly, other vendor CPUs may be affected as well.Using the speculation of executing side-channel attacks, an attacker with local user access privileges can achieve...