kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-754.31.1.OL6 - Update genkey bug 25599697 2.6.32-754.31.1 - x86 x86/speculation: Provide SRBDS late microcode loading support Waiman Long 1827185 CVE-2020-0543 - documentation x86/speculation: Add Ivy Bridge to affected list Waiman Long 1827185 CVE-2020-0543 - documentation x86/speculation...

Huawei Data Communication: CPU Vulnerabilities 'Meltdown' and 'Spectre' (huawei-sa-20180606-01-cpu)

Security researchers disclosed two groups of CPU vulnerabilities Copyright C 2020 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...

LVI Attacks: New Intel CPU Vulnerability Puts Data Centers At Risk

It appears there is no end in sight to the hardware level security vulnerabilities in Intel processors, as well as to the endless 'performance killing' patches that resolve them. Modern Intel CPUs have now been found vulnerable to a new attack that involves reversely exploiting Meltdown-type data...

The Iowa Caucus Tech Meltdown Is a Warning

The Iowa results will come in eventually, thanks to a paper trail. But it underscores just how much can go wrong when you lean on unnecessary, untested tech...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2018-1001)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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-only ifdescription...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2018-1002)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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-only ifdescription...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for spectre-meltdown-checker (openSUSE-SU-2019:2710-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2020 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...

Security update for spectre-meltdown-checker (moderate)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for spectre-meltdown-checker Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:2710-1 Rating: moderate References: 1117665 1139073 Cross-References: CVE-2018-12207 CVE-2019-11135 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1 An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now...

openSUSE Security Update : spectre-meltdown-checker (openSUSE-2019-2710)

This update for spectre-meltdown-checker fixes the following issues : - feat: implement TAA detection CVE-2019-11135 bsc1139073 - feat: implement MCEPSC / iTLB Multihit detection CVE-2018-12207 bsc1117665 - feat: taa: add TSXCTRL MSR detection in hardware info - feat: fwdb: use both Intel GitHub...

OPENSUSE-SU-2019:2710-1 Security update for spectre-meltdown-checker

This update for spectre-meltdown-checker fixes the following issues: - feat: implement TAA detection CVE-2019-11135 bsc1139073 - feat: implement MCEPSC / iTLB Multihit detection CVE-2018-12207 bsc1117665 - feat: taa: add TSXCTRL MSR detection in hardware info - feat: fwdb: use both Intel GitHub...

Biggest Malware Threats of 2019

One out of five computer users were subject to at least one malware-class web attack in 2019. This past year cities such as New Orleans were under ransomware siege by the likes of malware Ryuk. Zero-day vulnerabilities were also in no short supply with targets such as Google Chrome and Operation...

SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : spectre-meltdown-checker (SUSE-SU-2019:3348-1)

This update for spectre-meltdown-checker fixes the following issues : - feat: implement TAA detection CVE-2019-11135 bsc1139073 - feat: implement MCEPSC / iTLB Multihit detection CVE-2018-12207 bsc1117665 - feat: taa: add TSXCTRL MSR detection in hardware info - feat: fwdb: use both Intel GitHub...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : spectre-meltdown-checker (SUSE-SU-2019:3340-1)

This update for spectre-meltdown-checker fixes the following issues : version 0.43 - feat: implement TAA detection CVE-2019-11135 bsc1139073 - feat: implement MCEPSC / iTLB Multihit detection CVE-2018-12207 bsc1117665 - feat: taa: add TSXCTRL MSR detection in hardware info - feat: fwdb: use both...

SUSE-SU-2019:3348-1 Security update for spectre-meltdown-checker

This update for spectre-meltdown-checker fixes the following issues: - feat: implement TAA detection CVE-2019-11135 bsc1139073 - feat: implement MCEPSC / iTLB Multihit detection CVE-2018-12207 bsc1117665 - feat: taa: add TSXCTRL MSR detection in hardware info - feat: fwdb: use both Intel GitHub...

Security Bulletin: IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager has released a fixpack in response to the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown.

Summary IBM has released the following a fixpack for IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager in response to CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5754 Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2017-5753 DESCRIPTION: Intel Haswell Xeon, AMD PRO and ARM Cortex A57 CPUs could allow a local authenticated attacker to...

Meltdown and Spectre class vulnerabilities

New types of side channel attacks impact most processors including Intel, AMD, ARM, etc. These attacks allow malicious userspace processes to read kernel memory, thus potentially causing kernel sensitive information to leak...

BSA-2019-843

Security Advisory ID : BSA-2019-843 Component : Kernel Revision : 1.0: Final Bitdefender researchers have identified and demonstrated a new side-channel attack.This newly disclosed attack bypasses all known mitigation mechanisms implemented in response to Spectre and Meltdown. More information at...

New SWAPGS Side-Channel Attack Bypasses Spectre and Meltdown Defenses

Millions of newer Intel microprocessors manufactured after 2012 are vulnerable to a new type of side-channel attack dubbed SWAPGS. SWAPGS is similar to existing side-channel attacks such as Spectre and Meltdown and similarly could allow a hacker to gain access to sensitive data such as passwords...

Microsoft Lab Offers $300K For Working Azure Exploits

Las Vegas – In an attempt to sniff out bugs in its Azure cloud platform, Microsoft announced at Black Hat USA 2019 on Monday that it will offer rewards of up to $300,000 for researchers who launch successful test exploits for the platform. Microsoft has launched a dedicated Azure cloud host testi...

openSUSE Security Update : ucode-intel (openSUSE-2019-1806) (MDSUM/RIDL) (MFBDS/RIDL/ZombieLoad) (MLPDS/RIDL) (MSBDS/Fallout)

This update for ucode-intel fixes the following issues : This update contains the Intel QSR 2019.1 Microcode release bsc1111331 Four new speculative execution information leak issues have been identified in Intel CPUs. bsc1111331 - CVE-2018-12126: Microarchitectural Store Buffer Data Sampling MSB...