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-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 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 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-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...

SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2019:1910-1) (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 MSBDS...

Whonix v15 - Anonymous Operating System

Whonix is an operating system focused on anonymity, privacy and security. It’s based on the Tor anonymity network, Debian GNU/Linux and security by isolation. DNS leaks are impossible, and not even malware with root privileges can find out the user’s real IP. Whonix consists of two parts: One...

Security Bulletin: IBM PureApplication Service/Systems, which includes IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, as well as AIX-based and Windows-based deployments, has released a fix in response to the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown.

Summary IBM has released the following fix Version 2.2.5.0 for IBM PureApplication Service/Systems, which includes IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, as well as AIX-based and Windows-based deployments, in response to CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715 and CVE-2017-5754. Additionally IBM...

EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.2 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1637)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The recent speculative execution CVEs address three potential attacks across a wide variety of architectures and hardware...

EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.1 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1638)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The recent speculative execution CVEs address three potential attacks across a wide variety of architectures and hardware...

Behind the Naming of ZombieLoad and Other Intel Spectre-Like Flaws

There was a lot more to the name game behind choosing titles for ZombieLoad, Spectre and Meltdown than picking cool and edgy attack titles. If you have ever wondered why they were named what they were, Threatpost tracked down one of the researchers behind the naming convention and discovery and...

ZombieLoad Pioneer: The Story Behind Intel’s Latest Side Channel Flaw

The release of a new speculative execution vulnerability called ZombieLoad last week follows a similar disclosure path as Meltdown and Spectre. Threatpost caught up with one of the researchers behind the discovery of ZombieLoad to find out how. ZombieLoad was discovered and reported by Michael...

Another Intel Chip Flaw

Remember the Spectre and Meltdown attacks from last year? They were a new class of attacks against complex CPUs, finding subliminal channels in optimization techniques that allow hackers to steal information. Since their discovery, researchers have found additional similar vulnerabilities. A whol...