Intel Releases Updated Spectre Fixes For Broadwell and Haswell Chips

Intel has issued updated microcode to help safeguard its Broadwell and Haswell chips from the Spectre Variant 2 security exploits. According to Intel documents, an array of its older processors, including the Broadwell Xeon E3, Broadwell U/Y, Haswell H,S and Haswell Xeon E3 platforms, have now be...

Intel Issues Updated Spectre Firmware Fixes For Newer Processors

Intel has issued updated microcode to help protect its newer processors from Spectre security exploits. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company’s new microcode updates – which impact its newer chip platforms, such as Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake, and Skylake – have been released to OEM customers and...

Intel Releases New Spectre Patch Update for Skylake Processors

After leaving million of devices at risk of hacking and then rolling out broken patches, Intel has now released a new batch of security patches only for its Skylake processors to address one of the Spectre vulnerabilities Variant 2. For those unaware, Spectre Variant 1, Variant 2 and Meltdown...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3560-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : libvirt update (USN-3561-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3561-1 advisory. It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : QEMU update (USN-3560-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3560-1 advisory. It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel...

USN-3561-1: libvirt update

It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. An attacker in the guest could use this to expose sensitive guest information, including kernel memory. This...

USN-3561-1 libvirt update

It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. An attacker in the guest could use this to expose sensitive guest information, including kernel memory. This...

USN-3560-1 qemu update

It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. An attacker in the guest could use this to expose sensitive guest information, including kernel memory. This...

USN-3560-1: QEMU update

It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. An attacker in the guest could use this to expose sensitive guest information, including kernel memory. This...

Spectre Variant 2 (CVE 2017-5715) Branch Target Injection Update Disable (KB4078130)

This host is missing a critical update according to Microsoft KB4078130 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.1.12-61.63.1 - Revert 'kernel.spec: Require the new microcodectl.' Brian Maly - x86: Clean up IBRS functionality resident in common code Kanth Ghatraju Orabug: 27439198 - x86: Display correct settings for the SPECTREV2 bug Kanth Ghatraju Orabug: 27439198 - Set CONFIGGENERICCPUVULNERABILITIES fl...

kernel security and bug fix update

2.6.32-696.20.1.OL6 - Update genkey bug 25599697 2.6.32-696.20.1 - x86 kaiser/efi: unbreak tboot Waiman Long 1519799 1519802 CVE-2017-5754 - x86 pti/mm: Fix trampoline stack problem with XEN PV Waiman Long 1519799 1519802 CVE-2017-5754 - x86 pti/mm: Fix XEN PV boot failure Waiman Long 1519799...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4020)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4020 advisory. - x86: Use PREDCMD MSR when ibpb is enabled Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Orabug: 27369777 CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2017-5753 - x86/spec: Dont print the Missing...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

2.6.39-400.298.2 - x86: Use PREDCMD MSR when ibpb is enabled Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Orabug: 27369777 CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2017-5753 - x86/spec: Dont print the Missing arguments for option spectrev2 Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Orabug: 27369777 CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2017-5753 - x86: Move ENABLEIBRS in the...

Intel Halts Spectre/Meltdown Patching for Broadwell and Haswell Systems

Intel is advising OEMs and partners to halt patching for the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities amid numerous reports the updates are causing reboot issues on systems running the Broadwell and Haswell microprocessors. “We recommend that OEMs, cloud service providers, system manufacturers,...

Intel Warns Users Not to Install Its 'Faulty' Meltdown and Spectre Patches

Don't install Intel's patches for Spectre and Meltdown chip vulnerabilities. Intel on Monday warned that you should stop deploying its current versions of Spectre/Meltdown patches, which Linux creator Linus Torvalds calls 'complete and utter garbage.' Spectre and Meltdown are security...

Oracle Linux 7 : microcode_ctl (ELSA-2018-4018) (Spectre)

Description of changes: 2.1-22.5.0.3 - Revert Intel 20180108 microcode for CPUIDs: CVE-2017-5715 306c3 06-3c-03 rev 0x23, Haswell 306d4 06-3d-04 rev 0x28, Broadwell 306f2 06-3f-02 rev 0x3b, Haswell 306f4 06-3f-04 rev 0x10, Haswell 306e4 06-3e-04 rev 0x42a, Ivy Bridge 40651 06-45-01 rev 0x21,...

OracleVM 3.4 : microcode_ctl (OVMSA-2018-0013) (Spectre)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - Revert: early microcode load to allow updating Broadwell model 79 - Revert: Make sure 'modprobe microcode' is not executed on Broadwell model 79 - Revert: Run dracut upon microcode update - Revert...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Intel Microcode regression (USN-3531-2)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3531-2 advisory. USN-3531-1 updated Intel microcode to the 20180108 release. Regressions were discovered in the microcode updates which could cause system instability ...