USN-3655-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3655-1 fixed vulnerabilities and added mitigations in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors...

USN-3655-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via a sidechannel attack. This flaw is known as Spectre Variant 4. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memor...

USN-3655-1 linux vulnerabilities

Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via a sidechannel attack. This flaw is known as Spectre Variant 4. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memor...

USN-3653-2 linux-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-oem vulnerabilities

USN-3653-1 fixed vulnerabilities and added mitigations in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 17.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing...

USN-3653-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3653-1 fixed vulnerabilities and added mitigations in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 17.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing...

USN-3653-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via a sidechannel attack. This flaw is known as Spectre Variant 4. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memor...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3655-1)

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...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.1.12-124.15.1 - netfilter: nfnetlinkcthelper: Add missing permission checks Kevin Cernekee Orabug: 27260771 CVE-2017-17448 - netlink: Add netns check on taps Kevin Cernekee Orabug: 27260799 CVE-2017-17449 - KVM: Fix stack-out-of-bounds read in writemmio Wanpeng Li Orabug: 27290606 CVE-2017-1774...

Virtuozzo 7 : readykernel-patch (VZA-2018-026)

According to the version of the vzkernel package and the readykernel-patch installed, the Virtuozzo installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - It was discovered that nfnlcthelperlist structure was accessible to any user with CAPNETADMIN capability in a networ...

Kernel: ipsec: xfrm: use-after-free leading to potential privilege escalation

The Linux kernel is vulerable to a use-after-free flaw when Transformation User configuration interfaceCONFIGXFRMUSER compile-time configuration were enabled. This vulnerability occurs while closing a xfrm netlink socket in xfrmdumppolicydone. A user/process could abuse this flaw to potentially...

Kernel: ipsec: xfrm: use-after-free leading to potential privilege escalation

The Linux kernel is vulerable to a use-after-free flaw when Transformation User configuration interfaceCONFIGXFRMUSER compile-time configuration were enabled. This vulnerability occurs while closing a xfrm netlink socket in xfrmdumppolicydone. A user/process could abuse this flaw to potentially...

kernel: Missing namespace check in net/netlink/af_netlink.c allows for network monitors to observe systemwide activity

The netlinkdelivertapskb function in net/netlink/afnetlink.c in the Linux kernel, through 4.14.4, does not restrict observations of Netlink messages to a single net namespace, when CONFIGNLMON is enabled. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN...

kernel: Missing namespace check in net/netlink/af_netlink.c allows for network monitors to observe systemwide activity

The netlinkdelivertapskb function in net/netlink/afnetlink.c in the Linux kernel, through 4.14.4, does not restrict observations of Netlink messages to a single net namespace, when CONFIGNLMON is enabled. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN...

kernel: Missing namespace check in net/netlink/af_netlink.c allows for network monitors to observe systemwide activity

The netlinkdelivertapskb function in net/netlink/afnetlink.c in the Linux kernel, through 4.14.4, does not restrict observations of Netlink messages to a single net namespace, when CONFIGNLMON is enabled. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN...

kernel: Missing namespace check in net/netlink/af_netlink.c allows for network monitors to observe systemwide activity

The netlinkdelivertapskb function in net/netlink/afnetlink.c in the Linux kernel, through 4.14.4, does not restrict observations of Netlink messages to a single net namespace, when CONFIGNLMON is enabled. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN...

kernel: Missing namespace check in net/netlink/af_netlink.c allows for network monitors to observe systemwide activity

The netlinkdelivertapskb function in net/netlink/afnetlink.c in the Linux kernel, through 4.14.4, does not restrict observations of Netlink messages to a single net namespace, when CONFIGNLMON is enabled. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN...

Kernel: ipsec: xfrm: use-after-free leading to potential privilege escalation

The Linux kernel is vulerable to a use-after-free flaw when Transformation User configuration interfaceCONFIGXFRMUSER compile-time configuration were enabled. This vulnerability occurs while closing a xfrm netlink socket in xfrmdumppolicydone. A user/process could abuse this flaw to potentially...

CVE-2017-11089

A flaw was found in the netlink 802.11 configuration interface. A local privileged attacker CAPNETADMIN could crash the system or possibly execute arbitrary code...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3620-1)

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...

USN-3620-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3620-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch...