Fedora 27 : ghostscript / poppler-data (2017-c9b0c406b3)

Latest release of Ghostscript version 9.22 fixes several low-impact security issues, as it provides regular quality improvements & fixes as well. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted ...

Fedora 27 : varnish (2017-72b50be8d4)

Security fix for CVE-2017-8807: This fixes a possible data leak in stevedore transient objects in varnishd. Upstream reports: 'It is not inconceiveable that an attack can provoke this situation on vulnerable varnishd instances, where the leaked memory contains confidential data and therefore we...

Fedora 27 : kernel (2017-1ebb87e7c0)

The 4.14.8 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. 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 format it as much as possible...

Fedora 27 : mediawiki (2017-78a4610238)

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-November /000216.html 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 format it as much as possible witho...

Fedora 27 : xen (2017-5945560816)

another patch related to the XSA-240, CVE-2017-15595 issue x86 PV guests may gain access to internally used page XSA-248 broken x86 shadow mode refcount overflow check XSA-249 improper x86 shadow mode refcount error handling XSA-250 improper bug check in x86 log-dirty handling XSA-251 Note that...

Fedora 27 : kernel (2018-21a7ad920c)

The 4.14.13 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. This is also the first update to contain some spectre mitigations. Some patches for variant 1 as well as the initial retpoline build for variant 2. These variant 2 mitigations will improve with further patches,...

Fedora 27 : xen (2017-4bfcd57172)

xen: various flaws 1518214 x86: infinite loop due to missing PoD error checking XSA-246 Missing p2m error checking in PoD code XSA-247 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to...

Fedora 27 : wordpress (2017-f293e717e2)

Update to wordpress 4.8.3. See: https://wordpress.org/news/2017/10/wordpress-4-8-3-security-release/ for details 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 format...

Fedora 27 : libidn2 (2017-09b1c3f099)

Libidn2 2.0.4 released 2017-08-30 =================================== - Fix integer overflow in bidi.c/isBidi - Fix integer overflow in punydecode.c/decodedigit - Improve docs - Fix idnafree to idnfree - Update fuzzer corpora Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...

Fedora 27 : 1:nodejs (2017-e6be32cb7a)

https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOGV8 .md8.9.3 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 format it as much as possible without...

Fedora 27 : couchdb / erlang-jiffy (2017-a20d92573b)

CouchDB ver. 1.7.1 - Fixed CVE-2017-12635 - Fixed CVE-2017-12636 - Switched to eunit for testing - Erlang 20 compatible 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...

WPA3 will secure Wi-Fi connections in four significant ways in 2018

CES, the annual consumer electronics extravaganza in Las Vegas, isn’t just a showcase for virtual reality and poorly-timed power outages. It’s also an opportunity to get a peek at the future of network security. That’s why on the first day of CES, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced the newest security...

Warning: New Undetectable DNS Hijacking Malware Targeting Apple macOS Users

A security researcher has revealed details of a new piece of undetectable malware targeting Apple's Mac computers—reportedly first macOS malware of 2018. Dubbed OSX/MaMi, an unsigned Mach-O 64-bit executable, the malware is somewhat similar to DNSChanger malware that infected millions of computer...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : microcode_ctl (SUSE-SU-2018:0068-1) (Spectre)

Update to Intel microcode version 20180108 bsc1075262 CVE-2017-5715 - The pre-released microcode fixing some important security issues is now officially published and included in the added tarball. Among other updates it contains : - IVT C0 06-3e-04:ed 428-42a - SKL-U/Y D0 06-4e-03:c0 ba-c2 -...

Securing the Three Families of IoT

Securing the Internet of Things is difficult. One reason is the Internet of things consists of three different groups of technology. Each group has radically different architectural constraints. Securing each group requires a distinct approach. IoT 0.9 The primitive group contains all legacy...

Fedora 26 : firefox (2018-fb582aabcc)

Update to 57.0.4 - Security fixes to address the Meltdown and Spectre timing attacks - https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/01/03/mitigations -landing-new-class-timing-attack/ - Require new nss 3.34 fixed 1531031 - Disabled ARM on all Fedoras due to 1523912 Note that Tenable Network Security...

PHOENIX CONTACT FL SWITCH

CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit. Vendor: PHOENIX CONTACT Equipment: FL SWITCH Vulnerabilities: Improper Authorization, Information Exposure AFFECTED PRODUCTS All FL SWITCH 3xxx, 4xxx, and 48xxx Series products running firmware Version 1.0 to 1.32 are affecte...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2018:0055-1)

This update for ImageMagick fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-1000476: A CPU exhaustion vulnerability was found in the function ReadDDSInfo in coders/dds.c, which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service bsc1074610. - CVE-2017-9409: The ReadMPCImage functio...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:0054-1)

This update for wireshark to version 2.2.11 fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-13767: The MSDP dissector could have gone into an infinite loop. This was addressed by adding length validation bsc1056248 - CVE-2017-13766: The Profinet I/O dissector could have crash...

Debian DSA-4082-1 : linux - security update (Meltdown)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. - CVE-2017-5754 Multiple researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Intel processors, enabling an attacker controlling an unprivileged process to...