SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : Security Update for Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:0658-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 kernel was updated to 3.12.39 to receive various security and bugfixes. Following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2015-0777: The XEN usb backend could leak information to the guest system due to copying uninitialized memory. - CVE-2015-2150: Xen and the Linux...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2015:0701-1)

Xen was updated 4.4.201 to address three security issues and functional bugs. The following vulnerabilities were fixed : - Long latency MMIO mapping operations are not preemptible XSA-125, CVE-2015-2752, bnc922705 - Unmediated PCI command register access in qemu XSA-126, CVE-2015-2756, bnc922706 ...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : Xen (SUSE-SU-2015:0745-1)

The Virtualization service XEN was updated to fix various bugs and security issues. The following security issues have been fixed : CVE-2015-2756: XSA-126: Unmediated PCI command register access in qemu could have lead to denial of service attacks against the host, if PCI cards are passed through...

SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : Xen (SUSE-SU-2015:0747-1)

The Virtualization service XEN was updated to fix various bugs and security issues. The following security issues have been fixed : CVE-2015-2756: XSA-126: Unmediated PCI command register access in qemu could have lead to denial of service attacks against the host, if PCI cards are passed through...

SUSE SLED10 / SLES10 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2013:0674-1)

This Linux kernel update fixes various security issues and bugs in the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4 kernel. The following security issues have been fixed : CVE-2013-0871: A race condition in ptrace2 could be used by local attackers to crash the kernel and/or execute code in kernel context...

libvirt / qemu security vulnerabilities

Crash on PCI registers, IDE controller and Physical Region Descriptor Table decoder. Code execution...

OracleVM 3.2 : xen (OVMSA-2015-0058) (Venom)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - force the fifo access to be in bounds of the allocated buffer This is CVE-2015-3456. bug 21078935 CVE-2015-3456 - xen: limit guest control of PCI command register Otherwise the guest can abuse that...

OracleVM 3.3 : xen (OVMSA-2015-0057) (Venom)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - fdc: force the fifo access to be in bounds of the allocated buffer During processing of certain commands such as FDCMDREADID and FDCMDDRIVESPECIFICATIONCOMMAND the fifo memory access could get out of...

PCI Compliance Simplified: Get Trained and Avoid Security Breaches

Target’s data breach is a chilling example: After the widely publicized hack, 12% of loyal shoppers no longer shop at that retailer, and 36% shop at the retailer less frequently. For those who continue to shop, 79% are more likely to use cash instead of credit cards. According to DeMeo, Vice...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3036)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-3036 advisory. - crypto: aesni - fix memory usage in GCM decryption Stephan Mueller Orabug: 21077389 CVE-2015-3331 - xen/pciback: Don't disable PCICOMMAND on PCI...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3035)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-3035 advisory. - crypto: aesni - fix memory usage in GCM decryption Stephan Mueller Orabug: 21077385 CVE-2015-3331 - xen/pciback: Don't disable PCICOMMAND on PCI...

USN-2608-1: QEMU vulnerabilities

Jason Geffner discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the virtual floppy driver. This issue is known as VENOM. A malicious guest could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host as the user running the QEMU process. In the default installation, wh...

USN-2608-1 qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities

Jason Geffner discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the virtual floppy driver. This issue is known as VENOM. A malicious guest could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host as the user running the QEMU process. In the default installation, wh...

Updated kernel-tmb packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-tmb update is based on upstream -longterm 3.14.41 and fixes the following security issues: It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the uverbs API. A local user with access...

MGASA-2015-0219 Updated kernel-tmb packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-tmb update is based on upstream -longterm 3.14.41 and fixes the following security issues: It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the uverbs API. A local user with access...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3259-1 (qemu - security update)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the qemu virtualisation solution: CVE-2014-9718 It was discovered that the IDE controller emulation is susceptible to denial of service. CVE-2015-1779 Daniel P. Berrange discovered a denial of service vulnerability in the VNC web socket decoder...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security and bugfix update

2.6.39-400.250.2 - crypto: aesni - fix memory usage in GCM decryption Stephan Mueller Orabug: 21077389 CVE-2015-3331 2.6.39-400.250.1 - xen/pciback: Don't disable PCICOMMAND on PCI device reset. Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Orabug: 20807440 CVE-2015-2150 - xen-blkfront: fix accounting of reqs when...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : QEMU vulnerabilities (USN-2608-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2608-1 advisory. Jason Geffner discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the virtual floppy driver. This issue is known as VENOM. A malicious guest could use this issue to...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security and bugfix update

kernel-uek 3.8.13-68.2.2 - crypto: aesni - fix memory usage in GCM decryption Stephan Mueller Orabug: 21077385 CVE-2015-3331 3.8.13-68.2.1 - xen/pciback: Don't disable PCICOMMAND on PCI device reset. Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Orabug: 20807438 CVE-2015-2150 - xen-blkfront: fix accounting of reqs when...

Debian DSA-3259-1 : qemu - security update (Venom)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the qemu virtualisation solution : - CVE-2014-9718 It was discovered that the IDE controller emulation is susceptible to denial of service. - CVE-2015-1779 Daniel P. Berrange discovered a denial of service vulnerability in the VNC web socket decoder. -...