CVE-2020-8672

CVE-2020-8672 describes an out-of-bounds read in BIOS firmware for 8th/9th Gen Intel Core and Intel Celeron 4000 Series processors that may allow an unauthenticated local attacker to elevate privileges or cause a denial of service. The vulnerability is documented in Intel’s BIOS advisory (INTEL-S...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:0098-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2018-20669: Fixed an improper check i915gemexecbuffer2ioctl in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915gemexecbuffer.c bsc1122971. CVE-2019-20934: Fixed a use-after-fr...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4681-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 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-4681-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

Ryan Hall discovered that the Intel 700 Series Ethernet Controllers driver in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in some conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service kernel memory exhaustion. CVE-2019-0148 It was discovered that the console keyboard...

USN-4681-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ryan Hall discovered that the Intel 700 Series Ethernet Controllers driver in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in some conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service kernel memory exhaustion. CVE-2019-0148 It was discovered that the console keyboard...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4681-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4681-1 advisory. Ryan Hall discovered that the Intel 700 Series Ethernet Controllers driver in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in some conditions. A...

Xen Handling Logic Error Vulnerability

Xen is an open source virtual machine monitor product from the University of Cambridge, UK. The product enables different and incompatible operating systems to run on the same computer and supports migration at runtime to ensure uptime and avoid downtime. A processing logic error vulnerability...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:2260-1 Rating: important References: 1149032 1152489 1153274 1154353 1155518 1160634 1166146 1166166 1167030 1167773 1170139 1171073 1171558 1172873 1173504 1174852 1175306 1175918 1176109 1176180...

Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2020-5995)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-5995 advisory. - vt: Disable KDFONTOPCOPY Daniel Vetter Orabug: 32187748 CVE-2020-28974 - xen/events: block rogue events for some time Juergen Gross Orabug: 32177538...

SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:3764-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2 RT kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2020-15436: Fixed a use after free vulnerability in fs/blockdev.c which could have allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service...

USN-4659-2: Linux kernel regression

USN-4659-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression in the software raid10 driver when used with fstrim that could lead to data corruption. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: It was discovered that a race condition existe...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel regression (USN-4658-2)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4658-2 advisory. USN-4658-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression in the software raid10 driver when used with...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel regression (USN-4660-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4660-2 advisory. USN-4660-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, that update introduced a regression in the software raid10 driver when used with...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2020-1566)

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.209-160.335. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1566 advisory. A use-after-free flaw was found in the debugfsremove function in the Linux kernel. The flaw could allow a local...

NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : microcode_ctl Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2020-0071)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has microcodectl packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - Incomplete cleanup from specific special register read operations in some IntelR Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:3651-1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.180-94121 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : CVE-2020-25668: Fixed a concurrency use-after-free in confontop bsc1178622. CVE-2020-8694: Fixed an insufficient access control in the Linux kernel driver for some IntelR Processors whi...

SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:3513-1)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1 RT kernel was updated to receive various security and bug fixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2020-25705: A flaw in the way reply ICMP packets are limited in was found that allowed to quickly scan open UDP ports. This flaw allowed an off-path remot...

hw: Information disclosure issue in Intel SGX via RAPL interface

A vulnerability was found in Intel's implementation of RAPL Running Average Power Limit. An attacker with a local account could query the power management functionality to intelligently infer SGX enclave computation values by measuring power usage in the RAPL subsystem...

SUSE-SU-2020:3713-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP2 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2020-15436: Fixed a use after free vulnerability in fs/blockdev.c which could have allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service...

USN-4659-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the binder IPC implementation in the Linux kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2020-0423 Daniele Antonioli, Nils Ole...