UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12201

Buffer overflow vulnerability in Platform Sample / Silicon Reference firmware for 8th Generation IntelR Core Processor, 7th Generation IntelR Core Processor, IntelR PentiumR Silver J5005 Processor, IntelR PentiumR Silver N5000 Processor, IntelR CeleronR J4105 Processor, IntelR CeleronR J4005...

CVE-2018-12205

Improper certificate validation in Platform Sample/ Silicon Reference firmware for 8th Generation IntelR Coretm Processor, 7th Generation IntelR Coretm Processor may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via physical access...

CVE-2018-12201

Buffer overflow vulnerability in Platform Sample / Silicon Reference firmware for 8th Generation IntelR Core Processor, 7th Generation IntelR Core Processor, IntelR PentiumR Silver J5005 Processor, IntelR PentiumR Silver N5000 Processor, IntelR CeleronR J4105 Processor, IntelR CeleronR J4005...

openssl security update

1.0.2k-16.0.1.el76.1 - Bump release for rebuild. 1.0.2k-16.1 - use SHA-256 in FIPS RSA pairwise key check - fix CVE-2018-5407 - EC signature local timing side-channel key extraction 1.0.2k-16 - fix CVE-2018-0495 - ROHNP - Key Extraction Side Channel on DSA, ECDSA - fix incorrect error message on...

Spectre, Google, and the Universal Read Gadget

Spectre, a seemingly never ending menace to processors, is back in the limelight once again thanks to the Universal Read Gadget. First seen at the start of 2018, Spectre emerged alongside Meltdown as a major potential threat to people’s system security. Meltdown and Spectre Meltdown targeted Inte...

The vulnerabilities of Intel, ARM, and AMD processors stem from the unique workings of the branch prediction module, which allows attackers to exploit the protected information.

The vulnerabilities of Intel, ARM, and AMD processors are related to the characteristics of the branch prediction module’s operation. Exploiting these vulnerabilities allows attackers to disclose confidential information by creating conditions for incorrect branch predictions...

The vulnerability of the Lazy FPU context switching function in Intel processors allows a hacker to gain access to protected information.

The vulnerability of the Lazy FPU context switching function in Intel processors is related to insufficient protection of data in the FPU registers of the processor. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to access protected information...

Researchers Implant "Protected" Malware On Intel SGX Enclaves

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a way to hide malicious code in Intel SGX enclaves, a hardware-based memory encryption feature in modern processors that isolates sensitive code and data to protect it from disclosure or modification. In other words, the technique allows attackers to...

Google Boosts Encryption For Low-End Android Devices

Google introduced a new storage encryption solution that it hopes will expand security efforts across its full spectrum of Android-powered devices – including low-end devices that typically can’t support encryption. The new encryption offering, Adiantum, aims to solve a big issue that has plagued...

NSA Releases Updated Guidance on Side-Channel Vulnerabilities

The National Security Agency NSA has released updated information on a set of side-channel vulnerabilities affecting modern computer processors. An attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain sensitive information. The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center NCCIC,...

Pointer dereference in subsystem in Intel(R) Graphics Driver allows unprivileged user to elevate privileges via local access

Summary: The Intel® Graphics Drivers for Windows Code can fail to adequately validate a pointer input. This may lead to modification of kernel memory and a potential for an escalation of privilege. Reference CVE-2017-5727. Description: The Intel® Graphics Drivers for Windows Code can fail to...

Cache-load gadgets exploitable with L1TF

ISSUE DESCRIPTION Previously reported vulnerabilities CVE-2017-5753 / XSA-254 Spectre V1 and CVE-2018-3646 / XSA-273 L1TF can, when combined, be leveraged to more easily gather leaked information. A Spectre v1 gadget is a speculation sequence which starts with a conditional branch, contains a...

CVE-2018-11999

Improper input validation in trustzone can lead to denial of service in snapdragon automobile, snapdragon mobile and snapdragon wear in versions MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 636, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SDA660,...

Is AMD processor supported for provisioning VPX?

AMD processors are supported for provisioning Citrix ADC VPX on firmware release 13.1 and above. More details are available at the Docs page - https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/current-release/deploying-vpx/deploy-vpx-faq.html...

Power Management Controller (PMC) Security Advisory

Summary: A potential security vulnerability in power management controller firmware may allow escalation of privilege and/ or information disclosure. Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-3643 Description: A vulnerabili...

Xen elevation of privilege vulnerability (CNVD-2019-07942)

Xen is an open source virtual machine monitor developed by the Xen Project. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in 4.11.x and earlier versions of Xen on AMD x86 platforms, which stems from the fact that a TLB refresh is sometimes not performed after an IOMMU mapping change, and can be...

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19967

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x on Intel x86 platforms allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service host OS hang because Xen does not work around Intel's mishandling of certain HLE transactions associated with the KACQUIRE instruction prefix...

Buffer overflow

Potential buffer overflow in Video due to lack of input validation in input and output values in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile in MSM8996AU, SD 450, SD 625, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SD 850, SDA660...

Updated openssl packages fix security vulnerabilities

The OpenSSL DSA signature algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a timing side channel attack. An attacker could use variations in the signing algorithm to recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1a Affected 1.1.1. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0j Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0i. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2q...

x86: DoS from attempting to use INVPCID with a non-canonical addresses

ISSUE DESCRIPTION The INVPCID instruction raises GP0 if an attempt is made to invalidate a non-canonical address. Older flushing mechanisms such as INVLPG tolerate this without error, and perform no action. There is one guest accessible path in Xen where a non-canonical address was passed into th...