RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2019:2476)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2476 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: Missing check in...

Debian DLA-1884-1 : linux security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. CVE-2017-18509 Denis Andzakovic reported a missing type check in the IPv4 multicast routing implementation. A user with the CAPNETADMIN capability in a...

kernel: hw: Spectre SWAPGS gadget vulnerability

A Spectre gadget was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of system interrupts. An attacker with local access could use this information to reveal private data through a Spectre like side channel...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

kernel: hw: Spectre SWAPGS gadget vulnerability

A Spectre gadget was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of system interrupts. An attacker with local access could use this information to reveal private data through a Spectre like side channel...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.14.137 and fixes at least the following security issues: A Spectre SWAPGS gadget was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of system interrupts. An attacker with local access could use this information to reveal private data through a Spectre lik...

MGASA-2019-0220 Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update provides an update to the kernel 5.2 series, currently based on 5.2.7 adding support for newer hardware and other new features. It also fixes at least the following security issues: A Spectre SWAPGS gadget was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of system interrupts. An...

Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update provides an update to the kernel 5.2 series, currently based on 5.2.7 adding support for newer hardware and other new features. It also fixes at least the following security issues: A Spectre SWAPGS gadget was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of system interrupts. An...

RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2019:2411)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2411 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: broken permission and object...

NewStart CGSL MAIN 4.05 : firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0153)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 4.05, has firefox packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - Incorrect convexity calculations in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafte...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : java-1_7_0-openjdk (SUSE-SU-2019:2028-1) (Spectre)

This update for java-170-openjdk to version 7u231 fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : CVE2019-2426: Improve web server connections bsc1134297. CVE-2019-2745: Improved ECC Implementation bsc1141784. CVE-2019-2762: Exceptional throw cases bsc1141782. CVE-2019-2766: Improve file...

NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0064)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has firefox packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - The type inference system allows the compilation of functions that can cause type confusions between arbitrary objects when compiled through the...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2019-0038)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - x86/speculation: Exclude ATOMs from speculation through SWAPGS Thomas Gleixner Orabug: 29967571 CVE-2019-1125 - x86/speculation: Enable Spectre v1 swapgs mitigations Josh Poimboeuf Orabug: 29967571...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2019-1253)

There is a newly discovered variant side-channel attack of Spectre V1 which leverages SWAPGS instructions to bypass KPTI/KVA mitigations. This could lead to a kernel information disclosure. CVE-2019-1125 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0062)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has thunderbird packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - Incorrect convexity calculations in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory...

NewStart CGSL MAIN 4.06 : firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0090)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 4.06, has firefox packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while parsing an HTML5 stream in concert with custom HTML elements. This results in the stream parser object being fre...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2019-1253)

There is a newly discovered variant side-channel attack of Spectre V1 which leverages SWAPGS instructions to bypass KPTI/KVA mitigations. This could lead to a kernel information disclosure C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from...

Authorization Bypass

kernel is vulnerable to authorization bypass. The vulnerability exists through the mishandling of indirect calls weakens Spectre mitigation for paravirtual guests...

BSA-2019-843

Security Advisory ID : BSA-2019-843 Component : Kernel Revision : 1.0: Final Bitdefender researchers have identified and demonstrated a new side-channel attack.This newly disclosed attack bypasses all known mitigation mechanisms implemented in response to Spectre and Meltdown. More information at...