CVE-2018-15594

arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c in the Linux kernel before 4.18.1 mishandles certain indirect calls, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct Spectre-v2 attacks against paravirtual guests...

PT-2018-3624

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.18.1 Description The issue is related to the mishandling of certain indirect calls in the arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c file, making it easier for attackers to conduct Spectre-v2 attacks against paravirtual guests...

OracleVM 3.4 : xen (OVMSA-2018-0248) (Bunker Buster) (Foreshadow) (Meltdown) (POODLE) (Spectre)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2018-0248 for details. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The package checks in this plugin were extracted from OracleVM Security Advisory OVMSA-2018-0248...

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15594

arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c in the Linux kernel before 4.18.1 mishandles certain indirect calls, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct Spectre-v2 attacks against paravirtual guests...

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15572

The spectrev2selectmitigation function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.18.1 does not always fill RSB upon a context switch, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct userspace-userspace spectreRSB attacks...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for Security (openSUSE-SU-2018:2399-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH 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-or-later This program is free software; you can...

Security update to ucode-intel (important)

ucode-intel was updated to the 20180807 release. For the listed CPU chipsets this fixes CVE-2018-3640 Spectre v3a and is part of the mitigations for CVE-2018-3639 Spectre v4 and CVE-2018-3646 L1 Terminal fault. bsc1104134 bsc1087082 bsc1087083 bsc1089343 Processor Identifier Version Products Mode...

IBM has released updated AIX and VIOS fixes for CVE-2017-5715 known as Spectre that are only applicable to some POWER9 systems.

IBM SECURITY ADVISORY First Issued: Fri Aug 17 08:05:01 CDT 2018 |Updated: Mon Sep 24 08:59:02 CDT 2018 |Update: Added system model 9080-M9S as a system to which the bulletin | applies. The most recent version of this document is available here:...

Debian DSA-4273-1 : intel-microcode - security update (Spectre)

This update ships updated CPU microcode for some types of Intel CPUs and provides SSBD support needed to address 'Spectre v4' and fixes for'Spectre v3a'. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4273...

Photon OS 1.0: Linux PHSA-2018-1.0-0098 (deprecated)

An update of linux packages for PhotonOS has been released. This kernel update mitigates vulnerabilities CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715 which are referred to as the variants of Spectre vulnerability. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. @DEPRECATED@ Disabled on 2/7/2019 The descriptive text and...

[SECURITY] [DSA 4273-1] intel-microcode security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-4273-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff August 16, 2018 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Speculation Attack Against Intel's SGX

Another speculative-execution attack against Intel's SGX. At a high level, SGX is a new feature in modern Intel CPUs which allows computers to protect users' data even if the entire system falls under the attacker's control. While it was previously believed that SGX is resilient to speculative...

Finding the signal of community in all the noise at Black Hat

I dont know about you, but I find large conferences overwhelming. Dont get me wrong, nothing beats the innovative potential of bringing a diverse group of brilliant people together to hash through thorny issues and share insights. But there are so many speakers, booths, and people, it can be a...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : Security update to ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2018:2335-1) (Foreshadow) (Spectre)

ucode-intel was updated to the 20180807 release. For the listed CPU chipsets this fixes CVE-2018-3640 Spectre v3a, and is part of the mitigations for CVE-2018-3639 Spectre v4 and CVE-2018-3646 L1 Terminal Fault. bsc1104134 bsc1087082 bsc1087083 bsc1089343 Processor Identifier Version Products Mod...

Intel CPU Foreshadow-NG (foreshadow next-generation version) Vulnerability

The L1 Terminal Malfunction OS/SMM vulnerability is different for Intel CPUs with SGX Software Protection Extensions technology, and may also affect CPUs from other vendors. With the speculative execution of a side-channel attack, an attacker with local user access could achieve an unauthorized...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : Security update to ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2018:2331-1) (Foreshadow) (Spectre)

ucode-intel was updated to the 20180807 release. For the listed CPU chipsets this fixes CVE-2018-3640 Spectre v3a and is part of the mitigations for CVE-2018-3639 Spectre v4 and CVE-2018-3646 L1 Terminal fault. bsc1104134 bsc1087082 bsc1087083 bsc1089343 Processor Identifier Version Products Mode...

RHEL 6 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2018:2396)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2396 advisory. The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirement...

Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar SIEM has released 7.3.1 Patch 4, and 7.2.8 Patch 13 in response to the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown.

Summary IBM has released the following 7.3.1 Patch 4, and 7.2.8 Patch 13 for IBM QRadar SIEM in response to CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715 and CVE-2017-5754 Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2017-5753 CVEID: CVE-2017-5715 CVEID: CVE-2017-5754 Affected Products and Versions IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3.0 –...

SUSE-SU-2018:2338-1 Security update to ucode-intel

ucode-intel was updated to the 20180807 release. For the listed CPU chipsets this fixes CVE-2018-3640 Spectre v3a and is part of the mitigations for CVE-2018-3639 Spectre v4 and CVE-2018-3646 L1 Terminal fault. bsc1104134 bsc1087082 bsc1087083 bsc1089343 Processor Identifier Version Products Mode...

Patch Tuesday, August 2018 Edition

Adobe and Microsoft each released security updates for their software on Tuesday. Adobe plugged five security holes in its Flash Player browser plugin. Microsoft pushed 17 updates to fix at least 60 vulnerabilities in Windows and other software, including two "zero-day" flaws that attackers were...