Debian DLA-1369-1 : linux security update (Spectre)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. CVE-2017-0861 Robb Glasser reported a potential use-after-free in the ALSA sound PCM core. We believe this was not possible in practice. CVE-2017-5715...

Kali Linux 2018.2 Release - The Best Penetration Testing Distribution

This Kali release is the first to include the Linux 4.15 kernel, which includes the x86 and x64 fixes for the much-hyped Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. It also includes much better support for AMD GPUs and support for AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization, which allows for encrypting virtual...

[SECURITY] [DLA 1369-1] linux security update

Package : linux Version : 3.2.101-1 CVE ID : CVE-2017-0861 CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2017-13166 CVE-2017-16526 CVE-2017-16911 CVE-2017-16912 CVE-2017-16913 CVE-2017-16914 CVE-2017-18017 CVE-2017-18203 CVE-2017-18216 CVE-2018-1068 CVE-2018-1092 CVE-2018-5332 CVE-2018-5333 CVE-2018-5750 CVE-2018-5803...

Debian DSA-4188-1 : linux - security update (Spectre)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. - CVE-2017-5715 Multiple researchers have discovered a vulnerability in various processors supporting speculative execution, enabling an attacker...

Debian DSA-4187-1 : linux - security update (Spectre)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. - CVE-2015-9016 Ming Lei reported a race condition in the multiqueue block layer blk-mq. On a system with a driver using blk-mq mtip32xx, nullblk, or...

UPDATE: Kali Linux 2018.2 Release!

PenTestIT RSS Feed Second Kali Linux update of this year and this time, it is about the latest Kali Linux 2018.2 release! The last release was made available recently in the month of February. This new release includes all patches, fixes, updates, and improvements since the last release – Kali...

[SECURITY] [DSA 4188-1] linux security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-4188-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso May 01, 2018 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 4187-1] linux security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-4187-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Ben Hutchings May 01, 2018 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4188-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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...

Kernel update: new kernel 3.10.0-693.21.1.vz7.46.7, Virtuozzo 7.0 Update 7 Hotfix 2 (7.0.7-453)

The Hotfix 2 for Virtuozzo 7.0 Update 7 provides a new kernel 3.10.0-693.21.1.vz7.46.7 that introduces stability and usability bug fixes. In addition, this kernel was recompiled by the updated gcc with retpolines support. Retpolines are a technique used by the kernel to reduce overhead of...

Microsoft Issues More Spectre Updates For Intel CPUs

Microsoft has released additional Windows 10 mitigations for the Spectre side-channel flaw revealed in January, with an expanded lineup of firmware microcode updates for Intel CPUs that include the Broadwell and Haswell chipsets. The company released two Windows Update packages addressing Spectre...

Debian DLA-1362-1 : gcc-4.9-backport new package

GCC 4.9 has been packaged as gcc-4.9-backport for Debian 7. This package will be needed by future updates to linux, and possibly other packages, to implement the 'retpoline' mitigation for CVE-2017-5715 Spectre variant 2. NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description bloc...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kvm (SUSE-SU-2018:1077-1) (Spectre)

This update for kvm fixes the following issues : - This update has the next round of Spectre v2 related patches, which now integrates with corresponding changes in libvirt. A January 2018 release of qemu initially addressed the Spectre v2 vulnerability for KVM guests by exposing the spec-ctrl...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1080-1) (Spectre)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-5715: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to a...

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

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Long Life. 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...

[SECURITY] [DLA 1362-1] gcc-4.9-backport new package

Package : gcc-4.9-backport Version : 4.9.2-10+deb7u1 GCC 4.9 has been packaged as gcc-4.9-backport for Debian 7. This package will be needed by future updates to linux, and possibly other packages, to implement the "retpoline" mitigation for CVE-2017-5715 Spectre variant 2. Further information...

SUSE-SU-2018:1077-1 Security update for kvm

This update for kvm fixes the following issues: - This update has the next round of Spectre v2 related patches, which now integrates with corresponding changes in libvirt. A January 2018 release of qemu initially addressed the Spectre v2 vulnerability for KVM guests by exposing the spec-ctrl...

Debian DSA-4179-1 : linux-tools - security update

This update doesn't fix a vulnerability in linux-tools, but provides support for building Linux kernel modules with the 'retpoline'mitigation for CVE-2017-5715 Spectre variant 2. This update also includes bug fixes from the upstream Linux 3.16 stable branch up to and including 3.16.56. C Tenable...

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

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impac...

[SECURITY] [DSA 4179-1] linux-tools security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-4179-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Ben Hutchings April 24, 2018 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...