January 30, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “FDR” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! January 30, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: The Three Rs of Today’s...

SUSE-SU-2018:0300-1 Security update for gcc43

This update for gcc43 fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2017-1000376: Don't request excutable stack from libffi. bnc1045091 New features: - Add support for retpolines to mitigate the Spectre Variant 2 attack. bnc1074621 - Add support for zero-sized VLAs and allocas with...

SUSE-SU-2018:0285-1 Security update for SUSE Manager Server 3.0

This update fixes the following issues: !!!NOTE: For PostgreSQL, schema migrations could take a long time hours, depending on the number of synced !!! !!!packages and number of rows which requires cleanup. Please refer to the release notes for more information.!!! nutch: - Fix log hadoop into...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3549-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the 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...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities (USN-3549-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3549-1 advisory. Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4022)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4022 advisory. - x86: Add another set of MSR accessor functions Borislav Petkov Orabug: 27444923 CVE-2017-5753 - userns: prevent speculative execution Elena...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0015) (BlueBorne) (Meltdown) (Spectre) (Stack Clash)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2018-0015 for details. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The package checks in this plugin were extracted from OracleVM Security Advisory OVMSA-2018-0015...

Google Chrome < 64.0.3282.119 Multiple Vulnerabilities

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 64.0.3282.119. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 201801stable-channel-update-for-desktop24 advisory. - Use after free in WebUI in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a...

USN-3549-1: Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. CVE-2017-5715,...

USN-3549-1 linux-kvm vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. CVE-2017-5715,...

January 29, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Grammys” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! January 29, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Four warnings for the...

Spectre Variant 2 (CVE 2017-5715) Branch Target Injection Update Disable (KB4078130)

This host is missing a critical update according to Microsoft KB4078130 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...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3548-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the 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...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3548-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the 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...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.1.12-61.63.1 - Revert 'kernel.spec: Require the new microcodectl.' Brian Maly - x86: Clean up IBRS functionality resident in common code Kanth Ghatraju Orabug: 27439198 - x86: Display correct settings for the SPECTREV2 bug Kanth Ghatraju Orabug: 27439198 - Set CONFIGGENERICCPUVULNERABILITIES fl...

Meltdown/Spectre: Intel Nixes Patches, Tech CEOs Questioned on Information Blackout

IT departments and tech vendors continued grappling with Spectre and Meltdown this week, as Intel pulled its glitchy patches and the U.S. Congress questioned the vulnerability disclosures' timing and scope. Spectre and Meltdown aren't typical vulnerabilities for a number of reasons, and as a...

The Effects of the Spectre and Meltdown Vulnerabilities

On January 3, the world learned about a series of major security vulnerabilities in modern microprocessors. Called Spectre and Meltdown, these vulnerabilities were discovered by several different researchers last summer, disclosed to the microprocessors' manufacturers, and patched­ -- at least to...

USN-3548-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability

USN-3548-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 17.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Jay Vosburgh discovered a logic error in the x86-64 syscall entry implementation in the Linux...

USN-3548-2 linux-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-oem vulnerability

USN-3548-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 17.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Jay Vosburgh discovered a logic error in the x86-64 syscall entry implementation in the Linux...

USN-3548-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Jay Vosburgh discovered a logic error in the x86-64 syscall entry implementation in the Linux kernel, introduced as part of the mitigations for the Spectre vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code...