[SECURITY] [DLA 1423-1] linux-4.9 new package

Package : linux-4.9 Version : 4.9.110-1deb8u1 CVE ID : CVE-2017-5753 CVE-2017-18255 CVE-2018-1118 CVE-2018-1120 CVE-2018-1130 CVE-2018-3639 CVE-2018-5814 CVE-2018-10021 CVE-2018-10087 CVE-2018-10124 CVE-2018-10853 CVE-2018-10876 CVE-2018-10877 CVE-2018-10878 CVE-2018-10879 CVE-2018-10880...

RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2018:2216)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2216 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: An industry-wide issue was found in the way man...

CPU July 2018

A Critical Patch Update is a collection of patches for multiple security vulnerabilities. Critical Patch Update patches are usually cumulative, but each advisory describes only the security fixes added since the previous Critical Patch Update advisory. Thus, prior Critical Patch Update advisories...

Debian DLA-1422-2 : linux security update (Spectre)

The previous update to linux failed to build for the armhf ARM EABI hard-float architecture. This update corrects that. For all other architectures, there is no need to upgrade or reboot again. For reference, the relevant part of the original advisory text follows. Several vulnerabilities have be...

CentOS 6 : qemu-kvm (CESA-2018:2162) (Spectre)

An update for qemu-kvm 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...

[SECURITY] [DLA 1422-2] linux security update

Package : linux Version : 3.16.57-2 CVE ID : CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2017-5753 CVE-2018-1066 CVE-2018-1093 CVE-2018-1130 CVE-2018-3665 CVE-2018-5814 CVE-2018-9422 CVE-2018-10853 CVE-2018-10940 CVE-2018-11506 CVE-2018-12233 CVE-2018-1000204 Debian Bug : 898165 The previous update to linux failed to buil...

[SECURITY] [DLA 1422-1] linux security update

Package : linux Version : 3.16.57-1 CVE ID : CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2017-5753 CVE-2018-1066 CVE-2018-1093 CVE-2018-1130 CVE-2018-3665 CVE-2018-5814 CVE-2018-9422 CVE-2018-10853 CVE-2018-10940 CVE-2018-11506 CVE-2018-12233 CVE-2018-1000204 Debian Bug : 898165 Several vulnerabilities have been discovere...

Spectre bug protection forcing Chrome to use 10 to 13% more RAM

By Uzair Amir The entire tech industry was shaken after the discovery of This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Spectre bug protection forcing Chrome to use 10 to 13% more RAM...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : Recommended update for ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2018:1935-1) (Spectre)

The Intel CPU microcode bundle was updated to the 20180703 release. For the listed CPU chipsets this fixes CVE-2018-3640 Spectre v3a and helps mitigating CVE-2018-3639 Spectre v4 bsc1100147 bsc1087082 bsc1087083. More information on:...

Chrome Now Features Site Isolation to Defend Against Spectre

Google introduced new security mitigations for its Chrome browser to defend against recently discovered Spectre variants. The new security feature, called site isolation, essentially isolates different browser work processes between various browser tabs. That means one tab’s webpage rendering and...

Google Enables 'Site Isolation' Feature By Default For Chrome Desktop Users

Google has by default enabled a security feature called "Site Isolation" in its web browser with the release of Chrome 67 for all desktop users to help them protect against many online threats, including Spectre and Meltdown attack. Site Isolation is a feature of the Google Chrome web browser tha...

Google Enables 'Site Isolation' Feature By Default For Chrome Desktop Users

Google has by default enabled a security feature called "Site Isolation" in its web browser with the release of Chrome 67 for all desktop users to help them protect against many online threats, including Spectre and Meltdown attack. Site Isolation is a feature of the Google Chrome web browser tha...

SUSE-SU-2018:1935-1 Recommended update for ucode-intel

The Intel CPU microcode bundle was updated to the 20180703 release. For the listed CPU chipsets this fixes CVE-2018-3640 Spectre v3a and helps mitigating CVE-2018-3639 Spectre v4 bsc1100147 bsc1087082 bsc1087083. More information on:...

OracleVM 3.4 : qemu-kvm (OVMSA-2018-0238) (Spectre)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - qemu-kvm-i386-define-the-ssbd-CPUID-feature-bit-CVE-2018 -3639.patch - qemu-kvm-i386-Define-the-Virt-SSBD-MSR-and-handling-of-i t-CVE.patch - qemu-kvm-i386-define-the-AMD-virt-ssbd-CPUID-feature-bit...

SUSE-SU-2018:1926-1 Security update for ucode-intel

This update for ucode-intel fixes the following issues: The microcode bundles was updated to the 20180703 release For the listed CPU chipsets this fixes CVE-2018-3640 Spectre v3a and helps mitigating CVE-2018-3639 Spectre v4 bsc1100147 bsc1087082 bsc1087083. More information on:...

Two New Spectre-Class CPU Flaws Discovered—Intel Pays $100K Bounty

Intel has paid out a $100,000 bug bounty for new processor vulnerabilities that are related to Spectre variant one CVE-2017-5753. The new Spectre-class variants are tracked as Spectre 1.1 CVE-2018-3693 and Spectre 1.2, of which Spectre 1.1 described as a bounds-check bypass store attack has been...

Two New Spectre-Class CPU Flaws Discovered—Intel Pays $100K Bounty

Intel has paid out a $100,000 bug bounty for new processor vulnerabilities that are related to Spectre variant one CVE-2017-5753. The new Spectre-class variants are tracked as Spectre 1.1 CVE-2018-3693 and Spectre 1.2, of which Spectre 1.1 described as a bounds-check bypass store attack has been...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20180710) (Spectre)

Security Fixes : - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of Load & Store instructions a commonly used performance optimization. It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged...

Scientific Linux Security Update : qemu-kvm on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20180710) (Spectre)

Security Fixes : - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of Load & Store instructions a commonly used performance optimization. It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged...

Oracle Linux 6 : qemu-kvm (ELSA-2018-2162)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-2162 advisory. - qemu-kvm-i386-define-the-ssbd-CPUID-feature-bit-CVE-2018-3639.patch bz1574074 - Resolves: bz1574074 CVE-2018-3639 qemu-kvm: hw: cpu: speculative stor...