OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0035) (Dirty COW) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2018-0035 for details. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The package checks in this plugin were extracted from OracleVM Security Advisory OVMSA-2018-0035...

Amazon Linux 2 : libvirt (ALAS-2018-952) (Spectre)

An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of instructions a commonly used performance optimization. There are three primary variants of the issue which differ in the way the speculative execution can be exploited. Variant...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2018-939) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

An updated kernel release for Amazon Linux has been made available which prevents speculative execution of indirect branches within the kernel. This release incorporates latest stable open source Linux security improvements to address CVE-2017-5715 within the kernel and builds upon previously...

Amazon Linux 2 : qemu-kvm (ALAS-2018-942) (Spectre)

An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of instructions a commonly used performance optimization. There are three primary variants of the issue which differ in the way the speculative execution can be exploited. Variant...

RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2018:1129)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1129 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: An industry-wide issue was found in th...

Amazon Linux 2 : microcode_ctl (ALAS-2018-953) (Spectre)

An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of instructions a commonly used performance optimization. There are three primary variants of the issue which differ in the way the speculative execution can be exploited. Variant...

Amazon Linux 2 : linux-firmware (ALAS-2018-962) (Spectre)

Speculative execution branch target injection An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of instructions a commonly used performance optimization. There are three primary variants of the issue which differ in the way the...

Debian DLA-1349-1 : 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 3.2 stable branch up to and including 3.2.101. For Debian...

Stable Channel Update for Desktop

The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 66 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. This will roll out over the coming days/weeks. Chrome 66.0.3359.117 contains a number of fixes and improvements -- a list of changes is available in the log. Watch out for upcomin...

[SECURITY] [DLA 1349-1] linux-tools security update

Package : linux-tools Version : 3.2.101-1 Debian Bug : 693667 696957 708994 This update doesnt 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 t...

Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-1349-1)

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...

openSUSE Security Update : libvirt (openSUSE-2018-358) (Spectre)

This update for libvirt and virt-manager fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2017-5715: Fixes for speculative side channel attacks aka 'SpectreAttack' var2 bsc1079869. - CVE-2018-6764: Fixed guest executable code injection via libnssdns.so loaded by libvirtlxc before init...

APT Trends report Q1 2018

In the second quarter of 2017, Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team GReAT began publishing summaries of the quarter's private threat intelligence reports in an effort to make the public aware of the research we have been conducting. This report serves as the next installment, focusing on...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libvirt (SUSE-SU-2018:0920-1) (Spectre)

This update for libvirt and virt-manager fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed : - CVE-2017-5715: Fixes for speculative side channel attacks aka 'SpectreAttack' var2 bsc1079869. - CVE-2018-6764: Fixed guest executable code injection via libnssdns.so loaded by libvirtlxc before init...

AMD Rolls Out Spectre Fixes

AMD said that CPU firmware and Windows 10 patches are now available to safeguard its products against the Spectre security flaw. Mark Papermaster, senior vice president and chief technology officer at AMD, said in a Tuesday post that Spectre fixes are available for AMD customers, who can download...

SUSE-SU-2018:0920-1 Security update for libvirt

This update for libvirt and virt-manager fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2017-5715: Fixes for speculative side channel attacks aka 'SpectreAttack' var2 bsc1079869. - CVE-2018-6764: Fixed guest executable code injection via libnssdns.so loaded by libvirtlxc before init...

SUSE-SU-2018:0909-1 Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes the following issues: Update to Xen 4.7.5 bug fix only release bsc1027519 Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-7540: Fixed DoS via non-preemptable L3/L4 pagetable freeing XSA-252 bsc1080635 - CVE-2018-7541: A grant table v2 - v1 transition may crash Xen XSA-255 bsc1080662 -...

KB4093112: Windows 10 Version 1709 and Windows Server Version 1709 April 2018 Security Update (Meltdown)(Spectre)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 4093112. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An vulnerability exists within microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction, which may allow an attacker with local user access to disclose...

GLSA-201804-08 : QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (Spectre)

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201804-08 QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QEMU. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : An attacker could execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of...

Labs CTNT report shows shift in threat landscape to cryptomining

It's that time again! Time for the quarterly Malwarebytes Labs Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques report aka the Labs CTNT report. To get a more complete picture of what's been going on in cybercrime this quarter, the Labs team has combined intel and statistics gathered from January through March...