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OracleVM 3.2 : xen (OVMSA-2018-0029) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2018-0029 for details. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The package checks in this plugin were extracted from OracleVM Security Advisory OVMSA-2018-0029...

USN-3620-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3620-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch...

Intel Halts Spectre Fixes On Older Chips, Citing Limited Ecosystem Support

Intel has halted patches for an array of older chips that would protect them against the Spectre vulnerability, according to a recent microcode update. The microcode update shows that its older products – including Wolfdale, Bloomfield, Clarksfield, Gulftown, Harpertown, Jasper Forest, SoFIA 3GR,...

Intel Admits It Won't Be Possible to Fix Spectre (V2) Flaw in Some Processors

As speculated by the researcher who disclosed Meltdown and Spectre flaws in Intel processors, some of the Intel processors will not receive patches for the Spectre variant 2 side-channel analysis attack In a recent microcode revision guidance PDF, Intel admits that it would not be possible to...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libvirt (SUSE-SU-2018:0861-1) (Spectre)

This update for libvirt 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 bsc1080042. -...

OracleVM 3.4 : xen (OVMSA-2018-0028) (Spectre)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - BUILDINFO: OVMF commit=173bf5c847e3ca8b42c11796ce048d8e2e916ff8 - BUILDINFO: xen commit=bf523bc61677448cb7bb79980d6969896d005bd5 - BUILDINFO: QEMU upstream...

SUSE-SU-2018:0861-1 Security update for libvirt

This update for libvirt 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 bsc1080042. -...

Microsoft Misfires with Meltdown Patch, while WannaCry Pops Up at Boeing

In our weekly roundup of InfoSec happenings, we start, as has often been the case this year, with concerning Meltdown / Spectre news -- this time involving Microsoft -- and also touch on a password hack at Under Armour, a WannaCry infection at Boeing, and a severe Drupal vulnerability. Microsoft...

A “Patch for the Meltdown Patch” released out of band Thursday night

The Meltdown/Spectre saga continues… Late Thursday, Microsoft released a patch for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 operating systems to resolve CVE-2018-1038. Apparently, this vulnerability was actually introduced by the patches released in January to mitigate the effects of Meltdown. Microsoft did...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : intel-microcode update (USN-3531-3)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3531-3 advisory. Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : libvirt (SUSE-SU-2018:0838-1) (Spectre)

This update for libvirt fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed : - CVE-2017-5715: Fixes for speculative side channel attacks aka 'SpectreAttack' var2 bsc1079869. - CVE-2018-1064: Fixed denial of service when reading from guest agent bsc1083625. - CVE-2018-5748: Fixed possible denial of...

USN-3531-3: intel-microcode update

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 This...

USN-3531-3 intel-microcode update

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 This...

Microsoft's Meltdown Patch Made Windows 7 PCs More Insecure

Meltdown CPU vulnerability was bad, and Microsoft somehow made the flaw even worse on its Windows 7, allowing any unprivileged, user-level application to read content from and even write data to the operating system's kernel memory. For those unaware, Spectre and Meltdown were security flaws...

FreeBSD : webkit2-gtk3 -- multiple vulnerabilities (1ce95bc7-3278-11e8-b527-00012e582166) (Spectre)

The WebKit team reports many vulnerabilities. Please reference the CVE/URL list for details. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : Copyright 2003-2019 Jacques Vidrine and contributors Redistribution...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2018:0831-1) (Spectre)

This update for qemu fixes the following issues: This update has the next round of Spectre v2 related patches, which now integrate with corresponding changes in libvirt. CVE-2017-5715 bsc1068032 The January 2018 release of qemu initially addressed the Spectre v2 vulnerability for KVM guests by...

SUSE-SU-2018:0831-1 Security update for qemu

This update for qemu fixes the following issues: This update has the next round of Spectre v2 related patches, which now integrate with corresponding changes in libvirt. CVE-2017-5715 bsc1068032 The January 2018 release of qemu initially addressed the Spectre v2 vulnerability for KVM guests by...