SUSE-SU-2018:0638-1 Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes several issues. This new feature was included: - add script and sysv service to watch for vcpu online/offline events in a HVM domU These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5754: Prevent information leaks via side effects of speculative...

SUSE-SU-2018:0552-1 Security update for SUSE Manager Server 3.1

This update fixes the following issues: nutch: - Fix hadoop log dir. bsc1061574 osad, rhnlib: - Fix update mechanism when updating the updateservice bsc1073619 pxe-default-image: - Spectre and Meltdown mitigation. CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5754, bsc1068032 spacecmd: - Support multipl...

SUSE-SU-2018:0552-2 Security update for SUSE Manager Server 3.1

This update fixes the following issues: nutch: - Fix hadoop log dir. bsc1061574 osad, rhnlib: - Fix update mechanism when updating the updateservice bsc1073619 pxe-default-image: - Spectre and Meltdown mitigation. CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5754, bsc1068032 spacecmd: - Support multipl...

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

Updated kernel packages that fix six bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Extended Update Support. 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...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2018:0609-1) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

This update for xen fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5754: Prevent information leaks via side effects of speculative execution, aka 'Spectre' and 'Meltdown' attacks bsc1074562, bsc1068032 - CVE-2018-5683: The vgadrawtext function...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2018:0601-1) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

This update for xen fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5754: Prevent information leaks via side effects of speculative execution, aka 'Spectre' and 'Meltdown' attacks bsc1074562, bsc1068032 - CVE-2018-5683: The vgadrawtext function...

SUSE-SU-2018:0601-1 Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5754: Prevent information leaks via side effects of speculative execution, aka 'Spectre' and 'Meltdown' attacks bsc1074562, bsc1068032 - CVE-2018-5683: The vgadrawtext function...

OracleVM 3.4 : xen (OVMSA-2018-0021) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - BUILDINFO: xen commit=b2a6db11ced11291a472bc1bda20ce329eda4d66 - BUILDINFO: QEMU upstream commit=8bff6989bd0bafcc0ddf859c23ce6a2ff21a80ff - BUILDINFO: QEMU traditional...

OracleVM 3.4 : xen (OVMSA-2018-0020) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - BUILDINFO: OVMF commit=173bf5c847e3ca8b42c11796ce048d8e2e916ff8 - BUILDINFO: xen commit=9ccc143584e12027a8db854d19ce8a120d22cfac - BUILDINFO: QEMU upstream...

USN-3582-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Cloud Foundry

Severity High Vendor Canonical Ubuntu Versions Affected Canonical Ubuntu 14.04 Description USN-3582-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04...

Intel Releases Updated Spectre Fixes For Broadwell and Haswell Chips

Intel has issued updated microcode to help safeguard its Broadwell and Haswell chips from the Spectre Variant 2 security exploits. According to Intel documents, an array of its older processors, including the Broadwell Xeon E3, Broadwell U/Y, Haswell H,S and Haswell Xeon E3 platforms, have now be...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:0555-1) (Meltdown) (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...

Fedora 26 : qt5-qtwebengine (2018-c0d3db441f)

This update updates QtWebEngine to the 5.10.1 bugfix and security release. QtWebEngine 5.10.1 is part of the Qt 5.10.1 release, but only the QtWebEngine component is included in this update. This update includes : - Security fixes from Chromium up to version 64.0.3282.140. Including:...

Slackware 14.2 : Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2018-057-01) (Spectre)

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to mitigate the speculative side channel attack known as Spectre variant 1. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2018-057-01. The text itself is...

[slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to mitigate the speculative side channel attack known as Spectre variant 1. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-4.4.118/: Upgraded. This kernel includes user pointer sanitization mitigation for the...

Fedora 27 : qt5-qtwebengine (2018-e08d828ed9)

This update updates QtWebEngine to the 5.10.1 bugfix and security release. QtWebEngine 5.10.1 is part of the Qt 5.10.1 release, but only the QtWebEngine component is included in this update. This update includes : - Security fixes from Chromium up to version 64.0.3282.140. Including:...

MGASA-2018-0134 Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.14.20 and adds KPTI mitigation for Meltdown CVE-2017-5754 on 32bit x86. Arm platorm has now also addedmitigations for Meltdown CVE-2017-5754 and Spectre, variant 2 CVE-2017-5715. For other fixes in this update, read the referenced changelogs...

Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.14.20 and adds KPTI mitigation for Meltdown CVE-2017-5754 on 32bit x86. Arm platorm has now also addedmitigations for Meltdown CVE-2017-5754 and Spectre, variant 2 CVE-2017-5715. For other fixes in this update, read the referenced changelogs...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:0525-1) (Spectre)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 LTSS 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...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3582-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3582-1 advisory. Mohamed Ghannam discovered that the IPv4 raw socket implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition leading to uninitialized pointer usage....