RHEL 7 : linux-firmware (RHSA-2018:0053) (Spectre)

An update for linux-firmware is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a securi...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel-firmware (openSUSE-2018-9) (Spectre)

This update for kernel-firmware fixes the following issues : - Add microcodeamdfam17h.bin bsc1068032 CVE-2017-5715 This new firmware disables branch prediction on AMD family 17h processor to mitigate an attack on the branch predictor that could lead to information disclosure from e.g. kernel memo...

About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Supplemental Update

About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Supplemental Update This document describes the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Supplemental Update. About Apple security updates For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until ...

About the security content of Safari 11.0.2

About the security content of Safari 11.0.2 This document describes the security content of Safari 11.0.2. About Apple security updates For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are...

Meltdown and Spectre - Impact On Node.js

Meltdown and Spectre - Impact On Node.js Summary Project zero has recently announced some new attacks that have received a lot of attention: https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.ca/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html. The risk from these attacks to systems running Node.js resides in th...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:0031-1) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. This update adds mitigations for various side channel attacks against modern CPUs that could disclose content of otherwise unreadable memory bnc1068032. - CVE-2017-5753 / 'SpectreAttack': Local...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2018:0036-1) (Spectre)

This update for qemu fixes the following issues: This update for qemu fixes the following issues: A mitigation for a security flaw has been applied : - CVE-2017-5715: QEMU was updated to allow passing through new MSR and CPUID flags from the host VM to the CPU, to allow enabling/disabling branch...

EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2018-1001)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The recent speculative execution CVEs address three potential attacks across a wide variety of architectures and hardware platforms. - Note: Thi...

Experts Weigh In On Spectre Patch Challenges

The race to patch against the Meltdown and Spectre processor vulnerabilities disclosed last week is on. As of today, there are no known exploits in the wild impacting vulnerable Intel, AMD and ARM devices. Currently, vendors are focused on three main mitigation efforts. Patches that address the...

In-Spectre-Meltdown - Tool to identify Meltdown & Spectre Vulnerabilities in processors

This tool allows to check speculative execution side-channel attacks that affect many modern processors and operating systems designs. CVE-2017-5754 Meltdown and CVE-2017-5715 Spectre allows unprivileged processes to steal secrets from privileged processes. These attacks present 3 different ways ...

Visualizing Spectre/Meltdown Impact and Remediation Progress

In order to determine the impact of Spectre/Meltdown and track remediation progress across your entire environment, it is important to visualize vulnerability detections in a dynamic dashboard. For more information on Spectre and Meltdown, please see our previous blog. Using Qualys AssetView, we...

Important kernel security update: Fixes for Meltdown and Spectre exploits; new kernel 2.6.32-042stab127.2, Virtuozzo 6.0 Update 12 Hotfix 20 (6.0.12-3690)

This update provides a new Virtuozzo 6.0 kernel 2.6.32-042stab127.2 that is a rebase to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 kernel 2.6.32-696.18.7.el6. The rebase fixes an industry-wide issue that was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of...

Important kernel security update: Fixes for Meltdown and Spectre exploits; new kernel 2.6.32-042stab127.2 for Virtuozzo Containers for Linux 4.7, Server Bare Metal 5.0

This update provides a new Virtuozzo Containers for Linux 4.7 and Server Bare Metal 5.0 kernel 2.6.32-042stab127.2 that is a rebase to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 kernel 2.6.32-696.18.7.el6. The rebase fixes an industry-wide issue that was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs...

Security Advisory - CPU Vulnerabilities 'Meltdown' and 'Spectre'

Security researchers disclosed two groups of CPU vulnerabilities "Meltdown" and "Spectre". In some circumstances, a local attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to read memory information belonging to other processes or other operating system kernel. Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2018-01001,...

Scary Chip Flaws Raise Spectre of Meltdown

Apple, Google, Microsoft and other tech giants have released updates for a pair of serious security flaws present in most modern computers, smartphones, tablets and mobile devices. Here's a brief rundown on the threat and what you can do to protect your devices. At issue are two different...

Spectre and Meltdown Attacks Against Microprocessors

The security of pretty much every computer on the planet has just gotten a lot worse, and the only real solution -- which of course is not a solution -- is to throw them all away and buy new ones. On Wednesday, researchers just announced a series of major security vulnerabilities in the...

Carbon Black Solutions Currently Compatible With Major OS Vendor Patches on Meltdown & Spectre

Recently, researchers have released details on two classes of vulnerabilities in modern CPU hardware. These vulnerabilities affect unprecedented numbers of systems and are some of the more difficult issues to address in recent history. These vulnerabilities, dubbed Meltdown and Spectre, may be...

How to Protect your Device from Meltdown and Spectre?

By Waqas The devastating discovery about security flaws namely Meltdown and Spectre This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to Protect your Device from Meltdown and Spectre?...

This Week in Security News

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back...

SUSE-SU-2018:0031-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. This update adds mitigations for various side channel attacks against modern CPUs that could disclose content of otherwise unreadable memory bnc1068032. - CVE-2017-5753 / 'SpectreAttack': Local...