openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2019-140)

The openSUSE Leap 42.3 Linux kernel was updated to 4.4.172 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2019-3459,CVE-2019-3460: Two remote information leak vulnerabilities in the Bluetooth stack were fixed that could potentially leak kernel information...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:0222-1) (Spectre)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4 kernel for Azure was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2018-19407: The vcpuscanioapic function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and BUG via...

Security Bulletin: Multiple Foreshadow Spectre Variant vulnerabilities affect IBM OS Image for Red Hat Linux Systems in IBM PureApplication System (CVE-2018-3615 CVE-2018-3620 CVE-2018-3646)

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities that affect the IBM OS Image for Red Hat Linux Systems in IBM PureApplication System. IBM has released Version 2.2.5.3 for IBM PureApplication System, in response to CVE-2018-3615, CVE-2018-3620, and CVE-2018-3646. The products that are identified for th...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:0148-1) (Spectre)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 kernel for Azure was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2018-19407: The vcpuscanioapic function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and BUG via...

Cache-load gadgets exploitable with L1TF

ISSUE DESCRIPTION Previously reported vulnerabilities CVE-2017-5753 / XSA-254 Spectre V1 and CVE-2018-3646 / XSA-273 L1TF can, when combined, be leveraged to more easily gather leaked information. A Spectre v1 gadget is a speculation sequence which starts with a conditional branch, contains a...

Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : jan2019_SRU11_4_3_5_0 (Foreshadow) (Spectre)

This Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite subcomponent: Kernel. The supported version that is affected is 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated...

openSUSE Security Update : java-1_7_0-openjdk (openSUSE-2019-42) (Spectre)

This update for java-170-openjdk to version 7u201 fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2018-3136: Manifest better support bsc1112142 - CVE-2018-3139: Better HTTP Redirection bsc1112143 - CVE-2018-3149: Enhance JNDI lookups bsc1112144 - CVE-2018-3169: Improve field accesses...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : java-1_7_0-openjdk (SUSE-SU-2019:0049-1) (Spectre)

This update for java-170-openjdk to version 7u201 fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : CVE-2018-3136: Manifest better support bsc1112142 CVE-2018-3139: Better HTTP Redirection bsc1112143 CVE-2018-3149: Enhance JNDI lookups bsc1112144 CVE-2018-3169: Improve field accesses bsc111214...

Security Updates for Windows 10 / Windows Server 2016 (January 2019) (Spectre)

The remote Windows host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, missing microcode updates to address Spectre Variant 2 CVE-2017-5715: Branch Target Injection vulnerability. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid121035; scriptversion"1.8";...

January 8, 2019—KB4480975 (Monthly Rollup)

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Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.1.12-124.24.1 - pinctrl: amd: Use devmpinctrlregister for pinctrl registration Laxman Dewangan Orabug: 27539246 CVE-2017-18174 - mlock: fix mlock count can not decrease in race condition Yisheng Xie Orabug: 27677611 CVE-2017-18221 - perf/core: Fix the perfcputimemaxpercent check Tan Xiaojun...

Fedora 28 : kernel (2018-db0d3e157e) (Spectre)

The v4.16.11 kernel includes important fixes across the tree Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing addition...

Fedora 28 : 2:qemu (2018-44f8a7454d) (Spectre)

New CPU features for speculative store bypass CVE-2018-3639 On Intel x86 hosts, the 'ssbd' feature must be explicitly added to any virtual machines that are not using host-passthrough/host-model CPU setup. NB this requires new microcode too, which is not yet available in Fedora microcodectl RPMs...

Fedora 28 : libvirt (2018-527698a904) (Spectre)

Add new CPU features for speculative store bypass CVE-2018-3639 On Intel x86 hosts, the 'ssbd' feature must be explicitly added to any virtual machines that are not using host-passthrough/host-model CPU setup. NB this requires new microcode too, which is not yet available in Fedora microcodectl...

Fedora 28 : xen (2018-5521156807) (Spectre)

Speculative Store Bypass XSA-263, CVE-2018-3639 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues...

SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2018:2340-1) (Spectre)

This update for qemu to version 2.11.2 fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed : - CVE-2018-11806: Fix heap buffer overflow issue that can happen while reassembling fragmented datagrams bsc1096223. - CVE-2018-3639: Mitigation functionality for Speculative Store Bypass issue in x86...

SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2018:3927-1)

This update for qemu fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : CVE-2018-10839: Fixed NE2000 NIC emulation support that is vulnerable to an integer overflow, which could lead to buffer overflow issue. It could occur when receiving packets over the network. A user inside guest could use...

SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2018:1926-1) (Spectre)

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:...

EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2018-1433)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - It was found that paravirtpatchcall/jump functions in the arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c in the Linux kernel mishandles certain indirect calls, whic...

Top 2018 Security and Privacy Stories

It was only three days into 2018 when one of the year’s biggest security stories broke about the Meltdown and Spectre flaws in modern microprocessors. From there, the calendar filled quickly with both privacy and security SNAFUs. While some of year’s privacy and security missteps were just a...