SUSE-SU-2018:1784-1 Security update for kernel modules packages

The following kernel modules were rebuild with 'retpoline' enablement to allow full mitigation of the Spectre Variant 2 CVE-2017-5715, bsc1068032 OFED was adjusted to add an entry to control the loading/unloading of cxgb4 to /etc/sysconf/infiniband bsc926856...

CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2018:1854) (Spectre)

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. 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 rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2018-656) (Spectre)

The openSUSE Leap 42.3 was updated to 4.4.138 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2018-3639: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and speculative execution of memory reads before the addresses of all prior memory writes...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : AMD Microcode update (USN-3690-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3690-1 advisory. Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3690-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the 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...

USN-3690-1 amd64-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. This update provide...

USN-3690-1: AMD 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. This update provide...

OpenBSD Disables Intel Hyper-Threading to Prevent Spectre-Class Attacks

Security-oriented BSD operating system OpenBSD has decided to disable support for Intel's hyper-threading performance-boosting feature, citing security concerns over Spectre-style timing attacks. Introduced in 2002, Hyper-threading is Intel's implementation of Simultaneous Multi-Threading SMT tha...

OpenBSD Disables Intel Hyper-Threading to Prevent Spectre-Class Attacks

Security-oriented BSD operating system OpenBSD has decided to disable support for Intel's hyper-threading performance-boosting feature, citing security concerns over Spectre-style timing attacks. Introduced in 2002, Hyper-threading is Intel's implementation of Simultaneous Multi-Threading SMT tha...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : microcode_ctl (SUSE-SU-2018:1759-1) (Spectre)

This update for microcodectl fixes the following security issue : - CVE-2017-5715: Prevent unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access caused by speculative execution and indirect branch prediction bsc1095735 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the...

Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Private has released a patch in response to the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown(CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715 and CVE-2017-5754)

Summary On Wednesday, January 3, 2018, researchers announced a security vulnerability known as Spectre and Meltdown. These security vulnerabilities are being tracked across three security advisories: CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5754. Additional details can be found at this link. IBM ha...

Security Bulletin: IBM PurePower Integrated Manager has released instructions in response to the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown

Summary IBM has released the following instructions for IBM PurePower Integrated Manager in response to CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715 and CVE-2017-5754. RHEL Server is shipped as a component of PPIM. Information about a security vulnerability affecting RHEL Server has been published in a Red Hat...

Security Bulletin: PowerKVM has released updates in response to the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown.

Summary PowerKVM may be affected by vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. IBM has now addressed these vulnerabilities. IBM has released the following updates for PowerKVM in response to CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715 and CVE-2017-5754. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2017-5753 CVEID: CVE-2017-5715...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2018:1699-1) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

This update for xen fixes several issues. This feature was added : - Added support for qemu monitor command These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2018-3639: Prevent attackers with local user access from extracting information via a side-channel analysis, aka Speculative Store Bypass SSB, Varia...

Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus has released instructions for obtaining an update in response to the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown

Summary IBM has released the instructions in response to CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753, and CVE-2017-5754. These vulnerabilities are known as Spectre and Meltdown. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2017-5715 CVEID: CVE-2017-5753 CVEID: CVE-2017-5754 Affected Products and Versions IBM Spectrum Prote...

Security Bulletin: IBM MessageSight V1.2 has released 1.2.0.3-IBM-IMA-IFIT24219 in response to the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown.

Summary IBM has released the following ifix for IBM MessageSight V1.2 in response to CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715 and CVE-2017-5754. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2017-5753 CVEID: CVE-2017-5715 CVEID: CVE-2017-5754 Affected Products and Versions Affected IBM MessageSight | Affected Versions...

Security Bulletin: IBM StoredIQ has released Interim Fix 7.6.0.14-IBMStoredIQ_IF001 in response to the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown.

Summary IBM has released the following Interim Fix 7.6.0.14-IBMStoredIQIF001 for IBM StoredIQ in response to CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715 and CVE-2017-5754. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2017-5753 CVEID: CVE-2017-5715 CVEID: CVE-2017-5754 Affected Products and Versions Affected Product Name |...

Security Bulletin: IBM StoredIQ for Legal has released Interim Fix 2.0.3.3-IBM-SIQ4L-IF001 in response to the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown.

Summary IBM has released the following Interim Fix 2.0.3.3-IBM-SIQ4L-IF001 for IBM StoredIQ for Legal in response to CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715 and CVE-2017-5754. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2017-5753 CVEID: CVE-2017-5715 CVEID: CVE-2017-5754 Affected Products and Versions Affected Product...

Security Bulletin: IBM Security Directory Suite has released a fixpack in response to the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown.

Summary IBM has released the following fixpack for IBM Security Directory Suite in response to CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5754 Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2017-5753 CVEID: CVE-2017-5754 Affected Products and Versions IBM Security Directory Suite ISDS 8.0.0, 8.0.1 Remediation/Fixes Product |...

Security Bulletin: IBM Security Identity Manager has released a fixpack in response to the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown.

Summary IBM has released the following fixpack for IBM Security Identity Manager in response to CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5754. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2017-5753 CVEID: CVE-2017-5754 Affected Products and Versions IBM Security Identity Manager ISIM 7.0.0, 7.0.1 Remediation/Fixes Product...