Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3548-2)

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...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3548-1)

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...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.1.12-61.63.1 - Revert 'kernel.spec: Require the new microcodectl.' Brian Maly - x86: Clean up IBRS functionality resident in common code Kanth Ghatraju Orabug: 27439198 - x86: Display correct settings for the SPECTREV2 bug Kanth Ghatraju Orabug: 27439198 - Set CONFIGGENERICCPUVULNERABILITIES fl...

Meltdown/Spectre: Intel Nixes Patches, Tech CEOs Questioned on Information Blackout

IT departments and tech vendors continued grappling with Spectre and Meltdown this week, as Intel pulled its glitchy patches and the U.S. Congress questioned the vulnerability disclosures' timing and scope. Spectre and Meltdown aren't typical vulnerabilities for a number of reasons, and as a...

The Effects of the Spectre and Meltdown Vulnerabilities

On January 3, the world learned about a series of major security vulnerabilities in modern microprocessors. Called Spectre and Meltdown, these vulnerabilities were discovered by several different researchers last summer, disclosed to the microprocessors' manufacturers, and patched­ -- at least to...

USN-3548-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability

USN-3548-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 17.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Jay Vosburgh discovered a logic error in the x86-64 syscall entry implementation in the Linux...

USN-3548-2 linux-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-oem vulnerability

USN-3548-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 17.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Jay Vosburgh discovered a logic error in the x86-64 syscall entry implementation in the Linux...

USN-3548-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Jay Vosburgh discovered a logic error in the x86-64 syscall entry implementation in the Linux kernel, introduced as part of the mitigations for the Spectre vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code...

Ubuntu 17.10 : linux vulnerability (USN-3548-1)

Jay Vosburgh discovered a logic error in the x86-64 syscall entry implementation in the Linux kernel, introduced as part of the mitigations for the Spectre vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Note that Tenable Network...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability (USN-3548-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3548-2 advisory. USN-3548-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (SUSE-SU-2018:0219-1) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

This update for webkit2gtk3 fixes the following issues: Update to version 2.18.5 : + Disable SharedArrayBuffers from Web API. + Reduce the precision of 'high' resolution time to 1ms. + bsc1075419 - Security fixes: includes improvements to mitigate the effects of Spectre and Meltdown CVE-2017-5753...

SUSE-SU-2018:0219-1 Security update for webkit2gtk3

This update for webkit2gtk3 fixes the following issues: Update to version 2.18.5: + Disable SharedArrayBuffers from Web API. + Reduce the precision of 'high' resolution time to 1ms. + bsc1075419 - Security fixes: includes improvements to mitigate the effects of Spectre and Meltdown CVE-2017-5753...

Firefox, Chrome Patch Vulnerabilities, Add Security Features

Both Mozilla and Google have updated their browsers this week and have added important security fixes along with bolstering user privacy and safety. Google tackled 53 security fixes on Wednesday with the debut of Chrome 64 version 64.0.3282.119 for Windows, Mac and Linux. Only three of the...

Updated firefox packages fix security vulnerabilities

Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox CVE-2018-5089, CVE-2018-5091, CVE-2018-5095, CVE-2018-5096,...

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

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. 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...

IBM has released AIX and VIOS iFixes in response to the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown.,IBM has released VIOS and VIOS iFixes in response to the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown.

wnadvisory.asc: Version 4 IBM SECURITY ADVISORY First Issued: Thu Jan 25 08:15:51 CST 2018 |Updated: Fri Aug 17 08:05:01 CDT 2018 |Update: Added a link to the bulletin for CVE-2017-5715, known as Spectre, | regarding updated iFixes that are only applicable to some POWER9 systems. | The bulletin i...

firefox security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2018:0122 An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score,...

Security update for MozillaFirefox (important)

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues: - update to Firefox 52.6esr boo1077291 MFSA 2018-01 Speculative execution side-channel attack "Spectre" MFSA 2018-03 CVE-2018-5091 bmo1423086 Use-after-free with DTMF timers CVE-2018-5095 bmo1418447 Integer overflow in Skia library during...

CentOS 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2018:0122)

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available...

openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-2018-85)

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues : - update to Firefox 52.6esr boo1077291 MFSA 2018-01 - Speculative execution side-channel attack 'Spectre' MFSA 2018-03 - CVE-2018-5091 bmo1423086 Use-after-free with DTMF timers - CVE-2018-5095 bmo1418447 Integer overflow in Skia library...