Security update for virtualbox (important)

This update for virtualbox to version 5.1.32 fixes the following issues: The following vulnerabilities were fixed boo1076372: - CVE-2017-5715: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacke...

openSUSE Security Update : virtualbox (openSUSE-2018-75) (Spectre)

This update for virtualbox to version 5.1.32 fixes the following issues : The following vulnerabilities were fixed boo1076372 : - CVE-2017-5715: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for virtualbox (openSUSE-SU-2018:0187-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH 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-or-later This program is free software; you can...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:0179-1) (Spectre)

This update for wireshark to version 2.2.12 fixes the following issues : - CVE-2018-5334: IxVeriWave file could crash bsc1075737 - CVE-2018-5335: WCP dissector could crash bsc1075738 - CVE-2018-5336: Multiple dissector crashes bsc1075739 - CVE-2017-17935: Incorrect handling of '\n' in filereadlin...

Meltdown and Spectre Attacks | Cloud Foundry

Severity Advisory/Critical Description Meltdown and Spectre exploit critical vulnerabilities in modern processors. These hardware bugs allow programs to steal data which is currently processed on the computer. While programs are typically not permitted to read data from other programs, a maliciou...

Fedora 27 : kernel (2018-262eb7c289)

The 4.14.14 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. This update also includes some PPC mitigations, and has been built with a retpoline capable compiler for improved Spectre mitigation on x8664. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description...

Intel Halts Spectre/Meltdown Patching for Broadwell and Haswell Systems

Intel is advising OEMs and partners to halt patching for the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities amid numerous reports the updates are causing reboot issues on systems running the Broadwell and Haswell microprocessors. “We recommend that OEMs, cloud service providers, system manufacturers,...

USN-3542-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3542-1 addressed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and bran...

USN-3541-2 linux-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-oem vulnerabilities

USN-3541-1 addressed 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. Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch...

USN-3542-1 linux vulnerabilities

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-3542-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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...

Intel Warns Users Not to Install Its 'Faulty' Meltdown and Spectre Patches

Don't install Intel's patches for Spectre and Meltdown chip vulnerabilities. Intel on Monday warned that you should stop deploying its current versions of Spectre/Meltdown patches, which Linux creator Linus Torvalds calls 'complete and utter garbage.' Spectre and Meltdown are security...

USN-3540-2 linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities

USN-3540-1 addressed 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 LTS. Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and bran...

USN-3540-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3540-1 addressed 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 LTS. Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and bran...

USN-3541-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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-3540-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-euclid vulnerabilities

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-3540-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3542-1)

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...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3540-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3540-1 advisory. Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel...

RHEL 6 : qemu-kvm (RHSA-2018:0106) (Spectre)

An update for qemu-kvm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Advanced 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 rating, is available fo...