The vulnerability of the Windows operating system’s kernel driver, caused by errors in memory object handling, allows a hacker to gain access to system memory contents.

The vulnerability of the kernel driver driver bowser.sys is caused by errors in memory object handling. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to gain access to system memory contents...

MGASA-2018-0344 Updated microcode packages fix security vulnerabilities

This microcode update provides the Intel 20180807 microcode release that adds the processor microcode side of fixes and mitigations for the now publically known security issue affected Intel processors called L1 Terminal Fault L1TF for most Intel processors since Intel Core gen2: Systems with...

CVE-2018-0410

A vulnerability in the web proxy functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Web Security Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to exhaust system memory and cause a denial of service DoS condition on an affected system. The vulnerability exists because the affected...

Design/Logic Flaw

A vulnerability in the web proxy functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Web Security Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to exhaust system memory and cause a denial of service DoS condition on an affected system. The vulnerability exists because the affected...

Security Bulletin: IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM GPFS are affected by security vulnerabilities (CVE-2015-4974, CVE-2015-4981)

Summary Security vulnerabilities have been identified in the current levels of IBM Spectrum Scale V4.1.1, IBM GPFS V4.1 and V3.5: - could allow a local non privileged attacker to execute commands with root privileges CVE-2015-4974 - could allow a local non privileged attacker to read system...

Security update for tiff (moderate)

This update for tiff fixes the following issues: These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2017-18013: There was a Null-Pointer Dereference in the tifprint.c TIFFPrintDirectory function, as demonstrated by a tiffinfo crash. bsc1074317 - CVE-2018-10963: The TIFFWriteDirectorySec function in...

Microsoft Windows: Block SBP-2 Driver and Thunderbolt controllers

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: windenysbp2thunderbolt.nasl 11532 2018-09-21 19:07:30Z cfischer $ Check value for Block SBP-2 Driver and Thunderbolt controllers Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Microsoft Windows: Block SBP-2 Driver and Thunderbolt controllers (Driver Setup Class)

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: windenysbp2thunderboltdriver.nasl 11532 2018-09-21 19:07:30Z cfischer $ Check value for Blocking the SBP-2 driver and Thunderbolt controllers Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Security Bulletin: GPFS security vulnerabilities in IBM Storwize V7000 Unified (CVE-2015-4974 and CVE-2015-4981)

Summary A fix is available for IBM Storwize V7000 Unified, for GPFS security vulnerabilities Vulnerability Details IBM General Parallel File System GPFS is a high-performance clustered file system. It is used in IBM Storwize V7000 Unified. CVEID: CVE-2015-4974 DESCRIPTION: IBM General Parallel Fi...

Security Bulletin: GPFS security vulnerabilities in IBM SONAS (CVE-2015-4974 and CVE-2015-4981)

Summary A fix is available for IBM SONAS, for GPFS security vulnerabilities Vulnerability Details IBM General Parallel File System GPFS is a high-performance clustered file system. It is used in IBM SONAS. CVEID: CVE-2015-4974 DESCRIPTION: IBM General Parallel File System could allow a local...

Security Bulletin: TSSC/IMC is affected by vulnerability for xorg-x11-server (CVE-2015-0255)

Summary The Total Storage System Console/TS4500 Integrated Management Console is affected by a vulnerability involving the xorg-x11-server Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-0255 DESCRIPTION: X.Org X Server could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the improper...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in GPFS affect IBM® DB2® LUW on AIX and Linux (CVE-2015-4974, CVE-2015-4981 & CVE-2015-7403)

Summary DB2 LUW is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® General Parallel File System, Version V3.5 that is used by DB2® pureScale™ Feature on AIX and Linux. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-4974 DESCRIPTION: IBM General Parallel File System could allow a local non privileged attacker...

Security Bulletin:The GPFS pattern provided with IBM PureApplication System is affected by security vulnerabilities. (CVE-2015-4974 and CVE-2015-4981)

Summary Security vulnerabilities have been identified in the current levels of IBM Spectrum Scale V4.1.1, IBM GPFS V4.1 and V3.5: - could allow a local non privileged attacker to execute commands with root privileges CVE-2015-4974 - could allow a local non privileged attacker to read system...

CVE-2018-0233

A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer SSL packet reassembly functionality of the detection engine in Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the detection engine to consume excessive system memory on an affected device, which could cause a...

CVE-2018-0233

A vulnerability in the Secure Sockets Layer SSL packet reassembly functionality of the detection engine in Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the detection engine to consume excessive system memory on an affected device, which could cause a...

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 fail to protect kernel memory when the Microsoft update for meltdown is installed

Overview When the Microsoft update for meltdown is installed on a Windows 7 x64 or Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 system, an unprivileged process may be able to read and write the entire memory space available to the Windows kernel. Description The update that Microsoft has released for meltdown on x...

HPSBHF03581 rev. 4 - AMD Secure Processor and Promontory Chipset Exploits

Potential Security Impact Circumvention of platform security controls, unauthorized access to system memory, installation of difficult to detect malware. Source: CTS Reported By: CTS VULNERABILITY SUMMARY Vulnerability | Description | Impact ---|---|--- MASTERKEY | Attacker who already has...

Updated libtiff packages fix security vulnerabilities

In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a denial of service vulnerability in the TIFFOpen function. A crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack. During the TIFFOpen process, tdimagelength is not checked. The value of tdimagelength can be directly controlled by an input file. In the...

MGASA-2018-0180 Updated libtiff packages fix security vulnerabilities

In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a denial of service vulnerability in the TIFFOpen function. A crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack. During the TIFFOpen process, tdimagelength is not checked. The value of tdimagelength can be directly controlled by an input file. In the...

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,...