Fedora: Security Advisory (FEDORA-2024-b72131479b)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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-6628-1: Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities

Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel when handling sessions operations. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-32250, CVE-2023-32252, CVE-2023-32257...

USN-6628-1 linux-intel-iotg vulnerabilities

Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel when handling sessions operations. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-32250, CVE-2023-32252, CVE-2023-32257...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities (USN-6628-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6628-1 advisory. Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel when handling sessions operations. A remote...

USN-6626-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel when handling sessions operations. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-32250, CVE-2023-32252, CVE-2023-32257...

USN-6626-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.15, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.15, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-nvidia, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.15 vulnerabilities

Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel when handling sessions operations. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2023-32250, CVE-2023-32252, CVE-2023-32257...

kernel: media: usb: siano: Fix use after free bugs caused by do_submit_urb

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's Siano USB driver for digital TV receivers. In dosubmiturb, memory allocated during smsusbprobe can be freed by smsusbtermdevice while URB work items are still referencing it. This leads to a use-after-free condition when worker thread...

kernel: media: dvb-usb: az6027: fix null-ptr-deref in az6027_i2c_xfer()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: dvb-usb: az6027: fix null-ptr-deref in az6027i2cxfer Wei Chen reports a kernel bug as blew: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range 0x0000000000000010-0x0000000000000017...

kernel: drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c

An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel ENE SD/MS Card reader driver. This issue occurs when using a malicious USB device, which could allow a local user to crash the system...

kernel: double free in usb_8dev_start_xmit in drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c

A double-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's USB2CAN interface implementation. This issue could allow a local user to crash the system...

kernel: memory leak in ttusb_dec_exit_dvb() in media/usb/ttusb-dec/ttusb_dec.c

A memory leak issue was found in the Linux kernel media subsystem in the TTUSB DEC driver. It could occur in the ttusbdecexitdvb function because of the lack of a dvbfrontenddetach call. A local user could trigger this flaw by repeatedly plugging and unplugging the device, potentially causing a...

kernel: drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c

An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel ENE SD/MS Card reader driver. This issue occurs when using a malicious USB device, which could allow a local user to crash the system...

Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Actors 29 January to 4 February 2024

For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary HiveForce Labs has recently made several significant discoveries related to cybersecurity threats. Over the past week, we identified a total of seven executed attacks, two instances of adversary activity, and six exploited...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2024-2448)

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.305-227.531. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2448 advisory. A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel's human interface device HID subsystem in how a user inserts a...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2024-037)

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.93-55.139. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2024-037 advisory. A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol L2TP. A missing lock when clearing...

Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel's human interface device HID subsystem in how a user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. CVE-2023-1073 Affected Packages: kernel Note:...

Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel's human interface device HID subsystem in how a user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. CVE-2023-1073 Affected Packages: kernel Note:...

UNC4990 Leverage Hosting Platforms in USB Infection Chain

Summary: UNC4990, a financially motivated threat actor, has been observed targeting organizations in Italy by utilizing weaponized USB drives as an initial infection vector. Additionally, they are employing trusted websites such as Vimeo, GitHub, and Ars Technica to host encoded payloads disguise...

Omron CS/CJ Series Missing Authentication For Critical Function (CVE-2022-45794)

Omron CS/CJ series programmable logic controllers are missing authentication for the file system. This could allow an attacker to access the file system via memory card or EM file memory and obtain all available sensitive information. This plugin only works with Tenable.ot. Please visit...

QEMU: hcd-ehci: DMA reentrancy issue leads to use-after-free

A DMA reentrancy issue was found in the USB EHCI controller emulation of QEMU. EHCI does not verify if the Buffer Pointer overlaps with its MMIO region when it transfers the USB packets. Crafted content may be written to the controller's registers and trigger undesirable actions such as reset whi...