USN-3932-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2017-18249 Wen Xu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate metadat...

USN-3930-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mathias Payer and Hui Peng discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ALSA subsystem. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2018-19824 Shlomi Oberman, Yuli Shapiro, and Ran Menscher discovered an...

[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: xen-4.11.1-4.fc30

This package contains the XenD daemon and xm command line tools, needed to manage virtual machines running under the Xen hypervisor...

Fedora Update for xen FEDORA-2019-bce6498890

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2019 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...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: xen-4.10.3-2.fc28

This package contains the XenD daemon and xm command line tools, needed to manage virtual machines running under the Xen hypervisor...

[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: xen-4.11.1-4.fc29

This package contains the XenD daemon and xm command line tools, needed to manage virtual machines running under the Xen hypervisor...

Vulnerability Management at Tinkoff Fintech School

In the last three weeks, I participated in Tinkoff Fintech School - educational program for university students. Together with my colleagues, we prepared a three-month practical Information Security course: 1 lecture per week with tests and home tasks. Each lecture is given by a member of our...

[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: gnome-boxes-3.30.3-2.fc29

gnome-boxes lets you easily create, setup, access, and use: remote machines remote virtual machines local virtual machines When technology permits, set up access for applications on local virtual machines...

Threat Roundup for Feb. 8 to Feb. 15

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between Feb. 08 and Feb. 15. As with previous roundups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavioral characteristics...

February 12, 2019—KB4486993 (Security-only update)

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February 12, 2019—KB4486563 (Monthly Rollup)

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February 12, 2019—KB4487028 (Security-only update)

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Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm-rhev security update

An update for qemu-kvm-rhev is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Kilo for RHEL 7.4 EUS. 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...

Privilege Escalation

cfme-gemset is vulnerable to privilege escalation attacks. The vulnerability exists as a flaw was found in the CloudForms account configuration when using VMware. By default, a shared account is used that has privileged access to VMRC VMWare Remote Console functions that may not be appropriate fo...

January 8, 2019—KB4480960 (Security-only update)

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January 8, 2019—KB4480968 (Monthly Rollup)

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January 8, 2019—KB4480964 (Security-only update)

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January 8, 2019—KB4480963 (Monthly Rollup)

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Fedora 28 : 2:qemu (2018-44f8a7454d) (Spectre)

New CPU features for speculative store bypass CVE-2018-3639 On Intel x86 hosts, the 'ssbd' feature must be explicitly added to any virtual machines that are not using host-passthrough/host-model CPU setup. NB this requires new microcode too, which is not yet available in Fedora microcodectl RPMs...

Fedora 28 : libvirt (2018-527698a904) (Spectre)

Add new CPU features for speculative store bypass CVE-2018-3639 On Intel x86 hosts, the 'ssbd' feature must be explicitly added to any virtual machines that are not using host-passthrough/host-model CPU setup. NB this requires new microcode too, which is not yet available in Fedora microcodectl...