Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates

Important Note Due to concerns about the robustness of some of the Intel microcode updates included in the earlier hotfixes for these issues XS71ECU1009, XS72E013 and XS73E001, Citrix has superseded these hotfixes with new hotfixes listed below. Customers are strongly recommended to apply these n...

Processor Vulnerabilities – Meltdown and Spectre

UPDATE 1/4/2018: Qualys has released several QIDs for detecting missing patches for these vulnerabilities. UPDATE 1/5/2018: Pre-built AssetView dashboards to visualize impact and remediation progress. Vulnerabilities potentially impacting all major processor vendors were disclosed today by Google...

HPSBHF03573 rev. 15 - Side-Channel Analysis Method

Potential Security Impact Elevation of Privilege/Information Disclosure Source: HP, HP Product Security Response Team PSRT Reported by: Google Project Zero VULNERABILITY SUMMARY An industry-wide vulnerability, known as side channel analysis method, has been disclosed with modern CPUs using...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:0012-1) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. This update adds mitigations for various side channel attacks against modern CPUs that could disclose content of otherwise unreadable memory bnc1068032. - CVE-2017-5753 / 'SpecreAttack': Local attackers ...

How to set customized BIOS strings to HVM VMs

This article describes the method to set customized BIOS strings to HVM VMs through xe CLI of XenServer 7.3 and later, as well as how to get customized BIOS strings on these VMs...

Wireshark 'epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability

Wireshark formerly known as Ethereal is a network packet analyzer software developed by the Wireshark team. The function of the software is to intercept network packets and display detailed data for analysis. A denial of service vulnerability exists in Wireshark 'epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c'...

Hardcoded credentials

Samsung 850 Pro and PM851 solid-state drives and Seagate ST500LT015 and ST500LT025 hard disk drives, when used on Windows and operating in Opal mode on Lenovo ThinkPad T440s laptops with BIOS 2.32 or ThinkPad W541 laptops with BIOS 2.21, or in Opal or eDrive mode on Dell Latitude E6410 laptops wi...

Hardcoded credentials

Samsung 850 Pro and PM851 solid-state drives and Seagate ST500LT015 and ST500LT025 hard disk drives, when in sleep mode and operating in Opal or eDrive mode on Lenovo ThinkPad T440s laptops with BIOS 2.32; ThinkPad W541 laptops with BIOS 2.21; Dell Latitude E6410 laptops with BIOS A16; or Latitud...

CVE-2015-7267

Samsung 850 Pro and PM851 solid-state drives and Seagate ST500LT015 and ST500LT025 hard disk drives, when in sleep mode and operating in Opal or eDrive mode on Lenovo ThinkPad T440s laptops with BIOS 2.32; ThinkPad W541 laptops with BIOS 2.21; Dell Latitude E6410 laptops with BIOS A16; or Latitud...

CVE-2015-7269

Summary: The CVE-2015-7269 vulnerability affects Seagate ST500LT015 hard drives in Lenovo ThinkPad W541 laptops running BIOS 2.21, where an attacker in close physical proximity can bypass the drive’s self-encrypting drive (SED) protection by a “Hot Unplug Attack" using a second SATA connector and...

CVE-2015-7269

Seagate ST500LT015 hard disk drives, when operating in eDrive mode on Lenovo ThinkPad W541 laptops with BIOS 2.21, allow physically proximate attackers to bypass self-encrypting drive SED protection by attaching a second SATA connector to exposed pins, maintaining an alternate power source, and...

Restoring GPT Disk to Incompatible Legacy BIOS System

Challenge After selecting a restore point during the bare metal restore configuration, the following message pops up: OS disk in backup uses GPT disk. This may cause boot issues on BIOS systems. If this is ignored and the restore process completes, the following may happen when the restored machi...

BIOS Code Execution Vulnerability in Multiple Lenovo Products

The Lenovo 320-17AST and others are computer products from the Chinese company Lenovo.BIOS is one of the basic output-input systems. A security vulnerability exists in the BIOS of several Lenovo products, which stems from the program's failure to properly configure write protection. The...

CVE-2017-3771

System boot process is not adequately secured In Lenovo E95 and ThinkCentre M710s/M710t because systems were shipped from factory without completing BIOS/UEFI initialization process...

CVE-2017-3771

System boot process is not adequately secured In Lenovo E95 and ThinkCentre M710s/M710t because systems were shipped from factory without completing BIOS/UEFI initialization process...

Design/Logic Flaw

System boot process is not adequately secured In Lenovo E95 and ThinkCentre M710s/M710t because systems were shipped from factory without completing BIOS/UEFI initialization process...

CVE-2017-3771

System boot process is not adequately secured In Lenovo E95 and ThinkCentre M710s/M710t because systems were shipped from factory without completing BIOS/UEFI initialization process...

CVE-2017-3771

CVE-2017-3771 affects Lenovo E95 and ThinkCentre M710s/M710t where the boot process was not adequately secured due to incomplete BIOS/UEFI initialization at factory. This can allow an unauthorized bootloader to run during system startup, weakening protection against rootkits. Lenovo’s advisory LE...

Secure BIOS/UEFI Set-up Incomplete in Lenovo E95 and ThinkCentre M710s/M710t - Lenovo Support US

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Design/Logic Flaw

Insecure platform configuration in system firmware for Intel NUC7i3BNK, NUC7i3BNH, NUC7i5BNK, NUC7i5BNH, NUC7i7BNH versions BN0049 and below allows an attacker with physical presence to run arbitrary code via unauthorized firmware modification during BIOS Recovery...