USN-5927-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the Upper Level Protocol ULP subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle sockets entering the LISTEN state in certain protocols, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execut...

Another Branch Prediction Attack

When Spectre and Meltdown were first announced earlier this year, pretty much everyone predicted that there would be many more attacks targeting branch prediction in microprocessors. Here's another one: In the new attack, an attacker primes the PHT and running branch instructions so that the PHT...

Security fix for the ALT Linux 9 package openssl1.1 version 0.9.8d-alt3

Aug. 7, 2007 Dmitry V. Levin 0.9.8d-alt3 - Fixed side-channel attack on private keys CVE-2007-3108, RH245732, http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=16275. - Mitigated branch prediction attacks RH250573, http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=16077. - Changed SSL/TLS server implementation to be stricter...