SUSE-SU-2018:0051-1 Security update for kernel-firmware

This update for kernel-firmware fixes the following issues: - Add microcodeamdfam17h.bin bsc1068032 CVE-2017-5715 This new firmware enables the Indirect Branch Control IBC feature on AMD family 17h processor to mitigate an attack on the branch predictor that could lead to information disclosure...

The vulnerabilities of Intel, ARM, and AMD processors stem from the unique workings of the branch prediction module, which allows attackers to exploit the protected information.

The vulnerabilities of Intel, ARM, and AMD processors are related to the characteristics of the branch prediction module’s operation. Exploiting these vulnerabilities allows attackers to gain access to protected memory from a program that does not have the necessary privileges, by creating...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kvm (SUSE-SU-2018:0039-1) (Spectre)

This update for kvm fixes the following issues: A security flaw mitigation has been applied : - CVE-2017-5715: QEMU was updated to allow passing through new MSR and CPUID flags from the host VM to the CPU, to allow enabling/disabling branch prediction features in the Intel CPU. bsc1068032 Also a...

The vulnerabilities of Intel, ARM, and AMD processors stem from the unique workings of the branch prediction module, which allows attackers to gain access to protected memory from within the program.

The vulnerabilities of Intel, ARM, and AMD processors are related to the characteristics of the branch prediction module’s operation. Exploiting these vulnerabilities allows attackers to gain access to protected memory from a program that does not have the necessary privileges, by using the...

SUSE-SU-2018:0041-1 Security update for kernel-firmware

This update for kernel-firmware fixes the following issues: - Add microcodeamdfam17h.bin bsc1068032 CVE-2017-5715 This new firmware enables the Indirect Branch Control IBC feature on AMD family 17h processor to mitigate an attack on the branch predictor that could lead to information disclosure...

SUSE-SU-2018:0039-1 Security update for kvm

This update for kvm fixes the following issues: A security flaw mitigation has been applied: - CVE-2017-5715: QEMU was updated to allow passing through new MSR and CPUID flags from the host VM to the CPU, to allow enabling/disabling branch prediction features in the Intel CPU. bsc1068032 Also a...

Virtuozzo 6 : parallels-server-bm-release / vzkernel / etc (VZA-2018-002)

According to the versions of the parallels-server-bm-release / vzkernel / etc packages installed, the Virtuozzo installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - CVE-2017-5715 triggers the speculative execution by utilizing branch target injection. It relies on the...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2018:0036-1) (Spectre)

This update for qemu fixes the following issues: This update for qemu fixes the following issues: A mitigation for a security flaw has been applied : - CVE-2017-5715: QEMU was updated to allow passing through new MSR and CPUID flags from the host VM to the CPU, to allow enabling/disabling branch...

Experts Weigh In On Spectre Patch Challenges

The race to patch against the Meltdown and Spectre processor vulnerabilities disclosed last week is on. As of today, there are no known exploits in the wild impacting vulnerable Intel, AMD and ARM devices. Currently, vendors are focused on three main mitigation efforts. Patches that address the...

VMSA-2018-0004:VMware vSphere, Workstation and Fusion updates add Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Remediation for speculative execution issue

VMSA-2018-0004.3 VMware vSphere, Workstation and Fusion updates add Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Mitigations for speculative execution issue VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2018-0005 VMware Security Advisory Severity: Critical VMware Security Advisory Synopsis:...

Security update for qemu (important)

This update for qemu fixes the following issues: A new feature was added: - Support EPYC vCPU type bsc1052825 fate324038 Also a mitigation for a security problem has been applied: - CVE-2017-5715: QEMU was updated to allow passing through new MSR and CPUID flags from the host VM to the CPU, to...

(RHSA-2018:0057) Important: qemu-kvm-rhev security update

Kernel-based Virtual Machine KVM is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm-rhev packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM in environments managed by Red Hat products. Security Fixes: An industry-wide issue was...

Security update for kernel-firmware (important)

This update for kernel-firmware fixes the following issues: - Add microcodeamdfam17h.bin bsc1068032 CVE-2017-5715 This new firmware disables branch prediction on AMD family 17h processor to mitigate an attack on the branch predictor that could lead to information disclosure from e.g. kernel memor...

(RHSA-2018:0050) Important: vdsm security update

The VDSM service is required by a Virtualization Manager to manage the Linux hosts. VDSM manages and monitors the host's storage, memory and networks as well as virtual machine creation, other host administration tasks, statistics gathering, and log collection. Security Fixes: An industry-wide...

RHEL 6 : microcode_ctl (RHSA-2018:0036) (Spectre)

An update for microcodectl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Extended Update Support. 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 rating, is availabl...

RedHat Update for qemu-kvm RHSA-2018:0024-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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...

RedHat Update for microcode_ctl RHSA-2018:0013-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for kernel-firmware (openSUSE-SU-2018:0026-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2018 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...

ADV180002: Microsoft SQL Server January 2018 Security Update (Meltdown) (Spectre)

The remote Microsoft SQL Server is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability exists within microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction, which may allow an attacker with local user access to disclose information via a side-channel...

libvirt security update

3.2.0-14.0.1.el74.7 - bump release and rebuild 3.2.0-14.el74.7 - qemu: Properly store microcode version in QEMU caps cache CVE-2017-5715 3.2.0-14.el74.6 - util: add virFileReadHeaderQuiet wrapper around virFileReadHeaderFD CVE-2017-5715 - util: introduce virHostCPUGetMicrocodeVersion CVE-2017-571...