SUSE-SU-2018:4236-2 Security update for MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nspr and mozilla-nss

This update for MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nss and mozilla-nspr fixes the following issues: Issues fixed in MozillaFirefox: - Update to Firefox ESR 60.4 bsc1119105 - CVE-2018-17466: Fixed a buffer overflow and out-of-bounds read in ANGLE library with TextureStorage11 - CVE-2018-18492: Fixed a...

BSA-2019-777

Security Advisory ID : BSA-2019-777 Component : WPA3 Revision : 1.0: Final Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in WPA3 protocol design and implementations ofhostapdandwpasupplicant, which can allow a remote attacker to acquire a weak password, conduct a denial of service, or gain comple...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3944-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 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-3944-1: wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerabilities

It was discovered that wpasupplicant and hostapd were vulnerable to a side channel attack against EAP-pwd. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to recover certain passwords. CVE-2019-9495 Mathy Vanhoef discovered that wpasupplicant and hostapd incorrectly validated received scalar and...

CVE-2019-9495

The implementations of EAP-PWD in hostapd and wpasupplicant are vulnerable to side-channel attacks as a result of cache access patterns. All versions of hostapd and wpasupplicant with EAP-PWD support are vulnerable. The ability to install and execute applications is necessary for a successful...

FreeBSD -- EAP-pwd side-channel attack

Problem Description: Potential side channel attacks in the SAE implementations used by both hostapd and wpasupplicant see CVE-2019-9494 and VU871675. EAP-pwd uses a similar design for deriving PWE from the password and while a specific attack against EAP-pwd is not yet known to be tested, there i...

EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.3 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1221)

According to the version of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - A new software page cache side channel attack scenario was discovered in operating systems that implement the very common 'page cach...

EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.4 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1223)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A new software page cache side channel attack scenario was discovered in operating systems that implement the very common 'page...

Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM Worklight and IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation

Summary OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on 30 October 2018 and later by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by IBM Worklight and IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation. IBM Worklight and IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation have addressed the applicable CVEs. Vulnerability Details CVE-ID:...

EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.3 : openssl (EulerOS-SA-2019-1267)

According to the versions of the openssl packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The OpenSSL DSA signature algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a timing side channel attack. An attacker could use...

EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1156)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.19. An information leak in cdromioctlselectdisc in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by...

Recovering Smartphone Typing from Microphone Sounds

Yet another side-channel attack on smartphones: "Hearing your touch: A new acoustic side channel on smartphones," by Ilia Shumailov, Laurent Simon, Jeff Yan, and Ross Anderson. Abstract: We present the first acoustic side-channel attack that recovers what users type on the virtual keyboard of the...

Security Bulletin: IBM Event Streams is affected by OpenSSL vulnerabilities

Summary IBM Event Streams has addressed the following vulnerabilities in the OpenSSL versions shipped. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-0734 DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a timing side channel attack in the DSA signature...

openSUSE Security Update : libressl (openSUSE-2019-644)

This update for libressl to version 2.8.0 fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2018-12434: Avoid a timing side-channel leak when generating DSA and ECDSA signatures. boo1097779 - Reject excessively large primes in DH key generation. Other bugs fixed : - Fixed a pair of 20+...

openSUSE Security Update : libgcrypt (openSUSE-2019-540)

This update for libgcrypt fixes the following issue : The following security issue was fixed : - CVE-2018-0495: Fixed a novel side-channel attack, by enabling blinding for ECDSA signatures bsc1097410 This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenabl...

openSUSE Security Update : openssl-1_0_0 (openSUSE-2019-753)

This update for openssl-100 to 1.0.2p fixes the following issues : These security issues were fixed : - Prevent One&Done side-channel attack on RSA that allowed physically near attackers to use EM emanations to recover information bsc1104789 - CVE-2018-0737: The RSA Key generation algorithm has...

Amazon Linux AMI : openssl (ALAS-2019-1153)

The OpenSSL DSA signature algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a timing side channel attack. An attacker could use variations in the signing algorithm to recover the private key. CVE-2018-0734 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

Researchers go hunting for Netflix’s Bandersnatch

A new research paper from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras explains how popular Netflix interactive show Bandersnatch could fall victim to a side-channel attack. In 2016, Netflix began adding TLS Transport Layer Security to their video content to ensure strangers couldn’t eavesdrop on...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL affect IBM Rational ClearQuest (CVE-2018-0734, CVE-2018-5407)

Summary OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed on October 30 2018 and November 2 2018 by the OpenSSL Project. OpenSSL is used by IBM Rational ClearQuest. IBM Rational ClearQuest has addressed the applicable CVE. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-0734 DESCRIPTION: The OpenSSL DSA signature...

RHEL 7 : openssl (RHSA-2019:0483)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:0483 advisory. OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements the Secure Sockets Layer SSL and Transport Layer Security TLS protocols, as well as a full-strength...