Updated kernel-tmb packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-tmb update is based on the upstream 4.14.44 and fixes at least the following security issues: This update adds KPTI mitigation for Meltdown CVE-2017-5754 on 32bit x86. The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7 mishandles the case of a rule blob that contains a jump bu...

Updated microcode packages fix security vulnerability

This update adds microcode fixes and mitigations for Spectre CVE-2017-5715 for the following: Intel Pentium Silver N/J5xxx, Celeron N/J4xxx Intel Xeon E5/E7 v4; Core i7-69xx/68xx Amd has also released their updated microcode for Fam15 and Fam17 cpus...

[SECURITY] [DSA 4210-1] xen security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-4210-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff May 25, 2018 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Intel Responds to Spectre-Like Flaw In CPUs

Intel acknowledged that its processors are vulnerable to another dangerous speculative execution side channel flaw that could give attackers unauthorized read access to memory. The new vulnerability, disclosed by Google Project Zero and Microsoft’s Security Response Center, is called Variant 4, a...

CVE-2018-3639 - Citrix XenServer Security Update

Description of Problem CVE-2018-3639 Speculative Store Bypass Disable is an issue that may affect third-party software that runs in guest VMs on Citrix XenServer. This is not an issue caused by Citrix XenServer and Citrix is unaware of any means of exploiting this issue against XenServer itself...

KLA11253 Microsoft Advisory for Microsoft Windows

On January 3, 2018, Microsoft released an advisory and security updates related to a newly-discovered class of hardware vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown involving speculative execution side channels that affect AMD, ARM, and Intel CPUs to varying degrees. On May 21st, a new subclass ...

8 New Spectre-Class Vulnerabilities (Spectre-NG) Found in Intel CPUs

A team of security researchers has reportedly discovered a total of eight new "Spectre-class" vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs, which also affect at least a small number of ARM processors and may impact AMD processor architecture as well. Dubbed Spectre-Next Generation, or Spectre-NG, the partial...

Report: Intel Facing New Spectre-Like Security Flaws

Intel may be facing as many as eight new Spectre-level vulnerabilities in its chips, a new report alleges. The report comes months after the Spectre and Meltdown flaws first rocked the silicon industry in early 2018. German magazine c’t reported on Thursday that the new security flaws in Intel CP...

Microsoft Issues More Spectre Updates For Intel CPUs

Microsoft has released additional Windows 10 mitigations for the Spectre side-channel flaw revealed in January, with an expanded lineup of firmware microcode updates for Intel CPUs that include the Broadwell and Haswell chipsets. The company released two Windows Update packages addressing Spectre...

Google Android Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CNVD-2018-08830)

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA, and the OpenCL application is one of the open computing language applications.The Qualcomm SD 210, Qualcomm SD 212, and Qualcomm SD 205 are Qualcomm central processing units CPUs. Qualcomm...

Google Android has an unspecified vulnerability (CNVD-2018-10039)

Android is a Linux-based open-source operating system jointly developed by Google and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA for short, and Qualcomm MDM9625 and other central processing unit CPU products from Qualcomm are used in different platforms. A security vulnerability exists in the Qualcomm...

Apple Plans to Replace Intel Chips in Macs with its Custom Designed CPUs

In a major blow to Intel, Apple is reportedly planning to use its custom-designed ARM chips in Mac computers starting as early as 2020, ultimately replacing the Intel processors running on its desktop and laptop hardware. The company makes its own A-series custom chips for iPhones, iPads and othe...

HPSBHF03582 rev. 2 - KRACK Vulnerability Affecting WPA2 Wireless Security

Potential Security Impact Information Disclosure Source: University of Leuven Reported by: Intel VULNERABILITY SUMMARY Enhancement to address CVE-2017-13080 and CVE-2017-13081, which is the KRACK vulnerability that affects the security of WPA2 wireless LAN encryption. RESOLUTION A Microsoft...

MGASA-2018-0176 Updated microcode packages fix security vulnerabilities

This update provides new microcode fixes and mitigations for Spectre CVE-2017-5715 for many Intel CPUs produced in the last 5 years. So far the Intel microcode updates are for several processors from many of Intel Haswell, Broadwell, Skylake, Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake, Gemini Lake, Apollo Lake,...

Updated microcode packages fix security vulnerabilities

This update provides new microcode fixes and mitigations for Spectre CVE-2017-5715 for many Intel CPUs produced in the last 5 years. So far the Intel microcode updates are for several processors from many of Intel Haswell, Broadwell, Skylake, Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake, Gemini Lake, Apollo Lake,...

New Microsoft Bug Bounty Program Looks To Squash The Next Spectre, Meltdown

In the wake of the Meltdown and Spectre flaws, Microsoft has rolled out a new bug bounty program targeting speculative execution side channel vulnerabilities. The limited time program is open until December 31, and offers up to $250,000 for identifying new categories of speculative execution...

Mitigating speculative execution side channel hardware vulnerabilities

On January 3rd, 2018, Microsoft released an advisory and security updates related to a newly discovered class of hardware vulnerabilities involving speculative execution side channels known as Spectre and Meltdown that affect AMD, ARM, and Intel CPUs to varying degrees. If you haven’t had a chanc...

Mitigating speculative execution side channel hardware vulnerabilities

On January 3rd, 2018, Microsoft released an advisory and security updates related to a newly discovered class of hardware vulnerabilities involving speculative execution side channels known as Spectre and Meltdown that affect AMD, ARM, and Intel CPUs to varying degrees. If you haven’t had a chanc...

USN-3531-2: Intel Microcode regression

USN-3531-1 updated Intel microcode to the 20180108 release. Regressions were discovered in the microcode updates which could cause system instability on certain hardware platforms. At the request of Intel, we have reverted to the previous packaged microcode version, the 20170707 release. Original...

Fedora 27 : linux-firmware (2018-41af2a8d65)

Microcode update for AMD cpus Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 ...