Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability (USN-3521-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3521-1 advisory. Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel...

USN-3521-1: NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability

Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. This update provide...

USN-3521-1 nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 vulnerability

Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. This update provide...

Security Notice: CPU Speculative Side Channel Vulnerabilities

NVIDIA's response to CPU speculative side channel vulnerabilities CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715, and CVE-2017-5754 January 3, 2018 This notice is in response to Google Project Zero's publication of novel information disclosure attacks that combine CPU speculative execution with known side channels...

CVE-2017-17556

CVE-2017-17556 affects Synaptics TouchPad drivers (notably the SynTP.sys driver) where a debug tool can be abused by a user with administrative privileges to modify registry keys and capture keyboard scan code information. The root cause is an unprotected debug mode in the Synaptics keyboard driv...

The vulnerability of the imon_probe function in the Linux operating system allows a hacker to cause a service failure or exert other effects.

The vulnerability of the imonprobe function in the Linux kernel’s drivers/media/rc/imon.c file is related to pointer arithmetic errors. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause system failures or other adverse effects through a specially crafted USB device...

CVE-2017-2697

The goldeneye driver in NMO-L31C432B120 and earlier versions,NEM-L21C432B100 and earlier versions,NEM-L51C432B120 and earlier versions,KNT-AL10C746B160 and earlier versions,VNS-L21C185B142 and earlier versions,CAM-L21C10B130 and earlier versions,CAM-L21C185B141 and earlier versions has buffer...

Savitech driver packages for Windows man-in-the-middle attack vulnerability

Savitech driver packages for Windows is a driver package for signal processing chips based on the Windows platform. A security vulnerability exists in the Savitech driver packages for Windows-based platforms that originates when a program installs a self-signed certificate into the Trusted Root...

Microsoft Windows Multiple Vulnerabilities (KB4048957)

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft KB4048957 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 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...

November 14, 2017—KB4048962 (Security-only update)

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November 14, 2017—KB4048961 (Security-only update)

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CVE-2017-9758

Savitech driver packages for Windows silently install a self-signed certificate into the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store, aka "Inaudible Subversion."...

CVE-2017-16526

The drivers/uwb/uwbd.c in the Linux kernel, before 4.13.6, allows local users to cause a denial of service general protection fault and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0167)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - Revert 'drivers/char/mem.c: deny access in open operation when securelevel is set' Brian Maly Orabug: 27037811 - xfs: use dedicated log worker wq to avoid deadlock with cil wq Brian Foster Orabug:...

Out-of-bounds

The imspcugetcdcuniondesc function in drivers/input/misc/ims-pcu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service imspcuparsecdcdata out-of-bounds read and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device...

CVE-2017-16647

drivers/net/usb/asixdevices.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device...

Interface Aware Fuzzing for Kernel Drivers: DIFUZE

Device drivers are an essential part in modern Unix-like systems to handle operations on physical devices, from hard disks and printers to digital cameras and Bluetooth speakers. The surge of new hardware, particularly on mobile devices, introduces an explosive growth of device drivers in system...

CVE-2017-16533

CVE-2017-16533 affects the Linux kernel’s usbhid_parse() in drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c up to and including version 4.13.7; a crafted USB device can cause an out-of-bounds read, leading to local denial of service or a crash. Affected component: HID USB host controller driver (usbhid). Root caus...

CVE-2017-16537

CVE-2017-16537 affects the Linux kernel: the imon_probe function in drivers/media/rc/imon.c up to version 4.13.11 allows a local user to trigger a NULL pointer dereference via a crafted USB device, leading to a denial of service (system crash) and potentially other impact. The connected Nessus en...

CVE-2017-16533

The usbhidparse function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds read and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device...