KB4088879: Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 March 2018 Security Update (Meltdown)(Spectre)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 4088879 or cumulative update 4088876. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An vulnerability exists within microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction, which may allow an attacker with local...

KLA11778 Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Products (ESU)

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Microsoft Products Extended Support Update. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain sensitive information, execute arbitrary code, cause denial of service, gain privileges. Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities: 1. An information...

KB3211308: Security Update for Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 (April 2017)

The remote Windows host is missing a security update KB3211308. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - Multiple flaws exist in Windows Hyper-V Network Switch due to improper validation of input from the guest operating system. A local attacker can exploit these, via a specially...

Release Notes for Veeam Management Pack 8.0 Update 5

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Management Pack 8.0 Update 5 Cause Please confirm you are running Veeam Management Pack 8.0 prior to installing this update. You can check this in Operations Manager console under Administration | Management Packs, the build number should be 8.0.0.2218 or later. ...

February 22, 2018—KB4075212 (Preview of Monthly Rollup)

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February 22, 2018—KB4077525 (OS Build 14393.2097)

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UPDATE: Kali Linux 2018.1 Release!

PenTestIT RSS Feed Second post of the new year and it is about the latest Kali Linux 2018.1 release! The last Kali Linux release was made available in the month of November. As usual, this new release includes all patches, fixes, updates, and improvements since the last release - Kali Linux 2017....

Kali Linux 2018.1 Release - The Best Penetration Testing Distribution

Kali Linux 2018.1 the first release of 2018, this fine release contains all updated packages and bug fixes since our 2017.3 release last November. This release wasn’t without its challenges–from the Meltdown and Spectre excitement patches will be in the 4.15 kernel to a couple of other nasty bugs...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2018:0169 An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. 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...

January 31, 2018—KB4058258 (OS Build 16299.214)

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Failed to open VM attachment

Challenge Veeam ONE generates "Failed to open VM attachment" alarm. Cause Veeam ONE triggers " Failed to open VM attachment" alarm when the following Windows events are registered on the Hyper-V host: 12290 Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker 12290 Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthStor 12290...

Security Bulletin: NVIDIA Driver Security Updates for CPU Speculative Side Channel Vulnerabilities

NVIDIA driver response to CPU speculative side channel vulnerabilities - CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5754 Bulletin Summary NVIDIA is providing an initial security update to mitigate aspects of Google Project Zero’s January 3, 2018 publication of novel information disclosure attacks tha...

XenDesktop Setup Wizard completes without error, but there's no VM has been created in Hyper-V SCVMM

XenDesktop Setup Wizard completes without error, but no VM has been created in Hyper-V SCVMM. And there's noparticular error messages from CDF trace either...

KB4034668: Windows 10 August 2017 Cumulative Update

The remote Windows host is missing security update 4034668. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Search handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take control of the...

KB4038781: Windows 10 September 2017 Cumulative Update

The remote Windows host is missing security update 4038781. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows PDF Library improperly handles objects in memory. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in a way that enables...

KB3217841: Security Update for the Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability (April 2017)

The remote Windows host is missing a security update KB3217841. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability in Hyper-V due to improper validation of input from a privileged user on a guest operating system. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include'compat.inc'; if description...

Bad Hyper-V Username Logon Attempt

Challenge Veeam ONE raises the following event-based alarm:Bad Hyper-V username logon attempt. Cause The Bad Host Username Logon alert suggests that someone is attempting to access the host with an invalid username or password. Solution Veeam ONE raises the Bad Hyper-V username logon attempt alar...

September 12, 2017—KB4038793 (Security-only update)

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Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20171006)

Security Fixes : - Kernel memory corruption due to a buffer overflow was found in brcmfcfg80211mgmttx function in Linux kernels from v3.9-rc1 to v4.13-rc1. The vulnerability can be triggered by sending a crafted NL80211CMDFRAME packet via netlink. This flaw is unlikely to be triggered remotely as...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2017:2863 centos6

Check the version of kernel 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 scriptoid"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882783";...