Microsoft Guidance to mitigate L1TF variant

Executive Summary On January 3, 2018, Microsoft released an advisory and security updates for a new class of hardware vulnerabilities involving speculative execution side channels known as Spectre and Meltdown. Microsoft is aware of a new speculative execution side channel vulnerability known as ...

HPSBHF03590 rev. 2 - L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF)

Potential Security Impact Unauthorized exposure of privileged data from memory. Source: HP, HP Product Security Response Team PSRT, Intel Reported By: Intel VULNERABILITY SUMMARY A new speculative execution side channel variant has been discovered called L1 Terminal Fault L1TF. There are no repor...

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3a

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Backup Replication 9.5 Update 3a Cause Please confirm that you are running version 9.5.0.580, 9.5.0.711, 9.5.0.802, 9.5.0.823,...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ that is used by IBM Spectrum Protect formerly Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2017 and January 2018...

hyper-volume.fr Improper Access Control vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-635197 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| hyper-volume.fr Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Other Vulnerability Type:| IAC Improper Access Control / CWE-284 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.5...

OpenBSD Disables Intel Hyper-Threading to Prevent Spectre-Class Attacks

Security-oriented BSD operating system OpenBSD has decided to disable support for Intel's hyper-threading performance-boosting feature, citing security concerns over Spectre-style timing attacks. Introduced in 2002, Hyper-threading is Intel's implementation of Simultaneous Multi-Threading SMT tha...

OpenBSD Disables Intel Hyper-Threading to Prevent Spectre-Class Attacks

Security-oriented BSD operating system OpenBSD has decided to disable support for Intel's hyper-threading performance-boosting feature, citing security concerns over Spectre-style timing attacks. Introduced in 2002, Hyper-threading is Intel's implementation of Simultaneous Multi-Threading SMT tha...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Diffie-Hellman ciphers affects IBM XIV Management Tools (CVE-2015-4000)

Summary The Logjam Attack on TLS connections using the Diffie-Hellman DH key exchange protocol affects XIV Management Tools. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-4000 DESCRIPTION: The TLS protocol could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in RC4 stream cipher affects IBM XIV Storage System Gen2 (CVE-2015-2808)

Summary The RC4 “Bar Mitzvah” Attack for SSL/TLS affects IBM XIV Storage System Gen2. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-2808 DESCRIPTION: The RC4 algorithm, as used in the TLS protocol and SSL protocol, could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. An attacker could exploit...

Security Bulletin: GNU C library (glibc) vulnerability affects IBM Hyper-Scale Manager Virtual Appliance (CVE-2015-0235)

Summary GNU C library glibc vulnerability that has been referred to as GHOST affects IBM Hyper-Scale Manager Virtual Appliance. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-0235 DESCRIPTION:The gethostbyname functions of the GNU C Library glibc are vulnerable to a buffer overflow. By sending a specially...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Bash affect the IBM Hyper-Scale Manager component of the XIV Management Tools (CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169, CVE-2014-7186, CVE-2014-7187, CVE-2014-6277, CVE-2014-6278)

Summary Six Bash vulnerabilities were disclosed in September 2014. This bulletin addresses the vulnerabilities that have been referred to as “Bash Bug” or “Shellshock” and two memory corruption vulnerabilities. Bash is used by the IBM Hyper-Scale Manager component of the XIV Management Tools...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in the IBM GSKit component of IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in the IBM GSKit component of IBM Spectrum Protect formerly Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V. IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Hyper-V has addressed the applicable CVEs...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in InstallShield affects IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V (CVE-2016-2542)

Summary InstallShield generates installation executables which are vulnerable to a DLL-planting that affects IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments on Windows platforms. Vulnerability Details CVEID:...

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of June 11, 2018

As a native Texan, I’ve seen more than my fair share of bugs - actual physical bugs that love the hot, humid Texas climate and my curly hair for some reason. The Zero Day Initiative ZDI sees many bugs of the software variety, including those that affect SCADA control systems. Fritz Sands recently...

CVE-2018-8219

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Hyper-V instruction emulation fails to properly enforce privilege levels, aka "Hypervisor Code Integrity Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers...

CVE-2018-8218

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V Network Switch on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system, aka "Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers...

CVE-2018-8219

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Hyper-V instruction emulation fails to properly enforce privilege levels, aka "Hypervisor Code Integrity Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers...

Denial of service

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V Network Switch on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system, aka "Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers...

Privilege escalation

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Hyper-V instruction emulation fails to properly enforce privilege levels, aka "Hypervisor Code Integrity Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers...

CVE-2018-8218

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V Network Switch on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system, aka "Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers...