Vulnerability fixed in ARM, AMD and Intel processors

Researchers at VU Amsterdam have found a new variant of the Spectre vulnerability. The researchers have dubbed the attack Branch History Injection. Previous mitigation for Spectre v2 is not sufficient to fully fix the vulnerability, according to the researchers. According to the researchers, this...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-5095-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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-5318-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-azure-fde, linux-bluefield, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gke, linux-gke-5.4, linux-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerabilities

Nick Gregory discovered that the Linux kernel incorrectly handled network offload functionality. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-25636 Enrico Barberis, Pietro Frigo, Marius Muench, Herbert Bos, and Cristiano Giuffrida...

USN-5318-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Nick Gregory discovered that the Linux kernel incorrectly handled network offload functionality. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2022-25636 Enrico Barberis, Pietro Frigo, Marius Muench, Herbert Bos, and Cristiano Giuffrida...

SUSE SLES12: cluster-md-kmp-default / dlm-kmp-default / gfs2-kmp-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:0757-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLESSAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0757-1 advisory. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. Transient execution side-channel...

Vulnerabilities fixed in Intel processors

Intel has fixed vulnerabilities in processors from the Atom, Core, Celeron and Atom families. A malicious person with physical access to the system could exploit the vulnerability to, among other things access sensitive data and potentially gain elevated privileges, among other things. obtain...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5317-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5317-1 advisory. Nick Gregory discovered that the Linux kernel incorrectly handled network offload functionality. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5318-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5318-1 advisory. Nick Gregory discovered that the Linux kernel incorrectly handled network offload functionality. A local attacker could use this to cause a...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5319-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5319-1 advisory. Enrico Barberis, Pietro Frigo, Marius Muench, Herbert Bos, and Cristiano Giuffrida discovered that hardware mitigations added by Intel to the...

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0001

Non-transparent sharing of branch predictor selectors between contexts in some IntelR Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access...

CVE-2022-0001

Non-transparent sharing of branch predictor selectors between contexts in some IntelR Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access...

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0002

Non-transparent sharing of branch predictor within a context in some IntelR Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access...

CVE-2022-0002

Non-transparent sharing of branch predictor within a context in some IntelR Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access...

Important: microcode_ctl

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in microcode. Under complex microarchitectural conditions, an unexpected code breakpoint may cause a system hang. The hang was observed on a Skylake server processor, and subsequent analysis indicated additional potentially affected processors. This flaw allows a...

Intel® Processor Advisory

Summary: Potential security vulnerabilities in some Intel® Processors may allow information disclosure. Intel is releasing prescriptive guidance to address these potential vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Details: CVEID: CVE-2022-0001 Description: Non-transparent sharing of branch predictor selecto...

PT-2022-1954 · Intel +8 · Intel Processors +8

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Intel Processors affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to errors in parameter processing in the implementation of the Intra-mode BTI IMBTI mode of Intel processor microcode. It may allow an authorized user to...

PT-2022-2087 · Intel +9 · Intel Processors +12

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: IntelR Processors affected versions not specified Intel Core i7-1185G7 Intel Core i9-12900K Haswell series Description: The issue is related to non-transparent sharing of branch predictor selectors between contexts in some IntelR Processors,...

Amazon Linux 2 : microcode_ctl (ALAS-2022-1762)

The version of microcodectl installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1-47. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1762 advisory. 2024-05-09: CVE-2021-33117 was added to this advisory. A flaw was found in microcode. Under complex microarchitectural...

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2022:0576-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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...

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2022:0574-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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...