Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3878-2)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 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...

Ubuntu 18.10 : linux-azure vulnerabilities (USN-3878-2)

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the vsock address family implementation of the Linux kernel that could lead to a use-after-free condition. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to expose sensitive information host machine kernel memory. CVE-2018-14625 Cfir...

USN-3878-2: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the vsock address family implementation of the Linux kernel that could lead to a use-after-free condition. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to expose sensitive information host machine kernel memory. CVE-2018-14625 Cfir...

USN-3871-5: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

CVE-2019-7221

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the way the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor emulates a preemption timer for L2 guests when nested =1 virtualization is enabled. This high resolution timerhrtimer runs when a L2 guest is active. After VM exit, the syncvmcs12 timer object is stopped. The...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3878-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 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...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3879-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3879-1 advisory. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could possibly perform an out of bounds write when updating the journal fo...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel (AWS, GCP, KVM, OEM, Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities (USN-3871-3)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3871-3 advisory. Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3871-3)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 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...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3871-4)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3871-4 advisory. USN-3871-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enableme...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel regression (USN-3871-2)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3871-2 advisory. USN-3871-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Unfortunately, that update introduced regressions with docking station displays and...

Ubuntu 18.10 : linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3878-1)

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the vsock address family implementation of the Linux kernel that could lead to a use-after-free condition. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to expose sensitive information host machine kernel memory. CVE-2018-14625 Cfir...

USN-3871-3: Linux kernel (AWS, GCP, KVM, OEM, Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

USN-3879-2 linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities

USN-3879-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could...

USN-3879-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3879-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could...

USN-3879-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could possibly perform an out of bounds write when updating the journal for an inline file. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system cras...

USN-3879-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could possibly perform an out of bounds write when updating the journal for an inline file. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system cras...

USN-3871-4: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3871-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem...

Oracle Linux 6 : spice-server (ELSA-2019-0232)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2019-0232 advisory. - Fix off-by-one error during guest-to-host memory address conversion Resolves: CVE-2019-3813 - Prevent potential buffer/integer overflows with invalid...

RHEL 6 : spice-server (RHSA-2019:0232)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:0232 advisory. The Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments SPICE is a remote display protocol for virtual environments. SPICE users can access a...