kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

5.14.0-70.30.1.0.10.OL9 - lockdown: also lock down previous kgdb use Daniel Thompson Orabug: 34290418 CVE-2022-21499 5.14.0-70.30.10.OL9 - Update Oracle Linux certificates Kevin Lyons - Disable signing for aarch64 Ilya Okomin - Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was added to the kernel trusted...

Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9926)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9926 advisory. - afkey: Do not call xfrmprobealgs in parallel Herbert Xu Orabug: 34566752 CVE-2022-3028 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block...

Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9927)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9927 advisory. - afkey: Do not call xfrmprobealgs in parallel Herbert Xu Orabug: 34566752 CVE-2022-3028 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

4.14.35-2047.518.4 - xfs: avoid race between writeback and data/cow fork changes Wengang Wang Orabug: 34508036 4.14.35-2047.518.3 - KVM: SVM: Clear the CR4 register on reset Babu Moger Orabug: 34617675 4.14.35-2047.518.2 - afkey: Do not call xfrmprobealgs in parallel Herbert Xu Orabug: 34566753...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container security update

4.14.35-2047.518.4.el7 - xfs: avoid race between writeback and data/cow fork changes Wengang Wang Orabug: 34508036 4.14.35-2047.518.3.el7 - KVM: SVM: Clear the CR4 register on reset Babu Moger Orabug: 34617675 4.14.35-2047.518.2.el7 - afkey: Do not call xfrmprobealgs in parallel Herbert Xu Orabug...

Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2022-9871)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9871 advisory. - afkey: Do not call xfrmprobealgs in parallel Herbert Xu Orabug: 34566753 CVE-2022-3028 - lockdown: also lock down previous kgdb use Daniel Thompson...

Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9870)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9870 advisory. - afkey: Do not call xfrmprobealgs in parallel Herbert Xu Orabug: 34566753 CVE-2022-3028 - lockdown: also lock down previous kgdb use Daniel Thompson...

MTN Group: Authentication Bypass Leads To Complete Account TakeveOver on ██████████

The application's backend logic placed too much trust on the login information submitted by the user, which allowed a remote attacker to bypass authentication and perform account takeover...

Here are the new security and privacy features of iOS 16

On Monday, September 12, Apple released iOS 16, which included a host of new security and privacy features. Let's look at what these are--and some quality-of-life QoL changes. Lockdown Mode As Macrumors calls it, Lockdown Mode is an "extreme" security setting ideal for those who regularly find...

Wormable Flaw, 0days Lead Sept. 2022 Patch Tuesday

This months Patch Tuesday offers a little something for everyone, including security updates for a zero-day flaw in Microsoft Windows that is under active attack, and another Windows weakness experts say could be used to power a fast-spreading computer worm. Also, Apple has also quashed a pair of...

Apple Releases iOS and macOS Updates to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaw

Apple has released another round of security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in iOS and macOS, including a new zero-day flaw that has been used in attacks in the wild. The issue, assigned the identifier CVE-2022-32917, is rooted in the Kernel component and could enable a malicious app...

iOS 16 Has 2 New Security Features for Worst-Case Scenarios

Safety Check and Lockdown Mode give people in vulnerable situations ways to quarantine themselves from acute risks...

Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel's TeleTYpe subsystem. The issue occurs in how a user triggers a race condition using ioctls TIOCSPTLCK and TIOCGPTPEER and TIOCSTI and TCXONC with leakage of memory in the flushtoldisc function. This flaw allows a local user...

Cisco ASA-X With FirePOWER Services Authenticated Command Injection

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'Cisco ASA-X with FirePOWER Services Authenticated Command Injection', 'Description' = %q This module exploits an authenticated command injection...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2022-006)

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.57-29.131. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2022-006 advisory. A flaw was found in hw. Mis-trained branch predictions for return instructions may allow arbitrary...

Threat Source newsletter (Aug. 18, 2022) — Why aren't Lockdown modes the default setting on phones?

By Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. As the data privacy landscape gets increasingly murky, app developers and device manufacturers are finding new ways to sure up users’ personal information. Of course, all users have to do is go out of their way to...

Important: kernel

Issue Overview: An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the Linux kernels framebuffer-based console driver functionality in the way a user triggers ioctl FBIOPUTVSCREENINFO with malicious data. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system...

The vulnerability in the implementation of the Lockdown Mode mechanism for Linux operating systems allows a hacker to circumvent security restrictions.

The vulnerability in the implementation of the Lockdown Mode for Linux operating system kernels is related to the insecure handling of privileges during the loading of debugging tools KGDB and KDB. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to circumvent security restrictions...

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2022:2803-1)

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...

CVE-2022-20336

In Settings, there is a possible installed application disclosure due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local information disclosure of applications allow-listed to use the network during VPN lockdown mode with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not...