Intel CPU Foreshadow-NG (foreshadow next-generation version) Vulnerability

The L1 Terminal Malfunction OS/SMM vulnerability is different for Intel CPUs with SGX Software Protection Extensions technology, and may also affect CPUs from other vendors. With the speculative execution of a side-channel attack, an attacker with local user access could achieve an unauthorized...

Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar SIEM has released 7.3.1 Patch 4, and 7.2.8 Patch 13 in response to the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown.

Summary IBM has released the following 7.3.1 Patch 4, and 7.2.8 Patch 13 for IBM QRadar SIEM in response to CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715 and CVE-2017-5754 Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2017-5753 CVEID: CVE-2017-5715 CVEID: CVE-2017-5754 Affected Products and Versions IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3.0 –...

Patch Tuesday, August 2018 Edition

Adobe and Microsoft each released security updates for their software on Tuesday. Adobe plugged five security holes in its Flash Player browser plugin. Microsoft pushed 17 updates to fix at least 60 vulnerabilities in Windows and other software, including two "zero-day" flaws that attackers were...

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Addresses Two Zero-Days in 60-Flaw Roundup

Microsoft has rolled out its August Patch Tuesday fixes, addressing 19 critical vulnerabilities, including fixes for two zero-day vulnerabilities that are under active attack. Overall, the company patched a total of 60 flaws, spanning Microsoft Windows, Edge, Internet Explorer IE, Office, .NET...

Intel CPUs Undermined By Fresh Speculative Execution Flaws

UPDATE Three new speculative execution design flaws in Intel CPUs were disclosed today, this time impacting Intel’s Software Guard Extensions SGX technology, its OS and system management mode SMM and hypervisor software. The three vulnerabilities would allow attacks on Intel Core and Xeon...

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 ...

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A week in security (August 6 – August 12)

Last week, we published a review of exploit kits, talked about everyday tech that can give you a headache, and showed how to protect RDP access from ransomware. We also published a study on the true cost of cybercrime. Other news: Discovered at Black Hat: WhatsApp "message manipulation" Source: T...

Analysis and mitigation of L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF)

In January 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. In this blog post, we will provide a technical analysis of a new speculative execution side channel...

Analysis and mitigation of L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF)

In January 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. In this blog post, we will provide a technical analysis of a new speculative execution side channel...

NVIDIA Graphics Driver Multiple Vulnerabilities (including fixes for Intel Speculative Side Channel Vulnerabilities) - US

Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-16730 Potential Impact: Denial of service, possible escalation of privilege, exfiltration of privileged memory Severity: High Scope of Impact: Industry-wide CVE Identifier: CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-6266, CVE-2017-6267, CVE-2017-6268, CVE-2017-6269, CVE-2017-6270,...

NVIDIA Graphics Driver Multiple Vulnerabilities (including fixes for Intel Speculative Side Channel Vulnerabilities) - Lenovo Support US

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Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Manager is affected by the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown

Summary IBM Cloud Manager is affected by security vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown, which can enable CPU data cache timing to be abused to bypass conventional memory security restrictions to gain access to privileged memory that should be inaccessible. Vulnerability Details CVEID:...

Security Bulletin: IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence has released a fixpack in response to the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown

Summary IBM has released the following fixpack for IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence in response to CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5754 Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2017-5753 DESCRIPTION: Intel Haswell Xeon, AMD PRO and ARM Cortex A57 CPUs could allow a local authenticated attacke...

Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar Network Security has released fixpack in response to the vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown

Summary IBM has released the following fixpack for IBM QRadar Network Security in response to CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715 and CVE-2017-5754. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2017-5753 CVEID: CVE-2017-5754 CVEID: CVE-2017-5715 Affected Products and Versions IBM QRadar Network Security 5.4.0...

Photon OS 2.0 : linux (PhotonOS-PHSA-2018-2.0-0010) (Meltdown) (deprecated)

An update of linux packages for PhotonOS has been released. This kernel update fixes vulnerability CVE-2017-5754 which is commonly known as Meltdown vulnerability. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. @DEPRECATED@ Disabled on 2/7/2019 The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...