OracleVM 3.3 : xen (OVMSA-2015-0057) (Venom)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - fdc: force the fifo access to be in bounds of the allocated buffer During processing of certain commands such as FDCMDREADID and FDCMDDRIVESPECIFICATIONCOMMAND the fifo memory access could get out of...

PCI Compliance Simplified: Get Trained and Avoid Security Breaches

Target’s data breach is a chilling example: After the widely publicized hack, 12% of loyal shoppers no longer shop at that retailer, and 36% shop at the retailer less frequently. For those who continue to shop, 79% are more likely to use cash instead of credit cards. According to DeMeo, Vice...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3036)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-3036 advisory. - crypto: aesni - fix memory usage in GCM decryption Stephan Mueller Orabug: 21077389 CVE-2015-3331 - xen/pciback: Don't disable PCICOMMAND on PCI...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3035)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-3035 advisory. - crypto: aesni - fix memory usage in GCM decryption Stephan Mueller Orabug: 21077385 CVE-2015-3331 - xen/pciback: Don't disable PCICOMMAND on PCI...

USN-2608-1 qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities

Jason Geffner discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the virtual floppy driver. This issue is known as VENOM. A malicious guest could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host as the user running the QEMU process. In the default installation, wh...

USN-2608-1: QEMU vulnerabilities

Jason Geffner discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the virtual floppy driver. This issue is known as VENOM. A malicious guest could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host as the user running the QEMU process. In the default installation, wh...

Updated kernel-tmb packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-tmb update is based on upstream -longterm 3.14.41 and fixes the following security issues: It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the uverbs API. A local user with access...

MGASA-2015-0219 Updated kernel-tmb packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-tmb update is based on upstream -longterm 3.14.41 and fixes the following security issues: It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the uverbs API. A local user with access...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3259-1 (qemu - security update)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the qemu virtualisation solution: CVE-2014-9718 It was discovered that the IDE controller emulation is susceptible to denial of service. CVE-2015-1779 Daniel P. Berrange discovered a denial of service vulnerability in the VNC web socket decoder...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security and bugfix update

2.6.39-400.250.2 - crypto: aesni - fix memory usage in GCM decryption Stephan Mueller Orabug: 21077389 CVE-2015-3331 2.6.39-400.250.1 - xen/pciback: Don't disable PCICOMMAND on PCI device reset. Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Orabug: 20807440 CVE-2015-2150 - xen-blkfront: fix accounting of reqs when...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : QEMU vulnerabilities (USN-2608-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2608-1 advisory. Jason Geffner discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the virtual floppy driver. This issue is known as VENOM. A malicious guest could use this issue to...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security and bugfix update

kernel-uek 3.8.13-68.2.2 - crypto: aesni - fix memory usage in GCM decryption Stephan Mueller Orabug: 21077385 CVE-2015-3331 3.8.13-68.2.1 - xen/pciback: Don't disable PCICOMMAND on PCI device reset. Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Orabug: 20807438 CVE-2015-2150 - xen-blkfront: fix accounting of reqs when...

Debian DSA-3259-1 : qemu - security update (Venom)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the qemu virtualisation solution : - CVE-2014-9718 It was discovered that the IDE controller emulation is susceptible to denial of service. - CVE-2015-1779 Daniel P. Berrange discovered a denial of service vulnerability in the VNC web socket decoder. -...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2589-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2589-1 advisory. Jan Beulich discovered the Xen virtual machine subsystem of the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to PCI command registers. A local guest use...

Ubuntu 14.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2590-1)

Jan Beulich discovered the Xen virtual machine subsystem of the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to PCI command registers. A local guest user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service host crash. CVE-2015-2150 A stack overflow was discovered in the the microcode loader for...

MGASA-2015-0171 Updated kernel package fixes security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on upstream -longterm 3.14.39 and fixes the following security issues: It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the uverbs API. A local user with access to ...

Updated kernel-linus package fixes security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream -longterm 3.14.39 and fixes the following security issues: It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the uverbs API. A local user with acce...

Updated kernel package fixes security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on upstream -longterm 3.14.39 and fixes the following security issues: It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the uverbs API. A local user with access to ...

USN-2590-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jan Beulich discovered the Xen virtual machine subsystem of the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to PCI command registers. A local guest user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service host crash. CVE-2015-2150 A stack overflow was discovered in the the microcode loader for...

USN-2589-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities

Jan Beulich discovered the Xen virtual machine subsystem of the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to PCI command registers. A local guest user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service host crash. CVE-2015-2150 A stack overflow was discovered in the the microcode loader for...