CVE-2017-5925

CVE-2017-5925 describes an Intel MMU page-table walk side-channel vulnerability where, during virtual-to-physical address translation, the MMU leaves traces in the last-level cache, enabling a JavaScript-based attack to leak data and code pointers and break ASLR. Connected sources note that the A...

CVE-2017-5927

CVE-2017-5927 affects ARM processors where page table walks by the MMU during virtual-to-physical address translation leave traces in the last-level cache. A side-channel attack via JavaScript can infer memory and code pointers, breaking ASLR. The linked SUSE entry and related coverage confirm th...

CVE-2017-5926

Page table walks conducted by the MMU during virtual to physical address translation leave a trace in the last level cache of modern AMD processors. By performing a side-channel attack on the MMU operations, it is possible to leak data and code pointers from JavaScript, breaking ASLR...

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9378

Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x on AMD systems without the NRip feature, when emulating instructions that generate software interrupts, allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service guest crash by leveraging an incorrect choice for software interrupt delivery...

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9377

Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x on AMD systems without the NRip feature, when emulating instructions that generate software interrupts, allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service guest crash by leveraging IDT entry miscalculation...

USN-3189-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Mikulas Patocka discovered that the asynchronous multibuffer cryptographic daemon mcryptd in the Linux kernel did not properly handle being invoked with incompatible algorithms. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-10147 Qidan He discovered that the...

Intel Processor Memory Sinkhole Vulnerability

Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-3748 Summary: Memory Sinkhole Vulnerability Description: In August 2015 at the Black Hat security conference, researcher Chris Domas presented a vulnerability found in Intel x86 processors manufactured between 1997 and 2010 prior to the Sandy Bridge generation. Throu...

SHA-1 End Times Have Arrived

For the past couple of years, browser makers have raced to migrate from SHA-1 to SHA-2 as researchers have intensified warnings about collision attacks moving from theoretical to practical. In just weeks, a transition deadline set by Google, Mozilla and Microsoft for the deprecation of SHA-1 is u...

USN-3169-4: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities

Baozeng Ding discovered a race condition that could lead to a use-after- free in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ALSA subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2016-9794 Andrey Konovalov discovered that signed integer...

Dlink DIR Routers - Unauthenticated HNAP Login Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) Exploit

Exploit for hardware platform in category remote exploits This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require 'msf/core' Payload working status: MIPS: - all valid payloads working the ones that we are able to send...

D-Link DIR-Series Routers - HNAP Login Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require 'msf/core' Payload working status: MIPS: - all valid payloads working the ones that we are able to send without null bytes ARM: - inline rev/bind shell works...

Qualcomm and HackerOne Partner on Bounty Program

Qualcomm kicked off its first bug bounty program Thursday, opening the door for white hat hackers to find flaws in a dozen Snapdragon mobile chipsets and related software. Rewards for the invite-only bug bounty program top $15,000 each. HackerOne will facilitate Qualcomm’s bounty program; the...

glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.17-157 - Rebuild with updated binutils 1268008 2.17-156 - malloc arena free free list management fix 1276753 2.17-155 - Basic validity check for locale-archive.tmpl 1350733 2.17-153 - Add Intel AVX-512 optimized routines 1298526. 2.17-151 - Improve malloc peformance in low-memory situations...

USN-3070-3: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities

A missing permission check when settings ACLs was discovered in nfsd. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain access to any file by setting an ACL. CVE-2016-1237 Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the Reliable Datagram Sockets RDS implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacke...

USN-3057-1: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities

Ben Hawkes discovered an integer overflow in the Linux netfilter implementation. On systems running 32 bit kernels, a local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. CVE-2016-3135 It was...

Debian DLA-571-1 : xen security update (Bunker Buster)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xen hypervisor. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : CVE-2014-3672 XSA-180 Andrew Sorensen discovered that a HVM domain can exhaust the hosts disk space by filling up the log file. CVE-2016-3158,...

Japan's Softbank buys semiconductor giant ARM for $32 Billion in Cash

Japanese telecommunication giant SoftBank has confirmed that the company intends to acquire UK chip designer ARM Holdings for almost $32 Billion £24.3 Billion in an all-cash deal. ARM has also agreed to this offer from SoftBank and said that its board would recommend the all-cash deal to...

China develops the World's Most Powerful Supercomputer without US chips

China beats its own record with the World's fastest supercomputer. Sunway TaihuLight, a newly built supercomputer from China, now ranks as the world's most powerful machine. During the International Supercomputer Conference in Germany on Monday, Top500 declared China's 10.65 Million-core Sunway...

[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: i7z-0.27.2-16.20150629gitec09c4f.fc24

i7z is a CLI curses based monitoring tool for Intel Core i7, i5 and i3 processors...

[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: i7z-0.27.2-16.20150629gitec09c4f.fc23

i7z is a CLI curses based monitoring tool for Intel Core i7, i5 and i3 processors...