Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3655-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3655-1 advisory. Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via a...

USN-3655-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3655-1 fixed vulnerabilities and added mitigations in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors...

USN-3655-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via a sidechannel attack. This flaw is known as Spectre Variant 4. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memor...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm security and bug fix update

An update for qemu-kvm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from...

CVE-2017-8924

The edgebulkincallback function in drivers/usb/serial/ioti.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information in the dmesg ringbuffer and syslog from uninitialized kernel memory by using a crafted USB device posing as an ioti USB serial device to trigger an...

kernel: Race condition access to n_hdlc.tbuf causes double free in n_hdlc_release()

A race condition flaw was found in the NHLDC Linux kernel driver when accessing nhdlc.tbuf list that can lead to double free. A local, unprivileged user able to set the HDLC line discipline on the tty device could use this flaw to increase their privileges on the system...

Advantech EKI-132x Device Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Advantech EKI-132x is a serial device networking server from Advantech China that provides various redundant configurations and multiple access configurations for remote monitoring of serial devices via Ethernet communication protocol. A security vulnerability exists in Advantech EKI-132x devices...

Debian DSA-3348-1 : qemu - security update

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in qemu, a fast processor emulator. - CVE-2015-3214 Matt Tait of Google's Project Zero security team discovered a flaw in the QEMU i8254 PIT emulation. A privileged guest user in a guest with QEMU PIT emulation enabled could potentially use this flaw to...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : QEMU vulnerabilities (USN-2724-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2724-1 advisory. It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled a PRDT with zero complete sectors in the IDE functionality. A malicious guest could possibly use this iss...

Linux <= 2.6.37-rc1 serial_multiport_struct Local Info Leak Exploit

No description provided by source. / Linux = 2.6.37-rc1 serialmultiportstruct Info Leak Exploit ./splitmilk2 leak 134514859 \m/ Linux = 2.6.37-rc1 serialmultiportstruct Info Leak Exploit \m/ by Todor Donev x Leakfile : leak x Reservedsize : 134514859 + Leaking.. = ... Greets to prdelka, for...

CVE-2012-4577

The Linux firmware image on 1 Korenix Jetport 5600 series serial-device servers and 2 ORing Industrial DIN-Rail serial-device servers has a hardcoded password of "password" for the root account, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access via an SSH session...

CVE-2012-4577

CVE-2012-4577 involves hard-coded root credentials (password) on the Linux firmware images of Korenix JetPort 5600 series and ORing Industrial DIN-Rail serial-device servers. The vulnerability enables remote administrative access via SSH, with CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)....