Scientific Linux Security Update : java-1.8.0-openjdk on SL7.x x86_64 (20180522) (Spectre)

Security Fixes : - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of Load & Store instructions a commonly used performance optimization. It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged...

Scientific Linux Security Update : qemu-kvm on SL7.x x86_64 (20180522) (Spectre)

Security Fixes : - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of Load & Store instructions a commonly used performance optimization. It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2018:1378-1) (Spectre)

This update for qemu fixes several issues. This security issue was fixed : - CVE-2018-3639: Spectre v4 vulnerability mitigation support for KVM guests bsc1092885. Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and speculative execution of memory reads before the addresses of all pri...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20180522) (Spectre)

Security Fixes : - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of Load & Store instructions a commonly used performance optimization. It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged...

Important kernel security update: CVE-2018-3639; new kernel 2.6.32-042stab130.1; Virtuozzo 6.0 Update 12 Hotfix 25 (6.0.12-3705)

This update provides a new kernel 2.6.32-042stab130.1 for Virtuozzo 6.0 that is a rebase to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 kernel 2.6.32-696.30.1.el6. The new kernel introduces security and stability fixes. Vulnerability id: CVE-2018-3639 An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern...

AMD / ARM / Intel - Speculative Execution Variant 4 Speculative Store Bypass Exploit

Exploit for hardware platform in category dos / poc / ======== Intro / Overview ======== After Michael Schwarz made some interesting observations, we started looking into variants other than the three already-known ones. I noticed that Intel's Optimization Manual says in section 2.4.4.5 "Memory...

CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2018:1651 centos6

Check the version of kernel SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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 scriptoid"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882887";...

Oracle Linux 7 : qemu-kvm (ELSA-2018-1633)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2018-1633 advisory. - kvm-i386-define-the-ssbd-CPUID-feature-bit-CVE-2018-3639.patch bz1574075 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux...

RHEL 6 : qemu-kvm (RHSA-2018:1659)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1659 advisory. Kernel-based Virtual Machine KVM is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm packages provide the...

CentOS Update for java CESA-2018:1650 centos6

Check the version of java SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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 scriptoid"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882881";...

CentOS Update for java CESA-2018:1648 centos7

Check the version of java SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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 scriptoid"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882883";...

RHEL 7 : libvirt (RHSA-2018:1632)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1632 advisory. The libvirt library contains a C API for managing and interacting with the virtualization capabilities of Linux and other operating systems. In...

Scientific Linux Security Update : qemu-kvm on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20180521) (Spectre)

Security Fixes : - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of Load & Store instructions a commonly used performance optimization. It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged...

RHEL 7 : qemu-kvm (RHSA-2018:1662)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1662 advisory. Kernel-based Virtual Machine KVM is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm packages provide the...

Oracle Linux 6 : libvirt (ELSA-2018-1669)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2018-1669 advisory. 0.10.2-62.0.1.el69.2 - Replace docs/et.png in tarball with blank image 0.10.2-62.el69.2 - cpu: define the 'ssbd' CPUID feature bit CVE-2018-3639 Tenable has...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : qemu (SUSE-SU-2018:1363-1) (Spectre)

This update for qemu fixes several issues. This security issue was fixed : - CVE-2018-3639: Spectre v4 vulnerability mitigation support for KVM guests bsc1092885. Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and speculative execution of memory reads before the addresses of all pri...

Scientific Linux Security Update : java-1.7.0-openjdk on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20180521) (Spectre)

Security Fixes : - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of Load & Store instructions a commonly used performance optimization. It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged...

Researchers Say More Spectre-Related CPU Flaws On Horizon

After another speculative execution side channel-related flaw has been disclosed in processors, security experts say that more may be on the horizon. Researchers on Monday disclosed Variant 4, a new speculative execution side channel category flaw that allows attackers to read privileged data...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2018:1629 An update for kernel 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...

qemu security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2018:1633 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 severit...