(RHSA-2018:0090) Important: Red Hat CloudForms 4.2 security update

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. CloudForms virtual machines include a copy of the Linux Kernel. Security Fixes: An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of instructio...

(RHSA-2018:0089) Important: Red Hat CloudForms 4.1 security update

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. CloudForms virtual machines include a copy of the Linux Kernel. Security Fixes: An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of instructio...

MGASA-2018-0075 Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update provides the upstream 4.4.111 and fixes several security issues. The most important fix in this update is for the security issue named "Meltdown" that is fixed in theese kernels by enabling kernel Page Table Isolation KTPI. Note that according to AMD, this issue does not...

Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update provided the upstream 4.14.13 and fixes several security issues. The most important fix in this update is for the security issue named "Meltdown" that is fixed in theese kernels by enabling kernel Page Table Isolation KTPI. Note that according to AMD, this issue does not...

Updated kernel-tmb packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-tmb update is based on the upstream 4.4.111 and fixes several security issues. The most important fix in this update is for the security issue named "Meltdown" that is fixed in theese kernels by enabling kernel Page Table Isolation KTPI. Note that according to AMD, this issue does not...

Updated kernel-tmb packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-tmb update is based on the upstream 4.14.13 and fixes several security issues. The most important fix in this update is for the security issue named "Meltdown" that is fixed in theese kernels by enabling kernel Page Table Isolation KTPI. Note that according to AMD, this issue does not...

MGASA-2018-0078 Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update provided the upstream 4.14.13 and fixes several security issues. The most important fix in this update is for the security issue named "Meltdown" that is fixed in theese kernels by enabling kernel Page Table Isolation KTPI. Note that according to AMD, this issue does not...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0007) (Spectre)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - x86/ibrs: Remove 'ibrsdump' and remove the prdebug Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Orabug: 27350825 - kABI: Revert kABI: Make the bootcpudata look normal Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk CVE-2017-5715 - userns: prevent...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities (USN-3530-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3530-1 advisory. It was discovered that speculative execution performed by modern CPUs could leak information through a timing side-channel attack, and that this could be...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3530-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the 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...

ESXi 5.5 / 6.0 / 6.5 / Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Remediation for Speculative Execution (VMSA-2018-0004) (Spectre) (remote check)

The remote VMware ESXi host is version 5.5, 6.0, or 6.5 and is missing a security patch. It is, therefore, missing security updates that add hypervisor-assisted guest remediation for a speculative execution vulnerability CVE-2017-5715. These updates will allow guest operating systems to use...

Important: qemu-kvm

Issue Overview: An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of instructions a commonly used performance optimization. There are three primary variants of the issue which differ in the way the speculative execution can be...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3531-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the 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...

VMware Player 12.x < 12.5.9 / 14.x < 14.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2018-0004) (VMSA-2018-0005) (Spectre)

The version of VMware Player installed on the remote Windows host is 14.x prior to 14.1.1 or 12.x prior to 12.5.9. It is, therefore, missing security updates that add hypervisor-assisted guest remediation for a speculative execution vulnerability CVE-2017-5715. These updates will allow guest...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4004)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4004 advisory. - kABI: Revert kABI: Make the bootcpudata look normal Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk CVE-2017-5715 - userns: prevent speculative execution Elena Reshetova...

VMware Workstation 12.x < 12.5.9 / 14.x < 14.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2018-0004) (VMSA-2018-0005) (Spectre)

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote Windows host is 14.x prior to 14.1.1 or 12.x prior to 12.5.9. It is, therefore, missing security updates that add hypervisor-assisted guest remediation for a speculative execution vulnerability CVE-2017-5715. These updates will allow guest...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4006)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4006 advisory. - x86/ia32: save and clear registers on syscall. Jamie Iles Orabug: 27355759 CVE-2017-5754 - pti: Rename X86FEATUREKAISER to X86FEATUREPTI Pavel Tatashin...

USN-3531-1 intel-microcode update

It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. CVE-2017-5715 This...

Meltdown and Spectre fallout: patching problems persist

Last week, the disclosure by multiple teams from Graz and Pennsylvania University, Rambus, Data61, Cyberus Technology, and Google Project Zero of vulnerabilities under the aliases Meltdown and Spectre rocked the security world, sending vendors scurrying to create patches, if at all possible, and...

USN-3530-1: WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities

It was discovered that speculative execution performed by modern CPUs could leak information through a timing side-channel attack, and that this could be exploited in web browser JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially...