USN-6342-2: Linux kernel (Azure)

Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors did not properly handle speculative execution of certain vector register instructions. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2023-20593 Zheng Zhang discovered that the device-mapper implementation in the Linux kernel...

Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: A division-by-zero error on some AMD processors can potentially return speculative data resulting in loss of confidentiality. CVE-2023-20588 Affected Packages: kernel Issue Correction: Run yum update kernel or yum update --advisory ALAS-2023-1819 to update your system. New Package...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2019-4732)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4732 advisory. - x86/speculation/mds: Conditionally clear CPU buffers on idle entry Thomas Gleixner orabug 29821515 CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127...

Oracle Linux 7 : qemu (ELSA-2018-4198)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4198 advisory. - i386: Define the Virt SSBD MSR and handling of it CVE-2018-3639 Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Orabug: 28110449 CVE-2018-3639 - i386: define the AMD 'virt-ssbd' CPUID...

Oracle Linux 7 : edk2 (ELSA-2019-4785)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4785 advisory. 1:1.2-5.el7 - Update spec file to remove 'modprobe kvm-intel' and remove --enable-kvm arg to ovmfvarsgenerator so qemu will not require kvm kernel...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2018-0292)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-0292 advisory. - Backport CVEs to RHCK/OL5 orabug 27547712 CVE-2017-5753 CVE-2017-5754 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle...

Oracle Linux 5 : ELSA-2018-1196-1: / kernel (ELSA-2018-11961)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2018-11961 advisory. - Backport CVE-2017-5715 to RHCK/OL5 orabug 27787723 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory. No...

Oracle Linux 7 : qemu (ELSA-2019-4630)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4630 advisory. - x86: Document CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2019-11091 as fixed Mark Kanda Orabug: 29744956 CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127...

Oracle Linux 7 : qemu (ELSA-2018-4289)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4289 advisory. - net: ignore packet size greater than INTMAX Jason Wang Orabug: 28763782 CVE-2018-17963 - pcnet: fix possible buffer overflow Jason Wang Orabug:...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6346-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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...

Important: kernel

Issue Overview: A division-by-zero error on some AMD processors can potentially return speculative data resulting in loss of confidentiality. CVE-2023-20588 The fix for XSA-423 added logic to Linux'es netback driver to deal with a frontend splitting a packet in a way such that not all of the...

Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2018-4235)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4235 advisory. - x86 mm/dumppagetables: Add a checkl1tf debugfs file Chris von Recklinghausen 1593378 CVE-2018-3620 - x86 l1tf: protect PAGEFILE PTEs against...

USN-6348-1 linux-intel-iotg-5.15, linux-raspi vulnerabilities

Daniel Moghimi discovered that some IntelR Processors did not properly clear microarchitectural state after speculative execution of various instructions. A local unprivileged user could use this to obtain to sensitive information. CVE-2022-40982 Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors...

USN-6348-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Daniel Moghimi discovered that some IntelR Processors did not properly clear microarchitectural state after speculative execution of various instructions. A local unprivileged user could use this to obtain to sensitive information. CVE-2022-40982 Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors...

USN-6346-1 linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerabilities

Daniel Moghimi discovered that some IntelR Processors did not properly clear microarchitectural state after speculative execution of various instructions. A local unprivileged user could use this to obtain to sensitive information. CVE-2022-40982 Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors...

USN-6342-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors did not properly handle speculative execution of certain vector register instructions. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2023-20593 Zheng Zhang discovered that the device-mapper implementation in the Linux kernel...

USN-6342-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle vulnerabilities

Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors did not properly handle speculative execution of certain vector register instructions. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2023-20593 Zheng Zhang discovered that the device-mapper implementation in the Linux kernel...

USN-6341-1 linux vulnerabilities

Jordy Zomer and Alexandra Sandulescu discovered that syscalls invoking the doprlimit function in the Linux kernel did not properly handle speculative execution barriers. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2023-0458 It was discovered that a...

The Bug Report – August 2023 Edition

The Bug Report – August 2023 Edition By Charles McFarland · September 06, 2023 Why am I here? Welcome back to The Bug Report, the hotter-than-hell Texas edition! For those still unfamiliar with our monthly escapades, every month our trusty Advanced Research Center vulnerability research team...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.10-2023-036)

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.10.112-108.499. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2023-036 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ubi: Fix race condition between...