SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1526-1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52122 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel v4l2 video driver was fixed. bsc1085447. - CVE-2018-8897: A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Inte...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1529-1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-5283 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel v4l2 video driver was fixed. bsc1085447. - CVE-2018-8897: A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1543-1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52119 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel v4l2 video driver was fixed. bsc1085447. - CVE-2018-8897: A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Inte...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1509-1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-606469 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel v4l2 video driver was fixed. bsc1085447. - CVE-2018-8897: A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Int...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1517-1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-5280 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel v4l2 video driver was fixed. bsc1085447. - CVE-2018-8897: A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1519-1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.74-606463 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel v4l2 video driver was fixed. bsc1085447. - CVE-2018-8897: A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Int...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1549-1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-5292 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel v4l2 video driver was fixed. bsc1085447. - CVE-2018-8897: A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1548-1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.90-9245 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel v4l2 video driver was fixed. bsc1085447. - CVE-2018-8897: A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel ...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1516-1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.90-9250 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel v4l2 video driver was fixed. bsc1085447. - CVE-2018-8897: A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel ...

SUSE-SU-2018:1535-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 22 for SLE 12)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-5277 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel v4l2 video driver was fixed. bsc1085447. - CVE-2018-8897: A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel ...

Detecting Lies through Mouse Movements

Interesting research: "The detection of faked identity using unexpected questions and mouse dynamics," by Merulin Monaro, Luciano Gamberini, and Guiseppe Sartori. Abstract: The detection of faked identities is a major problem in security. Current memory-detection techniques cannot be used as they...

Updated afflib packages fix security vulnerability

A flaw was found in AFFLIB aka AFFLIBv3 through 3.7.16. The afgetpage function in lib/afflibpages.cpp allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service segmentation fault via a corrupt AFF image that triggers an unexpected pagesize value CVE-2018-8050...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2018:1181-1) (Meltdown)

This update for xen fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2018-8897: Prevent mishandling of debug exceptions on x86 XSA-260, bsc1090820 - Handle HPET timers in IO-APIC mode correctly to prevent malicious or buggy HVM guests from causing a hypervisor crash or potentially...

CVE-2018-8897

A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual SDM was mishandled in the development of some or all operating-system kernels, resulting in unexpected behavior for DB exceptions that are deferred by MOV SS or POP SS, as demonstrated ...

CVE-2018-8897

A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual SDM was mishandled in the development of some or all operating-system kernels, resulting in unexpected behavior for DB exceptions that are deferred by MOV SS or POP SS, as demonstrated ...

CVE-2018-8897

A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual SDM was mishandled in the development of some or all operating-system kernels, resulting in unexpected behavior for DB exceptions that are deferred by MOV SS or POP SS, as demonstrated ...

Debug Exception May Cause Unexpected Behavior

CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC has released information for CVE-2018-8897 – unexpected behavior for debug exceptions. A local attacker could exploit this bug to obtain sensitive information. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review CERT/CC’s Vulnerability Note VU 631579 for more...

CVE-2018-9154

There is a reachable abort in the function jpcdecprocesssot in libjasper/jpc/jpcdec.c of JasPer 2.0.14 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack by triggering an unexpected jasalloc2 return value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-13745...

Out-of-bounds

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds zero write and hypervisor crash via unexpected INT 80 processing, because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2017-5754...

CVE-2018-10471

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds zero write and hypervisor crash via unexpected INT 80 processing, because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2017-5754...