openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2018-514) (Spectre)

The openSUSE Leap 42.3 kernel was updated to 4.4.132 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2018-3639: Information leaks using 'Memory Disambiguation' feature in modern CPUs were mitigated, aka 'Spectre Variant 4' bnc1087082. A new boot commandlin...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for kernel (openSUSE-SU-2018:1418-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH 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-or-later This program is free software; you can...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.3 kernel was updated to 4.4.132 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2018-3639: Information leaks using "Memory Disambiguation" feature in modern CPUs were mitigated, aka "Spectre Variant 4" bnc1087082. A new boot commandline...

Intel’s ‘Virtual Fences’ Spectre Fix Won’t Protect Against Variant 4

Spectre and Meltdown fixes for Intel chips announced in March, to be embedded into new CPUs, do not address the newly disclosed Variant 4, sources said. Intel introduced hardware-based safeguards to its new chips to protect against the Spectre and Meltdown flaws that rocked the silicon industry...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1368-1) (Spectre)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2018-3639: Information leaks using 'Memory Disambiguation' feature in modern CPUs were mitigated, aka 'Spectre Variant 4' bnc1087082. A new boot commandline...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3654-2)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3654-2 advisory. USN-3654-1 fixed vulnerabilities and added mitigations in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3653-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3653-2 advisory. USN-3653-1 fixed vulnerabilities and added mitigations in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2018-1651)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2018-1651 advisory. - x86 x86/kvm: fix CPUID7EDX word 18 mask Jan Stancek 1566893 1566899 CVE-2018-3639 - x86 x86/specctrl: Fix late microcode problem with AMD Waiman Long 1566893...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerability (USN-3652-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3652-1 advisory. Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via a sidechannel...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1375-1) (Spectre)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2018-3639: Information leaks using 'Memory Disambiguation' feature in modern CPUs were mitigated, aka 'Spectre Variant 4' bnc1087082. A new boot...

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...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1366-1) (Spectre)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 kernel was updated to 4.4.131 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2018-3639: Information leaks using 'Memory Disambiguation' feature in modern CPUs were mitigated, aka 'Spectre Variant 4' bnc1087082. A new boot...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1376-1) (Spectre)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2018-3639: Information leaks using 'Memory Disambiguation' feature in modern CPUs were mitigated, aka 'Spectre Variant 4' bnc1087082. A new boot...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3654-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3654-1 advisory. Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via a...

Ubuntu 17.10 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3653-1) (Spectre)

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...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1374-1) (Spectre)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 GA LTSS kernel was updated to receive several security fixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2018-3639: Information leaks using 'Memory Disambiguation' feature in modern CPUs were mitigated, aka 'Spectre Variant 4' bnc1087082. A new boot commandline...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1377-1) (Spectre)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bug was fixed : - CVE-2018-3639: Information leaks using 'Memory Disambiguation' feature in modern CPUs were mitigated, aka 'Spectre Variant 4' bnc1087082. A new boot...

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...

SUSE-SU-2018:1368-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2018-3639: Information leaks using 'Memory Disambiguation' feature in modern CPUs were mitigated, aka 'Spectre Variant 4' bnc1087082. A new boot commandline...

Intel Responds to Spectre-Like Flaw In CPUs

Intel acknowledged that its processors are vulnerable to another dangerous speculative execution side channel flaw that could give attackers unauthorized read access to memory. The new vulnerability, disclosed by Google Project Zero and Microsoft’s Security Response Center, is called Variant 4, a...