Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-16911

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - The vhcihcd driver in the Linux Kernel before version 4.14.8 and 4.4.114 allows allows local attackers to disclose kernel memory addresses. Successful...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2018-0107)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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...

Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.4.114 and fixes several security issues. The most important fixes in this update is for the security issue named "Spectre, variant 2 CVE-2017-5715" that is partly mitigated by enabling retpoline support. For full retpoline mitigation, kernel needs to ...

CVE-2017-16911

The CVE-2017-16911 issue affects the vhci_hcd driver in the Linux kernel prior to 4.14.8 and 4.4.114, allowing local attackers to disclose kernel memory addresses when a USB device is attached over IP. Exploitation details are contingent on the USB-over-IP setup; the vulnerability is limited to l...

CVE-2017-16911

The vhcihcd driver in the Linux Kernel before version 4.14.8 and 4.4.114 allows allows local attackers to disclose kernel memory addresses. Successful exploitation requires that a USB device is attached over IP...