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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4093-1)
The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4093-1 advisory. It was discovered that a heap buffer overflow existed in the Marvell Wireless LAN device driver for the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to cause...
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4095-1)
The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4095-1 advisory. Eli Biham and Lior Neumann discovered that the Bluetooth implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate elliptic curve parameters during...
Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4095-1)
The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 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...
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4094-1)
The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4094-1 advisory. It was discovered that the alarmtimer implementation in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow vulnerability. A local attacker could...
USN-4095-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-4095-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Eli Biham and Lior Neumann discovered that the Bluetooth implementation in the Linux...
USN-4095-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Eli Biham and Lior Neumann discovered that the Bluetooth implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate elliptic curve parameters during Diffie-Hellman key exchange in some situations. An attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2018-5383 It was discovered that a...
USN-4094-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the alarmtimer implementation in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. CVE-2018-13053 Wen Xu discovered that the XFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly track...
USN-4093-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
It was discovered that a heap buffer overflow existed in the Marvell Wireless LAN device driver for the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2019-10126 Andrei Vlad Lutas and Dan Lutas discovered that some x86...
August 13, 2019—KB4512489 (Security-only update)
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Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities
This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.14.137 and fixes at least the following security issues: A Spectre SWAPGS gadget was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of system interrupts. An attacker with local access could use this information to reveal private data through a Spectre lik...
MGASA-2019-0220 Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities
This kernel update provides an update to the kernel 5.2 series, currently based on 5.2.7 adding support for newer hardware and other new features. It also fixes at least the following security issues: A Spectre SWAPGS gadget was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of system interrupts. An...
Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities
This kernel update provides an update to the kernel 5.2 series, currently based on 5.2.7 adding support for newer hardware and other new features. It also fixes at least the following security issues: A Spectre SWAPGS gadget was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of system interrupts. An...
Canon DSLR Cameras Can Be Hacked With Ransomware Remotely
The threat of ransomware is becoming more prevalent and severe as attackers' focus has now moved beyond computers to smartphones and other Internet-connected smart devices. In its latest research, security researchers at cybersecurity firm CheckPoint demonstrated how easy it is for hackers to...
NewStart CGSL MAIN 4.05 : wpa_supplicant Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0120)
The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 4.05, has wpasupplicant packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - A new exploitation technique called key reinstallation attacks KRACK affecting WPA2 has been discovered. A remote attacker within Wi-Fi range could explo...
Denial Of Service (DoS)
kernel is vulnerable to denial of service DoS. The vulnerability exists through a memory leak in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211hwsim.c:hwsimnewradionl can lead to potential denial of service...
Who Owns Your Wireless Service? Crooks Do.
Incessantly annoying and fraudulent robocalls. Corrupt wireless company employees taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to unlock and hijack mobile phone service. Wireless providers selling real-time customer location data, despite repeated promises to the contrary. A noticeable uptic...
How AT&T Insiders Were Bribed to 'Unlock' Millions of Phones
One cybersecurity threat that’s proven difficult for wireless carriers to combat? Their own employees...
kernel: Memory leak in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:hwsim_new_radio_nl() can lead to potential denial of service
The Linux kernel is vulnerable to a memory leak in the drivers/net/wireless/mac80211hwsim.c:hwsimnewradionl function. An attacker could exploit this to cause a potential denial of service...
