The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2018-3620: Local attackers on baremetal systems     could use speculative code patterns on hyperthreaded     processors to read data present in the L1 Datacache used     by other hyperthreads on the same CPU core, potentially     leaking sensitive data. (bnc#1087081).

  - CVE-2018-3646: Local attackers in virtualized guest     systems could use speculative code patterns on     hyperthreaded processors to read data present in the L1     Datacache used by other hyperthreads on the same CPU     core, potentially leaking sensitive data, even from     other virtual machines or the host system.
    (bnc#1089343).

  - CVE-2018-5390 aka 'SegmentSmack': The Linux Kernel can     be forced to make very expensive calls to     tcp_collapse_ofo_queue() and tcp_prune_ofo_queue() for     every incoming packet which can lead to a denial of     service (bnc#1102340).

  - CVE-2018-5391 aka 'FragmentSmack': A flaw in the IP     packet reassembly could be used by remote attackers to     consume lots of CPU time (bnc#1103097).

  - CVE-2018-14734: drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c allowed     ucma_leave_multicast to access a certain data structure     after a cleanup step in ucma_process_join, which allowed     attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free)     (bnc#1103119).

  - CVE-2017-18344: The timer_create syscall implementation     in kernel/time/posix-timers.c didn't properly validate     the sigevent->sigev_notify field, which leads to     out-of-bounds access in the show_timer function (called     when /proc/$PID/timers is read). This allowed userspace     applications to read arbitrary kernel memory (on a     kernel built with CONFIG_POSIX_TIMERS and     CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE) (bnc#1102851 bnc#1103580).

  - CVE-2018-9385: When printing the 'driver_override'     option from with-in the amba driver, a very long line     could expose one additional uninitialized byte     (bnc#1100491).

  - CVE-2018-13053: The alarm_timer_nsleep function in     kernel/time/alarmtimer.c had an integer overflow via a     large relative timeout because ktime_add_safe is not     used (bnc#1099924).

  - CVE-2018-13405: The inode_init_owner function in     fs/inode.c allowed local users to create files with an     unintended group ownership, in a scenario where a     directory is SGID to a certain group and is writable by     a user who is not a member of that group. Here, the     non-member can trigger creation of a plain file whose     group ownership is that group. The intended behavior was     that the non-member can trigger creation of a directory     (but not a plain file) whose group ownership is that     group. The non-member can escalate privileges by making     the plain file executable and SGID (bnc#1100416).

  - CVE-2018-13406: An integer overflow in the     uvesafb_setcmap function in     drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c could result in local     attackers being able to crash the kernel or potentially     elevate privileges because kmalloc_array is not used     (bnc#1098016 1100418).

  - CVE-2018-5814: Multiple race condition errors when     handling probe, disconnect, and rebind operations could     be exploited to trigger a use-after-free condition or a     NULL pointer dereference by sending multiple USB over IP     packets (bnc#1096480).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The openSUSE Leap 42.3 kernel was updated to 4.4.143 to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-18344: The timer_create syscall implementation     in kernel/time/posix-timers.c didn't properly validate     the sigevent->sigev_notify field, which leads to     out-of-bounds access in the show_timer function (called     when /proc/$PID/timers is read). This allowed userspace     applications to read arbitrary kernel memory (on a     kernel built with CONFIG_POSIX_TIMERS and     CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE) (bnc#1102851 bnc#1103580).

  - CVE-2018-10876: A flaw was found in Linux kernel in the     ext4 filesystem code. A use-after-free is possible in     ext4_ext_remove_space() function when mounting and     operating a crafted ext4 image. (bnc#1099811)

  - CVE-2018-10877: Linux kernel ext4 filesystem is     vulnerable to an out-of-bound access in the     ext4_ext_drop_refs() function when operating on a     crafted ext4 filesystem image. (bnc#1099846)

  - CVE-2018-10878: A flaw was found in the ext4 filesystem.
    A local user can cause an out-of-bounds write and a     denial of service or unspecified other impact is     possible by mounting and operating a crafted ext4     filesystem image. (bnc#1099813)

  - CVE-2018-10879: A flaw was found in the ext4 filesystem.
    A local user can cause a use-after-free in     ext4_xattr_set_entry function and a denial of service or     unspecified other impact may occur by renaming a file in     a crafted ext4 filesystem image. (bnc#1099844)

  - CVE-2018-10880: Linux kernel is vulnerable to a     stack-out-of-bounds write in the ext4 filesystem code     when mounting and writing to a crafted ext4 image in     ext4_update_inline_data(). An attacker could use this to     cause a system crash and a denial of service.
    (bnc#1099845)

  - CVE-2018-10881: A flaw was found in the ext4 filesystem.
    A local user can cause an out-of-bound access in     ext4_get_group_info function, a denial of service, and a     system crash by mounting and operating on a crafted ext4     filesystem image. (bnc#1099864)

  - CVE-2018-10882: A flaw was found in the ext4 filesystem.
    A local user can cause an out-of-bound write in in     fs/jbd2/transaction.c code, a denial of service, and a     system crash by unmounting a crafted ext4 filesystem     image. (bnc#1099849)

  - CVE-2018-10883: A flaw was found in the ext4 filesystem.
    A local user can cause an out-of-bounds write in     jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata(), a denial of service, and     a system crash by mounting and operating on a crafted     ext4 filesystem image. (bnc#1099863)

  - CVE-2018-14734: drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c allowed     ucma_leave_multicast to access a certain data structure     after a cleanup step in ucma_process_join, which allowed     attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free)     (bnc#1103119).

  - CVE-2018-3620: Systems with microprocessors utilizing     speculative execution and address translations may allow     unauthorized disclosure of information residing in the     L1 data cache to an attacker with local user access via     a terminal page fault and a side-channel analysis     (bnc#1087081 1089343 ).

  - CVE-2018-3646: Systems with microprocessors utilizing     speculative execution and address translations may allow     unauthorized disclosure of information residing in the     L1 data cache to an attacker with local user access with     guest OS privilege via a terminal page fault and a     side-channel analysis (bnc#1089343 1104365).

  - CVE-2018-5390 aka 'SegmentSmack': The Linux kernel could     be forced to make very expensive calls to     tcp_collapse_ofo_queue() and tcp_prune_ofo_queue() for     every incoming packet which can lead to a denial of     service (bnc#1102340).

  - CVE-2018-5391 aka 'FragmentSmack': A flaw in the IP     packet reassembly could be used by remote attackers to     consume lots of CPU time (bnc#1103097).

The following non-security bugs were fixed :

  - Add support for 5,25,50, and 100G to 802.3ad bonding     driver (bsc#1096978)

  - ahci: Disable LPM on Lenovo 50 series laptops with a too     old BIOS (bnc#1012382).

  - arm64: do not open code page table entry creation     (bsc#1102197).

  - arm64: kpti: Use early_param for kpti= command-line     option (bsc#1102188).

  - arm64: Make sure permission updates happen for pmd/pud     (bsc#1102197).

  - atm: zatm: Fix potential Spectre v1 (bnc#1012382).

  - bcm63xx_enet: correct clock usage (bnc#1012382).

  - bcm63xx_enet: do not write to random DMA channel on     BCM6345 (bnc#1012382).

  - blkcg: simplify statistic accumulation code     (bsc#1082979).

  - block: copy ioprio in __bio_clone_fast() (bsc#1082653).

  - block/swim: Fix array bounds check (bsc#1082979).

  - bpf: fix loading of BPF_MAXINSNS sized programs     (bsc#1012382).

  - bpf, x64: fix memleak when not converging after image     (bsc#1012382).

  - btrfs: Do not remove block group still has pinned down     bytes (bsc#1086457).

  - cachefiles: Fix missing clear of the     CACHEFILES_OBJECT_ACTIVE flag (bsc#1099858).

  - cachefiles: Fix refcounting bug in backing-file read     monitoring (bsc#1099858).

  - cachefiles: Wait rather than BUG'ing on 'Unexpected     object collision' (bsc#1099858).

  - cifs: fix bad/NULL ptr dereferencing in     SMB2_sess_setup() (bsc#1090123).

  - compiler, clang: always inline when     CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING is disabled (bnc#1012382).

  - compiler, clang: properly override 'inline' for clang     (bnc#1012382).

  - compiler, clang: suppress warning for unused static     inline functions (bnc#1012382).

  - compiler-gcc.h: Add __attribute__((gnu_inline)) to all     inline declarations (bnc#1012382).

  - cpu/hotplug: Add sysfs state interface (bsc#1089343).

  - cpu/hotplug: Provide knobs to control SMT (bsc#1089343).

  - cpu/hotplug: Split do_cpu_down() (bsc#1089343).

  - crypto: crypto4xx - fix crypto4xx_build_pdr,     crypto4xx_build_sdr leak (bnc#1012382).

  - crypto: crypto4xx - remove bad list_del (bnc#1012382).

  - dm thin metadata: remove needless work from
    __commit_transaction (bsc#1082979).

  - drm/msm: Fix possible null dereference on failure of     get_pages() (bsc#1102394).

  - drm: re-enable error handling (bsc#1103884).

  - esp6: fix memleak on error path in esp6_input     (git-fixes).

  - ext4: check for allocation block validity with block     group locked (bsc#1104495).

  - ext4: do not update s_last_mounted of a frozen fs     (bsc#1101841).

  - ext4: factor out helper ext4_sample_last_mounted()     (bsc#1101841).

  - ext4: fix check to prevent initializing reserved inodes     (bsc#1104319).

  - ext4: fix false negatives *and* false positives in     ext4_check_descriptors() (bsc#1103445).

  - ext4: fix inline data updates with checksums enabled     (bsc#1104494).

  - fscache: Allow cancelled operations to be enqueued     (bsc#1099858).

  - fscache: Fix reference overput in     fscache_attach_object() error handling (bsc#1099858).

  - genirq: Make force irq threading setup more robust     (bsc#1082979).

  - hid: usbhid: add quirk for innomedia INNEX GENESIS/ATARI     adapter (bnc#1012382).

  - ib/isert: fix T10-pi check mask setting (bsc#1082979).

  - ibmasm: do not write out of bounds in read handler     (bnc#1012382).

  - ibmvnic: Fix error recovery on login failure     (bsc#1101789).

  - ibmvnic: Remove code to request error information     (bsc#1104174).

  - ibmvnic: Revise RX/TX queue error messages     (bsc#1101331).

  - ibmvnic: Update firmware error reporting with cause     string (bsc#1104174).

  - iw_cxgb4: correctly enforce the max reg_mr depth     (bnc#1012382).

  - kabi protect includes in include/linux/inet.h     (bsc#1095643).

  - kabi protect net/core/utils.c includes (bsc#1095643).

  - kABI: protect struct loop_device (kabi).

  - kABI: reintroduce __static_cpu_has_safe (kabi).

  - Kbuild: fix # escaping in .cmd files for future Make     (bnc#1012382).

  - keys: DNS: fix parsing multiple options (bnc#1012382).

  - kvm: arm/arm64: Drop resource size check for GICV window     (bsc#1102215).

  - kvm: arm/arm64: Set dist->spis to NULL after kfree     (bsc#1102214).

  - libata: do not try to pass through NCQ commands to     non-NCQ devices (bsc#1082979).

  - loop: add recursion validation to LOOP_CHANGE_FD     (bnc#1012382).

  - loop: remember whether sysfs_create_group() was done     (bnc#1012382).

  - mmc: dw_mmc: fix card threshold control configuration     (bsc#1102203).

  - mm: check VMA flags to avoid invalid PROT_NONE NUMA     balancing (bsc#1097771).

  - net: cxgb3_main: fix potential Spectre v1 (bnc#1012382).

  - net: dccp: avoid crash in ccid3_hc_rx_send_feedback()     (bnc#1012382).

  - net: dccp: switch rx_tstamp_last_feedback to monotonic     clock (bnc#1012382).

  - netfilter: ebtables: reject non-bridge targets     (bnc#1012382).

  - netfilter: nf_queue: augment nfqa_cfg_policy     (bnc#1012382).

  - netfilter: x_tables: initialise match/target check     parameter struct (bnc#1012382).

  - net/mlx5: Fix command interface race in polling mode     (bnc#1012382).

  - net/mlx5: Fix incorrect raw command length parsing     (bnc#1012382).

  - net: mvneta: fix the Rx desc DMA address in the Rx path     (bsc#1102207).

  - net/nfc: Avoid stalls when nfc_alloc_send_skb() returned     NULL (bnc#1012382).

  - net: off by one in inet6_pton() (bsc#1095643).

  - net: phy: marvell: Use strlcpy() for     ethtool::get_strings (bsc#1102205).

  - net_sched: blackhole: tell upper qdisc about dropped     packets (bnc#1012382).

  - net: sungem: fix rx checksum support (bnc#1012382).

  - net/utils: generic inet_pton_with_scope helper     (bsc#1095643).

  - null_blk: use sector_div instead of do_div     (bsc#1082979).

  - nvme-rdma: Check remotely invalidated rkey matches our     expected rkey (bsc#1092001).

  - nvme-rdma: default MR page size to 4k (bsc#1092001).

  - nvme-rdma: do not complete requests before a send work     request has completed (bsc#1092001).

  - nvme-rdma: do not suppress send completions     (bsc#1092001).

  - nvme-rdma: Fix command completion race at error recovery     (bsc#1090435).

  - nvme-rdma: make nvme_rdma_[create|destroy]_queue_ib     symmetrical (bsc#1092001).

  - nvme-rdma: use inet_pton_with_scope helper     (bsc#1095643).

  - nvme-rdma: Use mr pool (bsc#1092001).

  - nvme-rdma: wait for local invalidation before completing     a request (bsc#1092001).

  - ocfs2: subsystem.su_mutex is required while accessing     the item->ci_parent (bnc#1012382).

  - pci: ibmphp: Fix use-before-set in get_max_bus_speed()     (bsc#1100132).

  - perf tools: Move syscall number fallbacks from     perf-sys.h to tools/arch/x86/include/asm/ (bnc#1012382).

  - pm / hibernate: Fix oops at snapshot_write()     (bnc#1012382).

  - powerpc/64: Initialise thread_info for emergency stacks     (bsc#1094244, bsc#1100930, bsc#1102683).

  - powerpc/fadump: handle crash memory ranges array index     overflow (bsc#1103269).

  - powerpc/fadump: merge adjacent memory ranges to reduce     PT_LOAD segements (bsc#1103269).

  - qed: Limit msix vectors in kdump kernel to the minimum     required count (bnc#1012382).

  - r8152: napi hangup fix after disconnect (bnc#1012382).

  - rdma/ocrdma: Fix an error code in ocrdma_alloc_pd()     (bsc#1082979).

  - rdma/ocrdma: Fix error codes in ocrdma_create_srq()     (bsc#1082979).

  - rdma/ucm: Mark UCM interface as BROKEN (bnc#1012382).

  - rds: avoid unenecessary cong_update in loop transport     (bnc#1012382).

  - Revert     'block-cancel-workqueue-entries-on-blk_mq_freeze_queue'     (bsc#1103717)

  - Revert 'sit: reload iphdr in ipip6_rcv' (bnc#1012382).

  - Revert 'x86/cpufeature: Move some of the scattered     feature bits to x86_capability' (kabi).

  - Revert 'x86/cpu: Probe CPUID leaf 6 even when     cpuid_level == 6' (kabi).

  - rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: fix firmware is not ready to run     (bnc#1012382).

  - s390/qeth: fix error handling in adapter command     callbacks (bnc#1103745, LTC#169699).

  - sched/smt: Update sched_smt_present at runtime     (bsc#1089343).

  - scsi: qlogicpti: Fix an error handling path in     'qpti_sbus_probe()' (bsc#1082979).

  - scsi: sg: fix minor memory leak in error path     (bsc#1082979).

  - scsi: target: fix crash with iscsi target and dvd     (bsc#1082979).

  - smsc75xx: Add workaround for gigabit link up hardware     errata (bsc#1100132).

  - smsc95xx: Configure pause time to 0xffff when tx flow     control enabled (bsc#1085536).

  - supported.conf: Do not build KMP for openSUSE kernels     The merge of kselftest-kmp was overseen, and bad for     openSUSE-42.3

  - tcp: fix Fast Open key endianness (bnc#1012382).

  - tcp: prevent bogus FRTO undos with non-SACK flows     (bnc#1012382).

  - tools build: fix # escaping in .cmd files for future     Make (bnc#1012382).

  - uprobes/x86: Remove incorrect WARN_ON() in     uprobe_init_insn() (bnc#1012382).

  - usb: core: handle hub C_PORT_OVER_CURRENT condition     (bsc#1100132).

  - usb: quirks: add delay quirks for Corsair Strafe     (bnc#1012382).

  - usb: serial: ch341: fix type promotion bug in     ch341_control_in() (bnc#1012382).

  - usb: serial: cp210x: add another USB ID for Qivicon     ZigBee stick (bnc#1012382).

  - usb: serial: keyspan_pda: fix modem-status error     handling (bnc#1012382).

  - usb: serial: mos7840: fix status-register error handling     (bnc#1012382).

  - usb: yurex: fix out-of-bounds uaccess in read handler     (bnc#1012382).

  - vfio: platform: Fix reset module leak in error path     (bsc#1102211).

  - vfs: add the sb_start_intwrite_trylock() helper     (bsc#1101841).

  - vhost_net: validate sock before trying to put its fd     (bnc#1012382).

  - vmw_balloon: fix inflation with batching (bnc#1012382).

  - x86/alternatives: Add an auxilary section (bnc#1012382).

  - x86/alternatives: Discard dynamic check after init     (bnc#1012382).

  - x86/apic: Ignore secondary threads if nosmt=force     (bsc#1089343).

  - x86/asm: Add _ASM_ARG* constants for argument registers     to <asm/asm.h> (bnc#1012382).

  - x86/boot: Simplify kernel load address alignment check     (bnc#1012382).

  - x86/CPU/AMD: Do not check CPUID max ext level before     parsing SMP info (bsc#1089343).

  - x86/cpu/AMD: Evaluate smp_num_siblings early     (bsc#1089343).

  - x86/CPU/AMD: Move TOPOEXT reenablement before reading     smp_num_siblings (bsc#1089343). Update config files.

  - x86/cpu/AMD: Remove the pointless detect_ht() call     (bsc#1089343).

  - x86/cpu/common: Provide detect_ht_early() (bsc#1089343).

  - x86/cpufeature: Add helper macro for mask check macros     (bnc#1012382).

  - x86/cpufeature: Carve out X86_FEATURE_* (bnc#1012382).

  - x86/cpufeature: Get rid of the non-asm goto variant     (bnc#1012382).

  - x86/cpufeature: Make sure DISABLED/REQUIRED macros are     updated (bnc#1012382).

  - x86/cpufeature: Move some of the scattered feature bits     to x86_capability (bnc#1012382).

  - x86/cpufeature: Replace the old static_cpu_has() with     safe variant (bnc#1012382).

  - x86/cpufeature: Speed up cpu_feature_enabled()     (bnc#1012382).

  - x86/cpufeature: Update cpufeaure macros (bnc#1012382).

  - x86/cpu/intel: Evaluate smp_num_siblings early     (bsc#1089343).

  - x86/cpu: Probe CPUID leaf 6 even when cpuid_level == 6     (bnc#1012382).

  - x86/cpu: Provide a config option to disable     static_cpu_has (bnc#1012382).

  - x86/cpu: Remove the pointless CPU printout     (bsc#1089343).

  - x86/cpu/topology: Provide     detect_extended_topology_early() (bsc#1089343).

  - x86/fpu: Add an XSTATE_OP() macro (bnc#1012382).

  - x86/fpu: Get rid of xstate_fault() (bnc#1012382).

  - x86/headers: Do not include asm/processor.h in     asm/atomic.h (bnc#1012382).

  - x86/mm/pkeys: Fix mismerge of protection keys CPUID bits     (bnc#1012382).

  - x86/mm: Simplify p[g4um]d_page() macros (1087081).

  - x86/smpboot: Do not use smp_num_siblings in
    __max_logical_packages calculation (bsc#1089343).

  - x86/smp: Provide topology_is_primary_thread()     (bsc#1089343).

  - x86/topology: Add topology_max_smt_threads()     (bsc#1089343).

  - x86/topology: Provide topology_smt_supported()     (bsc#1089343).

  - x86/vdso: Use static_cpu_has() (bnc#1012382).

  - xen/grant-table: log the lack of grants (bnc#1085042).

  - xen-netfront: Fix mismatched rtnl_unlock (bnc#1101658).

  - xen-netfront: Update features after registering netdev     (bnc#1101658).

  - xhci: xhci-mem: off by one in xhci_stream_id_to_ring()     (bnc#1012382).

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3586 advisory.

    The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with     extremely high determinism requirements.

    Security Fix(es):

    * A flaw named FragmentSmack was found in the way the Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4     and IPv6 packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to trigger time and calculation expensive fragment     reassembly algorithm by sending specially crafted packets which could lead to a CPU saturation and hence a     denial of service on the system. (CVE-2018-5391)

    * kernel: out-of-bounds access in the show_timer function in kernel/time/posix-timers.c (CVE-2017-18344)

    * kernel: mm: use-after-free in do_get_mempolicy function allows local DoS or other unspecified impact     (CVE-2018-10675)

    * kernel: Integer overflow in Linux's create_elf_tables function (CVE-2018-14634)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Red Hat would like to thank Juha-Matti Tilli (Aalto University - Department of Communications and     Networking and Nokia Bell Labs) for reporting CVE-2018-5391 and Qualys Research Labs for reporting     CVE-2018-14634.

    Bug Fix(es):

    * The kernel-rt packages have been upgraded to the 3.10.0-693.43.1 source tree, which provides a number of     bug fixes over the previous version. (BZ#1632422)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has kernel-rt packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A buffer overflow vulnerability due to a lack of input     filtering of incoming fragmented datagrams was found in     the IP-over-1394 driver [firewire-net] in a fragment     handling code in the Linux kernel. The vulnerability     exists since firewire supported IPv4, i.e. since version     2.6.31 (year 2009) till version v4.9-rc4. A maliciously     formed fragment with a respectively large datagram     offset would cause a memcpy() past the datagram buffer,     which would cause a system panic or possible arbitrary     code execution. The flaw requires [firewire-net] module     to be loaded and is remotely exploitable from connected     firewire devices, but not over a local network.
    (CVE-2016-8633)

  - The Linux Kernel imposes a size restriction on the     arguments and environmental strings passed through     RLIMIT_STACK/RLIMIT_INFINITY, but does not take the     argument and environment pointers into account, which     allows attackers to bypass this limitation.
    (CVE-2017-1000365)

  - A bug in the 32-bit compatibility layer of the ioctl     handling code of the v4l2 video driver in the Linux     kernel has been found. A memory protection mechanism     ensuring that user-provided buffers always point to a     userspace memory were disabled, allowing destination     address to be in a kernel space. This flaw could be     exploited by an attacker to overwrite a kernel memory     from an unprivileged userspace process, leading to     privilege escalation. (CVE-2017-13166)

  - The timer_create syscall implementation in     kernel/time/posix-timers.c in the Linux kernel doesn't     properly validate the sigevent->sigev_notify field,     which leads to out-of-bounds access in the show_timer     function. (CVE-2017-18344)

  - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern     microprocessor designs have implemented speculative     execution of instructions (a commonly used performance     optimization). There are three primary variants of the     issue which differ in the way the speculative execution     can be exploited. Variant CVE-2017-5715 triggers the     speculative execution by utilizing branch target     injection. It relies on the presence of a precisely-     defined instruction sequence in the privileged code as     well as the fact that memory accesses may cause     allocation into the microprocessor's data cache even for     speculatively executed instructions that never actually     commit (retire). As a result, an unprivileged attacker     could use this flaw to cross the syscall and guest/host     boundaries and read privileged memory by conducting     targeted cache side-channel attacks. (CVE-2017-5715)

  - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern     microprocessor designs have implemented speculative     execution of instructions (a commonly used performance     optimization). There are three primary variants of the     issue which differ in the way the speculative execution     can be exploited. Variant CVE-2017-5753 triggers the     speculative execution by performing a bounds-check     bypass. It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined     instruction sequence in the privileged code as well as     the fact that memory accesses may cause allocation into     the microprocessor's data cache even for speculatively     executed instructions that never actually commit     (retire). As a result, an unprivileged attacker could     use this flaw to cross the syscall boundary and read     privileged memory by conducting targeted cache side-     channel attacks. (CVE-2017-5753)

  - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern     microprocessor designs have implemented speculative     execution of instructions (a commonly used performance     optimization). There are three primary variants of the     issue which differ in the way the speculative execution     can be exploited. Variant CVE-2017-5754 relies on the     fact that, on impacted microprocessors, during     speculative execution of instruction permission faults,     exception generation triggered by a faulting access is     suppressed until the retirement of the whole instruction     block. In a combination with the fact that memory     accesses may populate the cache even when the block is     being dropped and never committed (executed), an     unprivileged local attacker could use this flaw to read     privileged (kernel space) memory by conducting targeted     cache side-channel attacks. Note: CVE-2017-5754 affects     Intel x86-64 microprocessors. AMD x86-64 microprocessors     are not affected by this issue. (CVE-2017-5754)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability was found in DCCP socket     code affecting the Linux kernel since 2.6.16. This     vulnerability could allow an attacker to their escalate     privileges. (CVE-2017-8824)

  - It was found that the raw midi kernel driver does not     protect against concurrent access which leads to a     double realloc (double free) in     snd_rawmidi_input_params() and     snd_rawmidi_output_status() which are part of     snd_rawmidi_ioctl() handler in rawmidi.c file. A     malicious local attacker could possibly use this for     privilege escalation. (CVE-2018-10902)

  - A vulnerability was found in the     fs/inode.c:inode_init_owner() function logic of the     LInux kernel that allows local users to create files     with an unintended group ownership and with group     execution and SGID permission bits set, in a scenario     where a directory is SGID and belongs to a certain group     and is writable by a user who is not a member of this     group. This can lead to excessive permissions granted in     case when they should not. (CVE-2018-13405)

  - An integer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's     create_elf_tables() function. An unprivileged local user     with access to SUID (or otherwise privileged) binary     could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the     system. (CVE-2018-14634)

  - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern     microprocessor designs have implemented speculative     execution of Load & Store instructions (a commonly used     performance optimization). It relies on the presence of     a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the     privileged code as well as the fact that memory read     from address to which a recent memory write has occurred     may see an older value and subsequently cause an update     into the microprocessor's data cache even for     speculatively executed instructions that never actually     commit (retire). As a result, an unprivileged attacker     could use this flaw to read privileged memory by     conducting targeted cache side-channel attacks.
    (CVE-2018-3639)

  - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern     microprocessor designs have implemented speculative     execution of instructions past bounds check. The flaw     relies on the presence of a precisely-defined     instruction sequence in the privileged code and the fact     that memory writes occur to an address which depends on     the untrusted value. Such writes cause an update into     the microprocessor's data cache even for speculatively     executed instructions that never actually commit     (retire). As a result, an unprivileged attacker could     use this flaw to influence speculative execution and/or     read privileged memory by conducting targeted cache     side-channel attacks. (CVE-2018-3693)

  - A flaw named SegmentSmack was found in the way the Linux     kernel handled specially crafted TCP packets. A remote     attacker could use this flaw to trigger time and     calculation expensive calls to tcp_collapse_ofo_queue()     and tcp_prune_ofo_queue() functions by sending specially     modified packets within ongoing TCP sessions which could     lead to a CPU saturation and hence a denial of service     on the system. Maintaining the denial of service     condition requires continuous two-way TCP sessions to a     reachable open port, thus the attacks cannot be     performed using spoofed IP addresses. (CVE-2018-5390)

  - A flaw named FragmentSmack was found in the way the     Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and     IPv6 packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to     trigger time and calculation expensive fragment     reassembly algorithm by sending specially crafted     packets which could lead to a CPU saturation and hence a     denial of service on the system. (CVE-2018-5391)

  - A an integer overflow vulnerability was discovered in     the Linux kernel, from version 3.4 through 4.15, in the     drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_fb.c:udl_fb_mmap() function. An     attacker with access to the udldrmfb driver could     exploit this to obtain full read and write permissions     on kernel physical pages, resulting in a code execution     in kernel space. (CVE-2018-8781)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 4.05, has kernel packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of     the SCTP protocol. A remote attacker could trigger an     out-of-bounds read with an offset of up to 64kB     potentially causing the system to crash. (CVE-2016-9555)

  - An exploitable memory corruption flaw was found in the     Linux kernel. The append path can be erroneously     switched from UFO to non-UFO in ip_ufo_append_data()     when building an UFO packet with MSG_MORE option. If     unprivileged user namespaces are available, this flaw     can be exploited to gain root privileges.
    (CVE-2017-1000112)

  - A bug in the 32-bit compatibility layer of the ioctl     handling code of the v4l2 video driver in the Linux     kernel has been found. A memory protection mechanism     ensuring that user-provided buffers always point to a     userspace memory were disabled, allowing destination     address to be in a kernel space. This flaw could be     exploited by an attacker to overwrite a kernel memory     from an unprivileged userspace process, leading to     privilege escalation. (CVE-2017-13166)

  - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern     microprocessor designs have implemented speculative     execution of instructions (a commonly used performance     optimization). There are three primary variants of the     issue which differ in the way the speculative execution     can be exploited. Variant CVE-2017-5753 triggers the     speculative execution by performing a bounds-check     bypass. It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined     instruction sequence in the privileged code as well as     the fact that memory accesses may cause allocation into     the microprocessor's data cache even for speculatively     executed instructions that never actually commit     (retire). As a result, an unprivileged attacker could     use this flaw to cross the syscall boundary and read     privileged memory by conducting targeted cache side-     channel attacks. (CVE-2017-5753)

  - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern     microprocessor designs have implemented speculative     execution of instructions (a commonly used performance     optimization). There are three primary variants of the     issue which differ in the way the speculative execution     can be exploited. Variant CVE-2017-5754 relies on the     fact that, on impacted microprocessors, during     speculative execution of instruction permission faults,     exception generation triggered by a faulting access is     suppressed until the retirement of the whole instruction     block. In a combination with the fact that memory     accesses may populate the cache even when the block is     being dropped and never committed (executed), an     unprivileged local attacker could use this flaw to read     privileged (kernel space) memory by conducting targeted     cache side-channel attacks. Note: CVE-2017-5754 affects     Intel x86-64 microprocessors. AMD x86-64 microprocessors     are not affected by this issue. (CVE-2017-5754)

  - It was found that the packet_set_ring() function of the     Linux kernel's networking implementation did not     properly validate certain block-size data. A local     attacker with CAP_NET_RAW capability could use this flaw     to trigger a buffer overflow resulting in a system crash     or a privilege escalation. (CVE-2017-7308)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability was found in DCCP socket     code affecting the Linux kernel since 2.6.16. This     vulnerability could allow an attacker to their escalate     privileges. (CVE-2017-8824)

  - The do_get_mempolicy() function in mm/mempolicy.c in the     Linux kernel allows local users to hit a use-after-free     bug via crafted system calls and thus cause a denial of     service (DoS) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
    Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation     cannot be fully ruled out. (CVE-2018-10675)

  - A flaw was found in Linux kernel's KVM virtualization     subsystem. The VMX code does not restore the GDT.LIMIT     to the previous host value, but instead sets it to 64KB.
    With a corrupted GDT limit a host's userspace code has     an ability to place malicious entries in the GDT,     particularly to the per-cpu variables. An attacker can     use this to escalate their privileges. (CVE-2018-10901)

  - An integer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's     create_elf_tables() function. An unprivileged local user     with access to SUID (or otherwise privileged) binary     could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the     system. (CVE-2018-14634)

  - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern     microprocessor designs have implemented speculative     execution of Load & Store instructions (a commonly used     performance optimization). It relies on the presence of     a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the     privileged code as well as the fact that memory read     from address to which a recent memory write has occurred     may see an older value and subsequently cause an update     into the microprocessor's data cache even for     speculatively executed instructions that never actually     commit (retire). As a result, an unprivileged attacker     could use this flaw to read privileged memory by     conducting targeted cache side-channel attacks.
    (CVE-2018-3639)

  - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern     microprocessor designs have implemented speculative     execution of instructions past bounds check. The flaw     relies on the presence of a precisely-defined     instruction sequence in the privileged code and the fact     that memory writes occur to an address which depends on     the untrusted value. Such writes cause an update into     the microprocessor's data cache even for speculatively     executed instructions that never actually commit     (retire). As a result, an unprivileged attacker could     use this flaw to influence speculative execution and/or     read privileged memory by conducting targeted cache     side-channel attacks. (CVE-2018-3693)

  - A flaw named SegmentSmack was found in the way the Linux     kernel handled specially crafted TCP packets. A remote     attacker could use this flaw to trigger time and     calculation expensive calls to tcp_collapse_ofo_queue()     and tcp_prune_ofo_queue() functions by sending specially     modified packets within ongoing TCP sessions which could     lead to a CPU saturation and hence a denial of service     on the system. Maintaining the denial of service     condition requires continuous two-way TCP sessions to a     reachable open port, thus the attacks cannot be     performed using spoofed IP addresses. (CVE-2018-5390)

  - A flaw named FragmentSmack was found in the way the     Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and     IPv6 packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to     trigger time and calculation expensive fragment     reassembly algorithm by sending specially crafted     packets which could lead to a CPU saturation and hence a     denial of service on the system. (CVE-2018-5391)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux kernel, versions 3.9+, is vulnerable to a denial of service attack with low rates of specially modified packets targeting IP fragment re-assembly. An attacker may cause a denial of service condition by sending specially crafted IP fragments. Various vulnerabilities in IP fragmentation have been discovered and fixed over the years. The current vulnerability (CVE-2018-5391) became exploitable in the Linux kernel with the increase of the IP fragment reassembly queue size.

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ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
111815	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2344-1) (Foreshadow)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/17/2018	8/19/2024	high
111997	openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2018-885) (Foreshadow)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/20/2018	8/16/2024	high
119112	RHEL 6 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2018:3586)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	11/23/2018	6/3/2024	high
122578	openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2019-274)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/4/2019	1/19/2021	high
127233	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : kernel-rt Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0049)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	8/12/2019	1/14/2021	high
126031	Slackware 14.2 / current : kernel (SSA:2019-169-01) (SACK Panic) (SACK Slowness)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	6/19/2019	5/15/2024	high
127408	NewStart CGSL MAIN 4.05 : kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0143)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	8/12/2019	1/14/2021	critical
500995	Siemens RUGGEDCOM, SCALANCE, SIMATIC, SINEMA Improper Input Validation (CVE-2018-5391)	Tenable OT Security	Tenable.ot	4/11/2023	9/4/2024	high

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