Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2018.016.01
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2018-016-01)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel' package(s) announced via the SSA:2018-016-01 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel' package(s) announced via the SSA:2018-016-01 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.0 and 14.2 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/linux-4.4.111/*: Upgraded. This kernel includes mitigations for the Spectre (variant 2) and Meltdown speculative side channel attacks. Be sure to upgrade your initrd after upgrading the kernel packages. If you use lilo to boot your machine, be sure lilo.conf points to the correct kernel and initrd and run lilo as root to update the bootloader. If you use elilo to boot your machine, you should run eliloconfig to copy the kernel and initrd to the EFI System Partition. For more information, see: [links moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'kernel' package(s) on Slackware 14.0, Slackware 14.2, Slackware current. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.7 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-5715 BugTraq ID: 102376 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102376 Bugtraq: 20190624 [SECURITY] [DSA 4469-1] libvirt security update (Google Search) https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/36 Bugtraq: 20191112 FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-19:26.mcu (Google Search) https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/16 CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#180049 https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/180049 CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#584653 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/584653 Cisco Security Advisory: 20180104 CPU Side-Channel Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180104-cpusidechannel Debian Security Information: DSA-4120 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4120 Debian Security Information: DSA-4187 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187 Debian Security Information: DSA-4188 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188 Debian Security Information: DSA-4213 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4213 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43427/ FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-18:03 https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:03.speculative_execution.asc https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:26.mcu.asc https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145645/Spectre-Information-Disclosure-Proof-Of-Concept.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155281/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-26.mcu.html https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html https://security.googleblog.com/2018/01/todays-cpu-vulnerability-what-you-need.html https://spectreattack.com/ https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00015.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00016.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00017.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00025.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00019.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:0292 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0292 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040071 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2018:0006 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00002.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2018:0007 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00003.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2018:0008 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00004.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2018:0009 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00005.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2018:0010 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00006.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2018:0011 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2018:0012 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00008.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2018:0019 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00012.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2018:0020 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00013.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2018:0013 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00009.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2018:0022 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00014.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2018:0023 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00016.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3516-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3531-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3531-3/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3540-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3541-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3542-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3549-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3560-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3561-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3580-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3581-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3581-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3594-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3597-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3597-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3620-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3690-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3777-3/ Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-5754 BugTraq ID: 102378 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102378 BugTraq ID: 106128 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106128 Debian Security Information: DSA-4078 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4078 Debian Security Information: DSA-4082 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082 https://meltdownattack.com/ https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00004.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3522-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3522-3/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3522-4/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3523-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3523-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3524-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3525-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/
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