Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2018.057.01
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2018-057-01)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel' package(s) announced via the SSA:2018-057-01 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel' package(s) announced via the SSA:2018-057-01 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to mitigate the speculative side channel attack known as Spectre variant 1. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/linux-4.4.118/*: Upgraded. This kernel includes __user pointer sanitization mitigation for the Spectre (variant 1) speculative side channel attack. 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: [link moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'kernel' package(s) on Slackware 14.2. 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-2017-5753 BugTraq ID: 102371 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102371 Bugtraq: 20190624 [SECURITY] [DSA 4469-1] libvirt security update (Google Search) https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/36 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-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 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43427/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145645/Spectre-Information-Disclosure-Proof-Of-Concept.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/cpuapr2019-5072813.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/2018/07/msg00020.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.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-2018:0010 (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: 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/3540-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3540-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3541-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3541-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3542-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3542-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3549-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3580-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3597-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3597-2/
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