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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.112644
Category:General
Title:Greenbone OS - 'Spectre' Backporting Error (Sep 2019)
Summary:The Linux Kernel in Greenbone OS is prone to a backporting error.
Description:Summary:
The Linux Kernel in Greenbone OS is prone to a backporting error.

Vulnerability Insight:
A backporting error reintroduced a spectre-v1 vulnerability in the
ptrace subsystem in the ptrace_get_debugreg() function.

Affected Software/OS:
Greenbone OS prior to 4.3.18 and 5.0.x prior to version 5.0.12.

Solution:
Update to Greenbone OS 4.3.18, 5.0.12 or later.

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-2019-15902
Bugtraq: 20190925 [SECURITY] [DSA 4531-1] linux security update (Google Search)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/41
Debian Security Information: DSA-4531 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4531
https://grsecurity.net/teardown_of_a_failed_linux_lts_spectre_fix.php
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00000.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:2173 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:2181 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4157-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4157-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4162-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4162-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4163-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4163-2/
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