Security: AMD and Samba Flaws
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AMD Secure Processor & Ryzen Chipsets Reportedly Vulnerable To Exploit
Just two months after the big Spectre and Meltdown CPU vulnerabilities were disclosed, Israeli security researchers have published 13 security vulnerabilities claiming to affect AMD Ryzen and EPYC product lines.
These vulnerabilities are being called "AMDFLAWS" and the vulnerabilities have names like MASTERKEY, RYZENFALL, FALLOUT, CHIMERA, and the PSP PRIVILEGE escalation amounting to 13 vulnerabilities in total.
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Numerous vulnerabilities in AMD processors
A company called CTS has disclosed a long series of vulnerabilities in AMD processors. "The chipset is a central component on Ryzen and Ryzen Pro workstations: it links the processor with hardware devices such as WiFi and network cards, making it an ideal target for malicious actors. The Ryzen chipset is currently being shipped with exploitable backdoors that could let attackers inject malicious code into the chip, providing them with a safe haven to operate from." See the associated white paper for more details.
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An important Samba 4 security release
Anybody running Samba 4 servers probably wants to take a look at this alert and upgrade their systems.
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Samba 4.7.6, 4.6.14 and 4.5.16 Security Releases Available for Download
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Samba 4 Updates Issued For Correcting Two Security Vulnerabilities, One Nasty
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