13 vulnerabilities discovered for AMD Ryzen/Zen (?)
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consolitis
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PostPosted: Tue, 13th Mar 2018 18:07    Post subject: 13 vulnerabilities discovered for AMD Ryzen/Zen (?)
https://amdflaws.com/

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How long before a fix is available?

We don't know. CTS has been in touch with industry experts to try and answer this question. According to experts, firmware vulnerabilities such as MASTERKEY, RYZENFALL and FALLOUT take several months to fix. Hardware vulnerabilities such as CHIMERA cannot be fixed and require a workaround. Producing a workaround may be difficult and cause undesired side-effects.


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Are these vulnerabilities currently being exploited in the wild?

We don't know, but we are concerned about CHIMERA. Similar vulnerabilities in other ASMedia products have been known in hardware hacking circles for several years.


Apparently AMD fucked really really bad:

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Conclusion

In this paper, we have summarized our findings concerning multiple vulnerabilities in AMD Zen Architecture processors.

We believe that these vulnerabilities put networks that contain AMD computers at a considerable risk. Several of them open the door to malware that may survive computer reboots and reinstallations of the operating system, while remaining virtually undetectable by most endpoint security solutions. This can allow attackers to bury themselves deep within the computer system and to potentially engage in persistent, virtually undetectable espionage, executed from AMD’s Secure Processor and AMD’s chipset.

It is our view that the existence of these vulnerabilities betrays disregard of fundamental security principles.

We hope that the security community takes note of these findings.


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PostPosted: Tue, 13th Mar 2018 19:26    Post subject:
oh ffs Laughing


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PostPosted: Tue, 13th Mar 2018 19:43    Post subject:


actually not really unexpected though
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PostPosted: Tue, 13th Mar 2018 20:01    Post subject:
There is a lot of talk about this on Guru(and other places) and so far this whole thing seems really shady:

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/13-critical-security-vulnerabilities-and-manufacturer-backdoors-discovered-in-amd-ryzen-processors.html

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Currently, there is speculation that this information release is an attempt to manipulate the stock price of AMD. The short seller Viceroy Research would possibly play a role in this. That company published relatively quickly after CTS the claim that the 'revelations' would be the death blow for AMD.


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PostPosted: Tue, 13th Mar 2018 20:04    Post subject:
and even thats not unexpected Very Happy registering an url like amdflaws for such rumors isnt really reliable

buuuuuuuuut still it wouldnt surprise at all if true. the sad truth is that manufacturers give a fuck about the users security. why close some loopholes if it costs money or even performance? would be bad for business, even more bad than the aftermath after such failures are public (look at spectre/meltdown, nobody cares anymore)
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PostPosted: Tue, 13th Mar 2018 20:07    Post subject:
proekaan wrote:
There is a lot of talk about this on Guru(and other places) and so far this whole thing seems really shady:

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/13-critical-security-vulnerabilities-and-manufacturer-backdoors-discovered-in-amd-ryzen-processors.html

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Currently, there is speculation that this information release is an attempt to manipulate the stock price of AMD. The short seller Viceroy Research would possibly play a role in this. That company published relatively quickly after CTS the claim that the 'revelations' would be the death blow for AMD.


And the dumb Intel fanboys will still believe that shit to make fun of AMD.
Even if it's reported on an obvious troll site called "amdflaws". Laughing


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PostPosted: Tue, 13th Mar 2018 20:50    Post subject:
Ya, the more you read about this, the more it seems like trolling or even plain stock manipulation.


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PostPosted: Tue, 13th Mar 2018 23:18    Post subject:
Trail of Bits, https://www.trailofbits.com/ a legit security company founded in 2012, corroborate the exploits are real and they've been contacted by these guys last week: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzpm5x/amd-secure-processor-ryzen-epyc-vulnerabilities-and-backdoors

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All 13 vulnerabilities are exploitable, according to Dan Guido, the founder of security firm Trail of Bits, whose researchers reviewed the flaws and exploit code before publication last week.

“Each of them works as described,” Guido told me in a phone call.

It’s important to note that all these vulnerabilities require hackers to get on the computers and gain administrative privileges some other way first, such as with a phishing attack that tricks the victim into running a malicious application, according to the CTS researchers and Guido.

This means that they are “second stage” vulnerabilities, which would allow attackers to move from computer to computer inside the same network, or install malware directly inside the processor that can’t get detected by security software. This would allow an attacker to spy on the target without detection.

“It makes a bad compromise worse,” Guido said.


But we'll see. Even if legit, they still might have had the motive to make AMD look bad by informing them too late, or exaggerating about how serious they are, etc.


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"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"

~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY
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PostPosted: Tue, 13th Mar 2018 23:39    Post subject:
consolitis wrote:
Trail of Bits, https://www.trailofbits.com/ a legit security company founded in 2012, corroborate the exploits are real and they've been contacted by these guys last week: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzpm5x/amd-secure-processor-ryzen-epyc-vulnerabilities-and-backdoors

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All 13 vulnerabilities are exploitable, according to Dan Guido, the founder of security firm Trail of Bits, whose researchers reviewed the flaws and exploit code before publication last week.

“Each of them works as described,” Guido told me in a phone call.

It’s important to note that all these vulnerabilities require hackers to get on the computers and gain administrative privileges some other way first, such as with a phishing attack that tricks the victim into running a malicious application, according to the CTS researchers and Guido.

This means that they are “second stage” vulnerabilities, which would allow attackers to move from computer to computer inside the same network, or install malware directly inside the processor that can’t get detected by security software. This would allow an attacker to spy on the target without detection.

“It makes a bad compromise worse,” Guido said.


But we'll see. Even if legit, they still might have had the motive to make AMD look bad by informing them too late, or exaggerating about how serious they are, etc.

That's not good, but it's definitely not as scary as what the authors made it sound like. Did they actually contact Trail of Bits earlier than they contacted AMD? Since they apparently only gave AMD 24 hours?
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PostPosted: Wed, 14th Mar 2018 09:55    Post subject:
Sounds like horseshit. They faked their office with stock photos, wtf? Shortselling stock perhaps?


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PostPosted: Wed, 14th Mar 2018 11:42    Post subject:
OMG! My AMD computer is vulnerable if I give someone else root access?! Shocked

also

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/amd-security-vulnerability-%E2%80%93-the-day-after-seems-financially-motivated.html


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PostPosted: Wed, 14th Mar 2018 12:43    Post subject:
https://www.bafin.de/SharedDocs/Veroeffentlichungen/DE/Meldung/2018/meldung_180309_viceroy_research.html

The german federal institution responsible for financial industry supervision warned just 2 days ago to NOT trust Viceroy Research, as they were trying to manipulate the markets (related to a different deal) just a week ago. They further state that there is no impressum on the Viceroy Research page and that they could not determine what the sources for their claims are.

also

https://www.gamersnexus.net/industry/3260-assassination-attempt-on-amd-by-viceroy-research-cts-labs


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PostPosted: Wed, 14th Mar 2018 17:19    Post subject:
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PostPosted: Wed, 14th Mar 2018 19:49    Post subject:
Wow only 12 posts until intel is somehow blamed Laughing


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i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then
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PostPosted: Wed, 14th Mar 2018 19:49    Post subject:
Wow only 12 posts until intel is somehow blamed Laughing


boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote:
i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then
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PostPosted: Wed, 14th Mar 2018 19:53    Post subject:
you must excuse pax, he would have said that earlier but most likely was distracted by installing and playing some my little pony stuff which he got from bob for the laptop for his nice
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PostPosted: Wed, 14th Mar 2018 20:12    Post subject:
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PostPosted: Wed, 14th Mar 2018 20:13    Post subject:
Oh look, the retarded Intel fanboys came out.
Laughing


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PostPosted: Wed, 14th Mar 2018 20:42    Post subject:
AMD CPUs are vulnerable to attack... if you actively invite the attackers in
https://www.pcgamesn.com/amd-cpu-flaws





Sad, but true.


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PostPosted: Wed, 14th Mar 2018 22:35    Post subject:
Well he's got results, unlike Tanenbaum Troll Dad
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PostPosted: Fri, 16th Mar 2018 13:28    Post subject:
paxsali wrote:
Fucking git still hasn't learned to provide a meassured response.

People take him too seriously...

Tanenbaum would never have used such language. Rolling Eyes

Even though he always has his strange replies, there's often a truth to it. I'm no fan of him or anything but yes, he gets results and at least tells things how he sees it and doesn't try to hide it.


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amd stocks seems not affected...
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PostPosted: Sat, 17th Mar 2018 09:30    Post subject:
kumkss wrote:
amd stocks seems not affected...

Luckily.
Since this was just troll news without any real proof by some retards.


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PostPosted: Sat, 24th Mar 2018 12:53    Post subject:
Firmware updates will be released by AMD to address these flaws, and in all cases "No performance impact is expected."

https://community.amd.com/community/amd-corporate/blog/2018/03/21/initial-amd-technical-assessment-of-cts-labs-research


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