Symlink Attack

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack snap-confine as included in snapd before 2.39 did not guard against symlink races when performing the chdir to the current working directory of the calling user, aka a "cwd restore permission bypass." Remediation Upgrade...

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11503

snap-confine as included in snapd before 2.39 did not guard against symlink races when performing the chdir to the current working directory of the calling user, aka a "cwd restore permission bypass."...

Internet Explorer Heap Buffer Overflow

The vulnerability of the Internet Explorer browser arises from an operation that goes beyond the buffer limits in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor, operating remotely, to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, using a specially created web page...

Internet Explorer Heap Buffer Overflow

The vulnerability of the Internet Explorer browser arises from an operation that goes beyond the buffer limits in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor, operating remotely, to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, using a specially created web page...

[slackware-security] libpng

New libpng packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libpng-1.6.37-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability CVE-2019-7317 in...

Foxit Studio Photo EZI File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Studio Photo. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling ...

Foxit Studio Photo EZI File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Studio Photo. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling ...

Foxit Studio Photo JPG File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Studio Photo. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling ...

(Pwn2Own) Xiaomi Mi6 V8 CollectValuesOrEntriesImpl Type Confusion Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Xiaomi Mi6. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the...

PT-2019-2875

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FortiOS affected versions not specified Description The issue is related to an error in processing the Payload parameter and a lack of request authentication in the httpsd process of FortiOS. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to perfo...

PT-2019-2877

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FortiOS affected versions not specified Description The issue is related to errors in access control in the FortiOS web interface, specifically affecting the /login disconnect/current admins page handler. It allows a remote attacker to upload...

Microsoft Office Protocol Handler Directory Traversal File Creation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create files in arbitrary locations on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Office. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within th...

Microsoft Chakra Object Reoptimization Type Confusion Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Chakra. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of...

(Pwn2Own) Mozilla Firefox IonMonkey Optimizer Type Confusion Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Mozilla Firefox. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within IonMonkey. The...

Microsoft Windows AppX Deployment Service Hard Link Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the AppX...

PT-2019-2876

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FortiOS affected versions not specified Description The issue is related to insufficient input validation in the /login disconnect/current admins page handler of the FortiOS web interface. It can be exploited by a remote attacker using a...

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CNVD-2020-62338)

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet processing software in the Office suite from Microsoft USA. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel that stems from the program's failure to properly handle memory objects. A remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability by means of a...

[slackware-security] wget

New wget packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/wget-1.20.3-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixed a buffer overflow vulnerability: src/iri.cdoconversion: Reallocate the output buffer t...

[slackware-security] openjpeg

New openjpeg packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/openjpeg-2.3.1-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Includes many bug fixes including security fixes. Security fix Where to find the new...

Steer clear of tax scams

In the month of February, we saw an average of 300,000 phishing attempts across Microsoft’s browsing platforms daily. Our security experts expect these attempted scams to become increasingly more prevalent through the April 15 Tax Day, especially in the two weeks leading up to it, when about 25...