The use of passwords in a technological evolution

Every day we read about an incredible number of successful attacks and data breaches that exploited leak of authentication mechanisms practically in every sector. Often also critical control system are exposed on line protected only by a weak password, in many cases the default one of factory...

Microsoft .NET Framework CVE-2013-0002 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description The Microsoft .NET Framework is prone to a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges on the affected computer. Technologies Affected Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 SP1 Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0...

Microsoft .NET Framework CVE-2013-0004 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description The Microsoft .NET Framework is prone to a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability. An attackers can exploit this issue to gain escalated privileges; this may result in the attacker gaining complete control of the affected system. Technologies Affected Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0...

Microsoft .NET Framework CVE-2013-0003 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description Microsoft .NET Framework is prone to a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability. An attackers can exploit this issue to gain escalated privileges within the context of the application; this results in complete control of the affected system. Technologies Affected Microsoft .NET...

Microsoft .NET Framework CVE-2012-4777 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description Microsoft .NET Framework is prone to a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges within the application and obtain unauthorized access to the sensitive information. Technologies Affected Avaya CallPilot 4.0 Avaya CallPilo...

Authentication Implications in Uniquely Identifiable Graphics Cards

Researchers working on the “physically unclonable functions found in standard PC components PUFFIN project” announced last week that widely used graphics processors could be the next step in online authentication. PUFFIN is a joint project between Technische Universiteit Eindhoven in the...

Scientific Linux Security Update : krb5 on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

Multiple checksum validation flaws were discovered in the MIT Kerberos implementation. A remote attacker could use these flaws to tamper with certain Kerberos protocol packets and, possibly, bypass authentication mechanisms in certain configurations using Single-use Authentication Mechanisms...

Apple Patent Links Power Cord To Password Recovery

The filing, 20120005747A1, describes a method for storing a password recover secret on a peripheral device, including a power adapter. The development would, in essence, turn power cords and other peripherals into a second factor that would make it harder for thieves to gain access to devices the...

NNTP Service Cleartext Login Permitted

The remote host is running an NNTP server that advertises that it allows cleartext logins over unencrypted connections. An attacker may be able to uncover user names and passwords by sniffing traffic to the server if a less secure authentication mechanism i.e. LOGIN or PLAIN is used. C Tenable...

[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: cyrus-imapd-2.4.12-1.fc16

The cyrus-imapd package contains the core of the Cyrus IMAP server. It is a scaleable enterprise mail system designed for use from small to large enterprise environments using standards-based internet mail technologies. A full Cyrus IMAP implementation allows a seamless mail and bulletin board...

CentOS Update for krb5-devel CESA-2010:0926 centos5 i386

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

smtp-brute NSE Script

Performs brute force password auditing against SMTP servers using either LOGIN, PLAIN, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5 or NTLM authentication. Script Arguments smtp-brute.auth authentication mechanism to use LOGIN, PLAIN, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5 or NTLM creds.service, creds.global See the documentation for the...

Ubuntu Update for postfix USN-1131-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1131-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN11311.nasl 7964 2017-12-01 07:32:11Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for postfix USN-1131-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

Postfix -- memory corruption vulnerability

The Postfix SMTP server has a memory corruption error, when the Cyrus SASL library is used with authentication mechanisms other than PLAIN and LOGIN ANONYMOUS is not affected, but should not be used for other reasons. This memory corruption is known to result in a program crash SIGSEV...

Fedora Update for sssd FEDORA-2011-5815

Check for the Version of sssd OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for sssd FEDORA-2011-5815 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of...

[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: sssd-1.5.7-1.fc14

Provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and authentication mechanisms. It provides an NSS and PAM interface toward the system and a pluggable backend system to connect to multiple different account sources. It is also the basis to provide client auditing and policy servic...

[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: sssd-1.5.7-1.fc15

Provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and authentication mechanisms. It provides an NSS and PAM interface toward the system and a pluggable backend system to connect to multiple different account sources. It is also the basis to provide client auditing and policy servic...

Fedora Update for sssd FEDORA-2011-0364

Check for the Version of sssd OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for sssd FEDORA-2011-0364 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of...

Fedora Update for sssd FEDORA-2011-0337

Check for the Version of sssd OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for sssd FEDORA-2011-0337 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of...

CentOS Update for krb5-devel CESA-2010:0926 centos4 i386

Check for the Version of krb5-devel OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for krb5-devel CESA-2010:0926 centos4 i386 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modif...