Symantec Encryption Desktop Memory Access Violations

SUMMARY Symantecs Encryption Desktop is susceptible to memory access violations when attempting to parse specific malformed certificate files. This could result in a possible application crash if a malicious individual could entice an authorized user to successfully click on a malformed file...

Symantec Messaging Gateway Management Console Reflected XSS

SUMMARY Symantecs Messaging Gateway management console is susceptible to a reflected cross-site scripting XSS issue found in one of the administrative interface pages. Successful exploitation could result in potential session hijacking or unauthorized actions directed against the console with the...

WAN Accelerator Quick Reference

Purpose This article provides links to documentation regarding Veeam Backup & Replication WAN Acceleration. User Guide Documentation How WAN Acceleration Works WAN Accelerator System Requirements WAN Acceleration Section WAN Accelerator Sizing Adding WAN Accelerators Best Practices Documentation...

Amazon Web Services Combing Third Parties for Credentials

Amazon Web Services is actively searching a number of sources, including code repositories and application stores, looking for exposed credentials that could put users’ accounts and services at risk. A week ago, a security consultant in Australia said that as many as 10,000 secret Amazon Web...

Symantec Web Gateway Security Management Console Multiple Security Issues

SUMMARY Symantec Web Gateway SWG Appliance management console is susceptible to both local and remote access cross-site scripting XSS and local access SQL injection sqli vulnerabilities. Successful exploitation may result in an authorized user gaining unauthorized access to files on the managemen...

Google Releases Google Chrome Update

Google has released Google Chrome 32.0.1700.102 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or bypass intended security restrictions. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to...

Oracle Releases January 2014 Security Advisory

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for January 2014 to address 144 vulnerabilities across multiple products. This update contains the following security fixes: 5 for Oracle Database Server 22 for Oracle Fusion Middleware 2 for Oracle Hyperion 4 for Oracle E-Business Suite 16 for Oracle...

Symantec Endpoint Protection Privilege Assumption, Policy Bypass, Local Elevation of Privilege

SUMMARY The Management Console in Symantec Endpoint Protection does not properly validate user authentication, which could potentially allow a user to assume another users identity and privileges on the console. Symantec Endpoint Protection clients do not sufficiently restrict custom policies,...

New IETF Group to Tackle TLS Implementation in Applications

The NSA surveillance scandal has created ripples all across the Internet, and the latest one is a new effort from the IETF to change the way that encryption is used in a variety of critical application protocols, including HTTP and SMTP. The new TLS application working group was formed to help...

Cisco Releases Security Advisories

Cisco has released three security advisories to address multiple vulnerabilities in several separate products. These vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, operate with elevated privilege, or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and...

WordPress Releases Update for WordPress 3.7

WordPress has released WordPress 3.7 “Basie” for all previous versions. This version has been devised to automatically update with the latest maintenance and security releases, making the process more reliable and secure, with dozens of new checks and safeguards. WordPress 3.7 also updates the...

NIST Publishes Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework

Following an Executive Order issued by U.S. President Barack Obama in February of this year, the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST yesterday made public a provisional copy of the government’s cybersecurity framework and says it will accept public comment on the draft for the nex...

Symantec Management Platform Agent Static Service Key

SUMMARY The Symantec Management Platform agent and task agent installs a registry service key that is used to retrieve software packages from package servers. The registry key is locally accessible and can potentially be extracted and decrypted by an authorized local user using a static key commo...

CVE-2013-5750: Security issue in FOSUserBundle login form

Django recently released a new version of their framework to address a possible DOS attack when an attacker uses a very long password on a login form. One of the best practices for passwords is to store a hash of the password instead of the raw value. In Symfony, the encoders are responsible for...

Apple Releases Security Update for OS X Server

Apple has released a security update for OS X Server v2.2.2 for OS X Mountain Lion v10.8 or later to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service, execute arbitrary code or cause a cross-site scripting attack. US-CERT encourages...

OpenX Releases Security Update

OpenX has released an important security update for OpenX Source, the open source ad serving product. The downloadable ZIP archive of OpenX Source 2.8.10 was compromised to include a backdoor that would allow an attacker to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code. Compromised OpenX Source ad server...

Updated opera packages replace code signing certificate

Opera 12.16 contains a replaced code signing certificate. Opera Software recently experienced an attack on the internal infrastructure. Following best practices, Opera Software is replacing signing certificates in Opera with newly issued certificates. Certificates in Opera include the code signin...

Microsoft Releases July 2013 Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, .NET Framework, Silverlight, Office, Visual Studio, Lync, Internet Explorer, and Windows Defender as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for July 2013. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code executi...

Symantec Security Information Manager Console Security Issues

SUMMARY Symantec's Security Information Manager SSIM management console is susceptible to multiple security issues. Successful exploitation could result in potential cookie stealing, session hijacking, unauthorized disclosure of sensitive application information and potential for unauthorized...

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager/Protection Center 12.x Buffer Overflow

SUMMARY A dynamic link library dll in the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager SEPM 12.1.x server and Symantec Protection Center SPC 12.0.x Small Business Edition server does not properly validate all external input. This could potentially result in a buffer overflow and remote code execution wit...