CVE-2014-8116: Undefined Security Weakness

The ELF parser readelf.c in file before 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service CPU consumption or crash via a large number of 1 program or 2 section headers or 3 invalid capabilities...

CVE-2014-8116

The ELF parser readelf.c in file before 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service CPU consumption or crash via a large number of 1 program or 2 section headers or 3 invalid capabilities...

PT-2014-8413

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions file versions prior to 5.21 Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in CPU consumption or a crash. This can be achieved by providing a large number of program or section headers, or by utilizing...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8116

The ELF parser readelf.c in file before 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service CPU consumption or crash via a large number of 1 program or 2 section headers or 3 invalid capabilities...

Costin Raiu on the Regin APT Malware

Denis Fisher talks with Costin Raiu of the Kaspersky Lab GReAT Team about the discovery of the Regin APT malware, the threat’s targets and tactics, its ability to compromise GSM base stations and its other capabilities. Download: digitalunderground173.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: python-pillow-2.0.0-16.gitd1c6db8.fc19

Python image processing library, fork of the Python Imaging Library PIL This library provides extensive file format support, an efficient internal representation, and powerful image processing capabilities. There are five subpackages: tk tk interface, qt PIL image wrapper for Qt , sane scanning...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: python-pillow-2.2.1-7.fc20

Python image processing library, fork of the Python Imaging Library PIL This library provides extensive file format support, an efficient internal representation, and powerful image processing capabilities. There are five subpackages: tk tk interface, qt PIL image wrapper for Qt , sane scanning...

Paper: NetFlow Data De-Anonymizes Tor Users

Tor Project leaders are trying to rein in concerns about an academic paper describing an end-to-end traffic correlation attack that could be used by a well-funded attacker such as a nation state to de-anonymize traffic on Tor. Executive director Roger Dingledine points out that the researchers...

Sandworm APT Team Found Using Windows Zero Day Vulnerability

UPDATE–A cyberespionage team, possibly based in Russia, has been using a Windows zero day vulnerability to target a variety of organizations in several countries, including the United States, Poland, Ukraine and western Europe. The vulnerability, which will be patched today by Microsoft, is...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2014-368)

arch/x86/kernel/entry32.S in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 on 32-bit x86 platforms, when syscall auditing is enabled and the sep CPU feature flag is set, allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS and system crash via an invalid syscall number, as demonstrated by number 1000. Array...

Apple Pay: A New Way to Pay

Every September, Apple announces exciting new products that promise to change how we interact with not only our devices, but with the world around us. 2014 has been no exception; in San Francisco this morning, Apple announced the iPhone 6, Apple Watch and Apple Pay. Even though Im excited about t...

Updated kernel-tmb package fixes security vulnerabilities

Updated kernel-tmb provides upstream 3.10.51 kernel and fixes the following security issues: Array index error in the aioreadeventsring function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a large head value CVE-2014-020...

Dan Geer: Security at the Forefront of Policy Decisions

LAS VEGAS – Dan Geer carried his version of computer security’s Ten Commandments to a rapt Black Hat 2014 audience today, offering up 10 personal recommendations and observations related to the current state of security in the context of government surveillance and eroding privacy. Adorned in...

POWELIKS — A Persistent Windows Malware Without Any Installer File

Malware is nothing but a malicious files which is stored on an infected computer system in order to damage the system or steal sensitive data from it or perform other malicious activities. But security researchers have uncovered a new and sophisticated piece of malware that infects systems and...

WordPress 2.0 - 3.0.1 wp-includes/capabilities.php Remote Authenticated Administrator Delete Action Bypass

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Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: arch/x86/kernel/entry32.S in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 on 32-bit x86 platforms, when syscall auditing is enabled and the sep CPU feature flag is set, allows local users to cause a denial of service OOPS and system crash via an invalid syscall number, as demonstrated by numbe...

Flowerfire Sawmill 5.0.21 Weak Password Encryption Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1403/info Sawmill is a site statistics package for Unix, Windows and Mac OS. Passwords are encrypted using a weak hash function. This combined with the file disclosure vulnerability in Sawmill bid = 1402 could allow an...

PoPToP PPTP <= 1.1.4-b3 Remote Root Exploit (poptop-sane.c)

No description provided by source. / Fixed Exploit against PoPToP in Linux poptop-sane.c ./r4nc0rwh0r3 of blightninjas [email protected] blightninjas: bringing pain, suffering, and humiliation to the security world Expect more great release like helloworld-annotated.c and cd explained...

kernel 2.2.x/2.4 .0-test1,SGI ProPack 1.2/1.3 Capabilities Vulnerability (2)

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1322/info POSIX Capabilities have recently been implemented in the Linux kernel. These Capabilities are an additional form of privilege control to enable more specific control over what priviliged processes can do...

Linux Kernel 2.6.34+ - CAP_SYS_ADMIN x86 Local Privilege Escalation Exploit

No description provided by source. / Linux Kernel CAPSYSADMIN to root exploit by Dan Rosenberg @djrbliss on twitter Usage: gcc -w caps-to-root.c -o caps-to-root sudo setcap capsysadmin+ep caps-to-root ./caps-to-root This exploit is NOT stable: It only works on 32-bit x86 machines It only works on...