What is a vulnerability and what is not?

It looks like a pretty simple question. I used it to started my MIPT lecture. But actually the answer is not so obvious. There are lots of formal definitions of a vulnerability. For example in NIST Glossary there are 17 different definitions. The most popular one used in 13 documents is:...

CVE-2018-20599

UCMS 1.4.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by entering this code during an index.php sadminfileedit action...

CentOS 7 : ghostscript (CESA-2018:3834)

An update for ghostscript is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fr...

CVE-2018-19913

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2018-12-12 05:16:22+00:00| published-proof-of-concept| https://t.me/defconnews/169...

RHEL 7 : Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 (RHSA-2016:1064)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2016:1064 advisory. OpenShift Enterprise by Red Hat is the company's cloud computing Platform- as-a-Service PaaS solution designed for on-premise or private clo...

Cisco Patches Critical Bug in License Management Tool

Cisco Systems is warning of a critical bug in two of its license management tools that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary queries. A successful attack could allow for an attacker to modify and delete random data in Cisco product lifecycle management applications...

RHEL 6 : java-1.7.1-ibm (RHSA-2018:3671)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3671 advisory. IBM Java SE version 7 Release 1 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit. This update upgrades IB...

CentOS 6 : java-1.7.0-openjdk (CESA-2018:3409)

An update for java-1.7.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each...

CVE-2015-9274

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2018-11-15 13:12:26+00:00| seen| https://t.me/cibsecurity/1218...

Oracle Linux 7 : java-11-openjdk (ELSA-2018-3521)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-3521 advisory. 1:11.0.1.13-3.0.1 - link atomic for ix86 build 1:11.0.1.13-3 - Bump release for rebuild. 1:11.0.1.13-2 - Use LTS designator in version output for RHEL...

Oracle Linux 7 : wget (ELSA-2018-3052)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2018-3052 advisory. - Fix CVE-2018-0494 1576106 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory. Note that Nessus has not...

RHEL 7 : java-1.7.0-openjdk (RHSA-2018:3350)

An update for java-1.7.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each...

RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2018:3083)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3083 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: A flaw named FragmentSmack was found i...

OpenJDK: Missing endpoint identification algorithm check during TLS session resumption (JSSE, 8202613)

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit component of Oracle Java SE subcomponent: JSSE. Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 6u201, 7u191, 8u182 and 11; Java SE Embedded: 8u181; JRockit: R28.3.19. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with...

CentOS 7 : java-1.8.0-openjdk (CESA-2018:2942)

An update for java-1.8.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each...

RHEL 7 : Satellite 6.4 (RHSA-2018:2927)

"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2927 advisory. Red Hat Satellite is a systems management tool for Linux-based infrastructure. It allows for provisioning, remote management, and monitorin...

CVE-2018-17784

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2018-10-12 20:36:40+00:00| seen| https://t.me/VulnerabilityNews/2309...

Oracle Linux 7 : flatpak (ELSA-2018-2766)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2018-2766 advisory. 0.8.8-4 - Add patch for CVE-2018-6560 1547376 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory. Note that...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2018:2791)

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

RHEL 7 : qemu-kvm-rhev (RHSA-2015:1931)

Updated qemu-kvm-rhev packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severit...