Code injection

uri-js is a module that tries to fully implement RFC 3986. One of these features is validating whether or not a supplied URL is valid or not. To do this, uri-js uses a regular expression, This regular expression is vulnerable to redos. This causes the program to hang and the CPU to idle at 100%...

PT-2018-6052 · Github · Uri.Js

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: uri-js versions 2.1.1 and earlier Description: The issue arises from a regular expression used by uri-js to validate URLs, which is vulnerable to redos. This vulnerability causes the program to hang and results in 100% CPU usage when attempti...

nodejs-tough-cookie: Regular expression denial of service

A regular expression denial of service flaw was found in Tough-Cookie. An attacker able to make an application using Touch-Cookie to parse a sufficiently large HTTP request Cookie header could cause the application to consume an excessive amount of CPU...

CVE-2018-0257

A vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software running on Cisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Routers could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause high CPU usage on an affected device, resulting in a denial of service DoS condition. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of...

CVE-2018-0257

A vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software running on Cisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Routers could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause high CPU usage on an affected device, resulting in a denial of service DoS condition. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of...

CVE-2018-0257

A vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software running on Cisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Routers could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause high CPU usage on an affected device, resulting in a denial of service DoS condition. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of...

Cisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Routers High CPU Usage Denial of Service Vulnerability

A vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Software running on Cisco cBR Series Converged Broadband Routers could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause high CPU usage on an affected device, resulting in a denial of service DoS condition. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of...

Malicious cryptomining and the blacklist conundrum

When Coinhive first came out in September of 2017, it was fairly easy to identify websites using browser miners by looking for a few lines referencing the Coinhive API within the HTML source code. Because this was a new phenomenon, even bad actors didn't have to hide their intentions, and...

rubygems: No size limit in summary length of gem spec

It was found that rubygems could use an excessive amount of CPU while parsing a sufficiently long gem summary. A specially crafted gem from a gem repository could freeze gem commands attempting to parse its summary...

How to protect your computer from malicious cryptomining

Noticing that your computer is running slow? While sometimes a telltale sign of infection, these days that seems doubly true. And the reason is: malicious cryptomining. So, what, exactly, is it? We'll tell you how bad this latest malware phenomenon is for you and your computer, plus what you can ...

Wireshark epan/dissectors/packet-openflow_v6.c file denial of service vulnerability

Wireshark formerly known as Ethereal is a network packet analyzer software developed by the Wireshark team. The function of the software is to intercept network packets and display detailed data for analysis. A security vulnerability exists in the epan/dissectors/packet-openflowv6.c file in...

Code injection

An issue was discovered in PHP 7.3.x before 7.3.0alpha3, 7.2.x before 7.2.8, and before 7.1.20. The php-fpm master process restarts a child process in an endless loop when using program execution functions e.g., passthru, exec, shellexec, or system with a non-blocking STDIN stream, causing this...

PT-2018-4564 · Php +3 · Php +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: PHP versions prior to 7.3.0alpha3 PHP versions prior to 7.2.8 PHP versions prior to 7.1.20 Description: An issue was discovered where the php-fpm master process restarts a child process in an endless loop when using program execution function...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9253

An issue was discovered in PHP 7.3.x before 7.3.0alpha3, 7.2.x before 7.2.8, and before 7.1.20. The php-fpm master process restarts a child process in an endless loop when using program execution functions e.g., passthru, exec, shellexec, or system with a non-blocking STDIN stream, causing this...

CVE-2018-1041

A vulnerability was found in the way RemoteMessageChannel, introduced in jboss-remoting versions 3.3.10, reads from an empty buffer. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service via high CPU caused by an infinite loop...

CVE-2018-1041

CVE-2018-1041 affects JBoss Remoting: RemoteMessageChannel reads from an empty buffer in 3.3.10 (3.3.10.Final-redhat-1 per RH advisories), causing an unauthenticated DoS with infinite loop and high CPU. Remediation per the linked advisories involves applying the Red Hat/JBoss patch (e.g., JBoss E...

Cisco UCS Central Software Denial of Service Vulnerability

Cisco UCS Central Software is the United States Cisco Cisco company's set of global Cisco UCS Unified Computing System resources for server management and monitoring solutions. A denial of service vulnerability exists in the IPv6 ingress packet handling in Cisco UCS Central Software, which arises...

macOS process_policy Stack Leak

MacOS processpolicy stack leak through uninitialized field CVE-2017-7154 The syscall processpolicyscope=PROCPOLICYSCOPEPROCESS, action=PROCPOLICYACTIONGET, policy=PROCPOLICYRESOURCEUSAGE, policysubtype=PROCPOLICYRUSAGECPU, attrp=, targetpid=0, targetthreadid= causes 4 bytes of uninitialized kerne...

Meltdown and Spectre fallout: patching problems persist

Last week, the disclosure by multiple teams from Graz and Pennsylvania University, Rambus, Data61, Cyberus Technology, and Google Project Zero of vulnerabilities under the aliases Meltdown and Spectre rocked the security world, sending vendors scurrying to create patches, if at all possible, and...

Product update: Virtuozzo 7.0 Update 6 Hotfix 1 (7.0.6-678)

The Hotfix 1 for Virtuozzo 7.0 Update 6 provides stability and usability bug fixes. Vulnerability id: PSBM-72443 Migration of a VM with two HDDs from Virtuozzo 6 to 7 could fail due to a libvirt conversion failure. Vulnerability id: PSBM-77096 vstorage-mount could crash under certain conditions d...