NIST Announces SHA-3 Hash Function Finalists

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has chosen the five finalists for the last round of its competition to find the next hash function standard. The SHA-3 finalists include Skein, developed by a group including Bruce Schneier and Jon Callas. The other four SHA-3 finalists are BLAKE...

CVE-2010-3864

Multiple race conditions in ssl/t1lib.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8o, 1.0.0, and 1.0.0a, when multi-threading and internal caching are enabled on a TLS server, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via client data that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to 1 the T...

CVE-2010-3864

Multiple race conditions in ssl/t1lib.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8o, 1.0.0, and 1.0.0a, when multi-threading and internal caching are enabled on a TLS server, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via client data that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to 1 the T...

Race condition

Multiple race conditions in ssl/t1lib.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8o, 1.0.0, and 1.0.0a, when multi-threading and internal caching are enabled on a TLS server, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via client data that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to 1 the T...

CVE-2010-3864

Multiple race conditions in ssl/t1lib.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8o, 1.0.0, and 1.0.0a, when multi-threading and internal caching are enabled on a TLS server, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via client data that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to 1 the T...

CVE-2010-3864

Multiple race conditions in ssl/t1lib.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8o, 1.0.0, and 1.0.0a, when multi-threading and internal caching are enabled on a TLS server, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via client data that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to 1 the T...

CVE-2010-3864

CVE-2010-3864 involves a race condition in the OpenSSL TLS server extension parsing (ssl/t1_lib.c) when OpenSSL is used in multi‑threaded servers with internal caching, which can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow. Affected OpenSSL versions include 0.9.8f–0.9.8o and 1.0.0/1.0.0a. The issue can ...

CVE-2010-3864

Multiple race conditions in ssl/t1lib.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8o, 1.0.0, and 1.0.0a, when multi-threading and internal caching are enabled on a TLS server, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via client data that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to 1 the T...

[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: openswan-2.6.29-1.fc13

Openswan is a free implementation of IPsec & IKE for Linux. IPsec is the Internet Protocol Security and uses strong cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services. These services allow you to build secure tunnels through untrusted networks. Everything passing through the...

[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: openswan-2.6.29-1.fc14

Openswan is a free implementation of IPsec & IKE for Linux. IPsec is the Internet Protocol Security and uses strong cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption services. These services allow you to build secure tunnels through untrusted networks. Everything passing through the...

Researchers Find Hole in Quantum Cryptography

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU and the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg together with the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen have recently developed and tested a technique exploiting imperfections in quantum cryptography systems to implement an attac...

EncFS 1.6.0 - Flawed CBC/CFB Cryptography Implementation

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42779/info EncFS is prone to design errors in its cryptographic implementation. Three flaws have been identified that contribute to a weakening of the protections provided under CBC/CFB cipher mode. Attackers may leverage these weaknesses to attack...

RedHat Update for gnupg2 RHSA-2010:0603-01

Check for the Version of gnupg2 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for gnupg2 RHSA-2010:0603-01 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 modify it under the ter...

Android Controversy Highlights Mobile App Store Weaknesses

Most of the angst and controversy surrounding Google’s decision to remotely erase a benign application from a couple of hundred Android phones recently has centered just on the fact that Google has that ability–as well as the ability to remotely install apps. But, as one security expert says, tha...

VMSA-2010-0009 : ESXi ntp and ESX Service Console third-party updates

a. Service Console update for COS kernel Updated COS package 'kernel' addresses the security issues that are fixed through versions 2.6.18-164.11.1. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the names CVE-2009-2695, CVE-2009-2908, CVE-2009-3228, CVE-2009-3286,...

Quantum Crypto System Hacked By Researchers

Physicists have mounted the first successful attack of its kind on a commercial quantum cryptography system. Read the full article. Technology Review...

RedHat Update for openssl RHSA-2010:0163-01

Check for the Version of openssl OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for openssl RHSA-2010:0163-01 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 modify it under the...

Microsoft Windows SMB server multiple security vulnerabilities

Memory corruptions, buffer overflow, DoS conditions, cryptography weakness...

Inside the PlayStation 3 Exploit

The recent attack on the PlayStation 3 hypervisor has gotten a tremendous amount of attention, but there has not been much in the way of detailed analysis of the actual exploit itself. However, a prominent cryptographer and security researcher has looked at the exploit and found that it is a...

RedHat Update for openssl RHSA-2010:0054-01

Check for the Version of openssl OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for openssl RHSA-2010:0054-01 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 modify it under the...