jackson-databind: FasterXML DOMDeserializer insecure entity expansion is vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE)

A flaw was found in FasterXML Jackson Databind, where it did not have entity expansion secured properly. This flaw allows vulnerability to XML external entity XXE attacks. The highest threat from this vulnerability is data integrity...

GHSA-PMQP-H87C-MR78 XML Entity Expansion and Improper Input Validation in Kubernetes API server

Improper input validation in the Kubernetes API server in versions v1.0-1.12 and versions prior to v1.13.12, v1.14.8, v1.15.5, and v1.16.2 allows authorized users to send malicious YAML or JSON payloads, causing the API server to consume excessive CPU or memory, potentially crashing and becoming...

grub2: Stack buffer overflow in grub_parser_split_cmdline()

A flaw was found in grub2. Variable names present are expanded in the supplied command line into their corresponding variable contents, using a 1kB stack buffer for temporary storage, without sufficient bounds checking. If the function is called with a command line that references a variable with...

UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3541

A flaw was found in libxml2. Exponential entity expansion attack its possible bypassing all existing protection mechanisms and leading to denial of service...

libxml2 -- Possible denial of service

Daniel Veillard reports: A flaw was found in libxml2. Exponential entity expansion attack its possible bypassing all existing protection mechanisms and leading to denial of service...

Gamers level up with rewards for better security

There was a time when stolen gaming accounts were almost treated as a fact of life. Console hacks weren’t taken particularly seriously. Security research in this area was occasionally derided as unimportant or trivial. Gaming accounts had an essence of innate disposability to them, even if this...

CVE-2021-3541

A flaw was found in libxml2. Exponential entity expansion attack its possible bypassing all existing protection mechanisms and leading to denial of service...

PT-2021-3131

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libxml2 affected versions not specified Description A flaw was found in libxml2, allowing for an exponential entity expansion attack that can bypass existing protection mechanisms, leading to a denial of service. The vulnerability is related t...

CISO Challenge: Check Your Cybersecurity Skills On This New Competition Site

InfoSec leaders tend to be a specific type. Their jobs require them to think of possible threats, take actions that may not pay immediate results, plan for unknown security risks, and react quickly when emergencies arise, often before the morning's first coffee. The high-stakes position also mean...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.27 security and extras update

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 4.6.27 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugs. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

CVE-2020-35963

flbgzipcompress in flbgzip.c in Fluent Bit before 1.6.4 has an out-of-bounds write because it does not use the correct calculation of the maximum gzip data-size expansion...

jackson-databind: FasterXML DOMDeserializer insecure entity expansion is vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE)

A flaw was found in FasterXML Jackson Databind, where it did not have entity expansion secured properly. This flaw allows vulnerability to XML external entity XXE attacks. The highest threat from this vulnerability is data integrity...

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2015:0093-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

PT-2021-18226 · Unknown · Matrix Media Repo

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: matrix-media-repo versions 1.2.6 and earlier Description: The issue arises from improper handling of malicious images that are small in file size but large in complexity. A malicious user can upload a small image using specific formats that...

Linux Distribution Coverage Extended Across the VMware Carbon Black Cloud

In 2020, a record 56 new Linux malware families were discovered. We are now seeing this trend continue into the new year with the latest discovery of RedXOR, believed to be formulated by Chinese nation-state actors targeting RedHat Enterprise Linux RHEL. With organizations hyper-accelerating thei...

Financial Cyberthreats in 2020

2020 was challenging for everyone: companies, regulators, individuals. Due to the limitations imposed by the epidemiological situation, particular categories of users and businesses were increasingly targeted by cybercriminals. While we were adjusting to remote work and the rest of the new...

OESA-2021-1095 grub2 security update

GNU GRUB is a Multiboot boot loader. It was derived from GRUB, the GRand Unified Bootloader, which was originally designed and implemented by Erich Stefan Boleyn. Briefly, a boot loader is the first software program that runs when a computer starts. It is responsible for loading and transferring...

Linux kernel competitive conditions vulnerability (CNVD-2021-22855)

The Linux kernel is a computer operating system kernel written in C and assembly language, compliant with the POSIX standard, and distributed under the GNU General Public License. A competitive condition vulnerability exists in getoldroot in fs/btrfs/ctree.c in Linux kernel 5.11.8 and earlier. Th...

JFrog < 6.23.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities

According to its self-reported version number, the version of JFrog Artifactory installed on the remote host is prior to 6.23.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - The Alias feature in SnakeYAML 1.18 allows entity expansion during a load operation. CVE-2017-18640 - The file...

jackson-databind: FasterXML DOMDeserializer insecure entity expansion is vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE)

A flaw was found in FasterXML Jackson Databind, where it did not have entity expansion secured properly. This flaw allows vulnerability to XML external entity XXE attacks. The highest threat from this vulnerability is data integrity...