Debian DSA-4852-1 : openvswitch - security update

Joakim Hindersson discovered that Open vSwitch, a software-based Ethernet virtual switch, allowed a malicious user to cause a denial-of-service by sending a specially crafted packet. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian...

Ubuntu 20.10 : Thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-4736-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4736-1 advisory. Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird. Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Note tha...

Google Chrome < 88.0.4324.182 Multiple Vulnerabilities

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 88.0.4324.182. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 202102stable-channel-update-for-desktop16 advisory. - Use after free in Web Sockets in Google Chrome on Linux prior to...

On Vulnerability-Adjacent Vulnerabilities

At the virtual Enigma Conference, Googles Project Zeros Maggie Stone gave a talk about zero-day exploits in the wild. In it, she talked about how often vendors fix vulnerabilities only to have the attackers tweak their exploits to work again. From a MIT Technology Review article: Soon after they...

Military, Nuclear Entities Under Target By Novel Android Malware

Researchers have uncovered two novel Android surveillanceware families being used by an advanced persistent threat APT group to target military, nuclear and election entities in Pakistan and Kashmir. The two malware families, which researchers call “Hornbill” and “SunBird,” have sophisticated...

PatrowlHears - PatrowlHears - Vulnerability Intelligence Center / Exploits

PatrOwl provides scalable, free and open-source solutions for orchestrating Security Operations and providing Threat Intelligence feeds. PatrowlHears is an advanced and real-time Vulnerability Intelligence platform, including CVE, exploits and threats news. Try it now! To try PatrowlHears, instal...

Ubuntu 20.10 : SQLite vulnerability (USN-4732-1)

The remote Ubuntu 20.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4732-1 advisory. SQLite could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a specially crafted query. Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubunt...

Fedora 33 : czmq (2021-c756747fd0)

The remote Fedora 33 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-c756747fd0 advisory. - Downstream of zeromq, rebuilt to fix security issues FEDORA-2021-c756747fd0 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on t...

Multiple Security Updates Affecting TCP/IP:  CVE-2021-24074, CVE-2021-24094, and CVE-2021-24086

Today Microsoft released a set of fixes affecting Windows TCP/IP implementation that include two Critical Remote Code Execution RCE vulnerabilities CVE-2021-24074, CVE-2021-24094 and an Important Denial of Service DoS vulnerability CVE-2021-24086. The two RCE vulnerabilities are complex which mak...

KLA12066 Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Acrobat Reader

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Acrobat Reader. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information, gain privileges, cause denial of service, bypass security restrictions. Below is a complete list of...

Microsoft Warns of Windows Win32k Privilege Escalation

Microsoft has released a security advisory to address an escalation of privileges vulnerability, CVE-2021-1732, in Microsoft Win32k. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. This vulnerability was detected in exploits in the wild. CISA encourages user...

Microsoft Edge (Chromium) < 88.0.705.63 Vulnerability

The version of Microsoft Edge installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 88.0.705.63. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2021-21148 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported...

Pwnable.kr-CTF-Writeups

This repository contains writeups for a CTF Capture The Flag challenge called Pwnable.kr. The challenge involves exploiting vulnerabilities in various programs to obtain flags. The repository includes four writeups: 1. FD: This writeup involves exploiting a file descriptor vulnerability in a...

Industrial Networks See Sharp Uptick in Hackable Security Holes

It’s on: Adversaries, CISOs and researchers are all simultaneously involved in a frantic race to find cybersecurity vulnerabilities hiding within industrial networks, according to the latest Biannual ICS Risk and Vulnerability report from Claroty. The report analyzed all publicly disclosed...

Déjà vu-lnerability

A Year in Review of 0-days Exploited In-The-Wild in 2020 Posted by Maddie Stone, Project Zero 2020 was a year full of 0-day exploits. Many of the Internet’s most popular browsers had their moment in the spotlight. Memory corruption is still the name of the game and how the vast majority of detect...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (2021:0336)

The remote Scientific Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SLSA-2021:0336-1 advisory. - kernel: use-after-free in fs/blockdev.c CVE-2020-15436 - kernel: Nfsd failure to clear umask after processing an open or create CVE-2020-35513...

Fedora 33 : libebml (2021-e84e1aaa2c)

The remote Fedora 33 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-e84e1aaa2c advisory. - Fixes heap use-after-free when parsing malformed file upstream issue 2989. FEDORA-2021-e84e1aaa2c Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has...

GLSA-202102-02 : Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202102-02 Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Thunderbird. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : Please review the referenced CV...

CentOS 8 : prometheus-jmx-exporter (CESA-2020:4807)

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2020:4807 advisory. - snakeyaml: Billion laughs attack via alias feature CVE-2017-18640 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the...

CentOS 8 : python27:2.7 (CESA-2020:4654)

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2020:4654 advisory. - python: infinite loop in the tarfile module via crafted TAR archive CVE-2019-20907 - python-pip: directory traversal in downloadhttpurl function in...