Node.js third-party modules: Arbitrary file overwrites in `node-tar`

Background I was looking for vulnerabilities in a different tar library, tar-fs, and discovered a bug that allowed me to overwrite arbitrary files on the host system using its default extraction method. After reporting the bug to the maintainer of tar-fs, Mathias Buus, he realized that node-tar w...

openSUSE Security Update : tomcat (openSUSE-2017-1299)

This update for tomcat fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2017-5664: A problem in handling error pages was fixed, to avoid potential file overwrites during error page handling. bsc1042910. - CVE-2017-7674: A CORS Filter issue could lead to client and server side cache...

openSUSE Security Update : rubygem-rubyzip (openSUSE-2017-900)

This update for rubygem-rubyzip fixes the following issues : - CVE-2017-5946: A directory traversal vulnerability could lead to access and overwrite files that are outside of the restricted directory boo1027050 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...

DLA-729-1 tomcat7 - security update

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Debian DSA-3721-1 : tomcat7 - security update

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Tomcat servlet and JSP engine, which may result in possible timing attacks to determine valid user names, bypass of the SecurityManager, disclosure of system properties, unrestricted access to global resources, arbitrary file overwrite...

[SECURITY] [DSA 3721-1] tomcat7 security update

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[SECURITY] [DSA 3720-1] tomcat8 security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3720-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso November 21, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3720-1 (tomcat8 - security update)

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Tomcat servlet and JSP engine, which may result in possible timing attacks to determine valid user names, bypass of the SecurityManager, disclosure of system properties, unrestricted access to global resources, arbitrary file overwrite...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3721-1 (tomcat7 - security update)

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Tomcat servlet and JSP engine, which may result in possible timing attacks to determine valid user names, bypass of the SecurityManager, disclosure of system properties, unrestricted access to global resources, arbitrary file overwrite...

DSA-3721-1 tomcat7 - security update

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DSA-3720-1 tomcat8 - security update

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Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3720-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3721-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

Microsoft Windows - VHDMP Arbitrary File Creation Privilege Escalation (MS16-138) Exploit

Exploit for windows platform in category local exploits / Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=914 Windows: VHDMP Arbitrary File Creation EoP Platform: Windows 10 10586 and 14393. Unlikely to work on 7 or 8.1 as I think it’s new functionality Class: Elevation of...

USN-3096-1 ntp vulnerabilities

Aanchal Malhotra discovered that NTP incorrectly handled authenticated broadcast mode. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform a replay attack. CVE-2015-7973 Matt Street discovered that NTP incorrectly verified peer associations of symmetric keys. A remote attacker could use this issue ...

CentOS 6 : libarchive (CESA-2016:1850)

An update for libarchive 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 vulnerability fro...

TarDiff User Privilege Gain Vulnerability

TarDiff is a package comparison tool developed by software developer Josef Spillner. A privilege-acquisition vulnerability exists in TarDiff that stems from the use of predictable temporary directories for tarballs unpacking files. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to overwrite files wi...

Between a Rock and a Hard Link

Posted by James Forshaw, File System Enthusiast In a previous blog post I described some of the changes that Microsoft has made to the handling of symbolic links from a sandboxed process. This has an impact on the exploitation of privileged file overwrites for sandbox escapes. Windows does suppor...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0364)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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...

Fedora 20 : libvirt-1.1.3.1-1.fc20 (2013-20869)

Rebased to version 1.1.3.1 - CVE-2013-4400: virt-login-shell arbitrary file overwrites vulnerability bz 1015228, bz 1025685 - Fix possible domain disappearance on libvirtd crash bz 1015246 - Fix LXC container startup failure bz 1014847 - Slim down libvirt LXC dependencies bz 1012198 Note that...