Multiple Product UEFI System Local Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

UEFI is a standard that details a type of interface. This interface is used to automatically load the operating system from a pre-booted operating environment onto an operating system. A local security bypass vulnerability exists in multiple product UEFI systems where a boot script is used to...

Kali Linux 1.0.8 — New Release Supports UEFI Boot

Great news for Hackers and Backtrack Linux fans! Offensive Security, the developers of one of the most advance open source operating system for penetration testing known as 'KALI Linux', has finally announced the release of the latest version i.e. Kali Linux 1.0.8. Kali Linux is based upon Debian...

kernel: validate size of EFI GUID partition entries

The isgptvalid function in fs/partitions/efi.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not check the size of an Extensible Firmware Interface EFI GUID Partition Table GPT entry, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service heap-based buffer overflow and OOPS or obtain...

kernel: validate size of EFI GUID partition entries

The isgptvalid function in fs/partitions/efi.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not check the size of an Extensible Firmware Interface EFI GUID Partition Table GPT entry, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service heap-based buffer overflow and OOPS or obtain...

kernel: validate size of EFI GUID partition entries

The isgptvalid function in fs/partitions/efi.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not check the size of an Extensible Firmware Interface EFI GUID Partition Table GPT entry, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service heap-based buffer overflow and OOPS or obtain...