SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : pigz (SUSE-SU-2015:0670-1)

Pigz, a multi-threaded implementation of gzip, was updated to fix one vulnerability. The following vulnerability was fixed : - A crafted file could have caused an unwanted directory traversal on extract CVE-2015-1191 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : python (MDVSA-2015:075)

Updated python packages fix security vulnerabilities : A vulnerability was reported in Python's socket module, due to a boundary error within the sockrecvfrominto function, which could be exploited to cause a buffer overflow. This could be used to crash a Python application that uses the...

Optimize Web Pages Using "Data Saver Chrome Extension" to Save Bandwidth

Google want to save its users' bandwidth at home. The company has released a "Data Saver extension for Chrome," bringing its data compression feature for its desktop users for the first time. While tethering to a mobile Hotspot for Internet connection for your laptop, this new Data Saver extensio...

[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: suricata-2.0.7-1.fc22

The Suricata Engine is an Open Source Next Generation Intrusion Detection and Prevention Engine. This engine is not intended to just replace or emulate the existing tools in the industry, but will bring new ideas and technologies to the field. This new Engine supports Multi-threading, Automatic...

[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: suricata-2.0.7-1.fc21

The Suricata Engine is an Open Source Next Generation Intrusion Detection and Prevention Engine. This engine is not intended to just replace or emulate the existing tools in the industry, but will bring new ideas and technologies to the field. This new Engine supports Multi-threading, Automatic...

Fedora 20 : pigz-2.3.3-1.fc20 (2015-1510)

Update to 2.3.3, fixes CVE-2015-1191 : - Return zero exit code when only warnings are issued - Increase speed of unlzw Unix compress decompression - Update zopfli to current google state - Allow larger maximum blocksize -b, now 512 MiB - Do not require that -d precede -N, -n, -T options - Strip a...

[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: pigz-2.3.3-1.fc21

pigz, which stands for parallel implementation of gzip, is a fully functional replacement for gzip that exploits multiple processors and multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: pigz-2.3.3-1.fc20

pigz, which stands for parallel implementation of gzip, is a fully functional replacement for gzip that exploits multiple processors and multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: suricata-2.0.6-1.fc20

The Suricata Engine is an Open Source Next Generation Intrusion Detection and Prevention Engine. This engine is not intended to just replace or emulate the existing tools in the industry, but will bring new ideas and technologies to the field. This new Engine supports Multi-threading, Automatic...

[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: suricata-2.0.6-1.fc21

The Suricata Engine is an Open Source Next Generation Intrusion Detection and Prevention Engine. This engine is not intended to just replace or emulate the existing tools in the industry, but will bring new ideas and technologies to the field. This new Engine supports Multi-threading, Automatic...

Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : gzip (cve_2009_2624_denial_of)

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates : - The huftbuild function in inflate.c in gzip before 1.3.13 creates a hufts aka huffman table that is too small, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash or infinite loop or...

Multiple packages, Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in 2010

Background For more information on the packages listed in this GLSA, please see their homepage referenced in the ebuild. Description Vulnerabilities have been discovered in the packages listed below. Please review the CVE identifiers in the Reference section for details. Insight Perl Tk Module...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0489

APT before 1.0.9, when the Acquire::GzipIndexes option is enabled, does not validate checksums, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted package...

HttpCombiner ASP.NET - Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability

Exploit for asp platform in category web applications Exploit Title: HttpCombiner ASP.NET Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability Google Dork: filetype:txt intext:HttpCombiner.ashx Date: 2014-10-10 Exploit Author: Hoang Anh Thai Vendor Homepage:...

HttpCombiner ASP.NET - Remote File Disclosure

Exploit Title: HttpCombiner ASP.NET Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability Google Dork: filetype:txt intext:HttpCombiner.ashx Date: 2014-10-10 Exploit Author: Hoang Anh Thai Vendor Homepage: https://myfirstsamplepagebyilyasforassign.googlecode.com/files/HttpCombiner-v1.zip Reference:...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: suricata-2.0.4-1.fc20

The Suricata Engine is an Open Source Next Generation Intrusion Detection and Prevention Engine. This engine is not intended to just replace or emulate the existing tools in the industry, but will bring new ideas and technologies to the field. This new Engine supports Multi-threading, Automatic...

X (Formerly Twitter): Profile Pic padding (Length-hiding) fails due to use of GZIP

Back in August, I noted that Twitter was appending anywhere from dozens to thousands of junk 0x20 bytes on the end of the JPEG and PNG files they serve for users’ profile images. It was suggested that, though invalid, they were doing this deliberately, as an information-hiding mechanism. The HTTP...

[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: suricata-2.0.4-1.fc21

The Suricata Engine is an Open Source Next Generation Intrusion Detection and Prevention Engine. This engine is not intended to just replace or emulate the existing tools in the industry, but will bring new ideas and technologies to the field. This new Engine supports Multi-threading, Automatic...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: ark-4.14.1-1.fc20

Ark is a program for managing various archive formats. Archives can be viewed, extracted, created and modified from within Ark. The program can handle various formats such as tar, gzip, bzip2, zip, rar and lha if appropriate command-line programs are installed...

USN-2348-1 apt vulnerabilities

It was discovered that APT did not re-verify downloaded files when the If-Modified-Since wasn't met. CVE-2014-0487 It was discovered that APT did not invalidate repository data when it switched from an unauthenticated to an authenticated state. CVE-2014-0488 It was discovered that the APT...