Updated systemd packages fix security vulnerability

Andrew Ayer discovered that Systemd improperly handled zero-length notification messages. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service init crash leading to system unavailability CVE-2016-7795...

Amazon Linux AMI : cloud-init (ALAS-2016-763)

It was discovered that cloud-init in the Amazon Linux AMI wrote IAM role credentials from the instance metadata service to files readable by the root user in /var/lib/cloud. An application with root privileges, a container with access to the relevant files, or a root user of an AMI derived from a...

Important: cloud-init

Issue Overview: It was discovered that cloud-init in the Amazon Linux AMI wrote IAM role credentials from the instance metadata service to files readable by the root user in /var/lib/cloud. An application with root privileges, a container with access to the relevant files, or a root user of an AM...

Apache Tomcat packaging on Debian-based distros - Local Root Privilege Escalation

I. VULNERABILITY ------------------------- Apache Tomcat® packaging on Debian-based distros - Local Root Privilege Escalation Affected debian packages: Tomcat 8 = 8.0.36-2 Tomcat 7 = 7.0.70-2 Tomcat 6 = 6.0.45+dfsg-1deb8u1 Ubuntu systems are also affected. See section VII. for details. Other...

Design/Logic Flaw

The Tomcat init script in the tomcat7 package before 7.0.56-3+deb8u4 and tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u3 on Debian jessie and the tomcat6 and libtomcat6-java packages before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the tomcat7 and libtomcat7-java packages before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7 on Ubuntu...

CVE-2016-1240

This CVE (CVE-2016-1240) affects the Tomcat init scripts in Debian/Ubuntu packages, allowing local users with Tomcat access to gain root via a symlink attack on the Catalina log file (e.g., /var/log/tomcat7/catalina.out). Affected packages and versions include: tomcat7 before 7.0.56-3+deb8u4 and ...

Apache Tomcat 8/7/6 (Debian-Based Distros) - Local Privilege Escalation

============================================= - Discovered by: Dawid Golunski - http://legalhackers.com - dawid at legalhackers.com - CVE-2016-1240 - Release date: 30.09.2016 - Revision: 1 - Severity: High ============================================= I. VULNERABILITY -------------------------...

Apache Tomcat on Debian-Based Distros - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits ============================================= - Discovered by: Dawid Golunski - http://legalhackers.com - dawid at legalhackers.com - CVE-2016-1240 - Release date: 30.09.2016 - Revision: 1 - Severity: High...

USN-3094-1: Systemd vulnerability

Andrew Ayer discovered that Systemd improperly handled zero-length notification messages. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service init crash leading to system unavailability...

USN-3094-1 systemd vulnerability

Andrew Ayer discovered that Systemd improperly handled zero-length notification messages. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service init crash leading to system unavailability...

PT-2017-9179 · Autotrace +1 · Autotrace +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: AutoTrace version 0.31.1 Description: The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the pstoedit suffix table init function, which can be triggered by a crafted bmp image file. This can cause a denial of service due to an...

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8932

The compressbidderinit function in archivereadsupportfiltercompress.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash via a crafted tar file, which triggers an invalid left shift...

CVE-2016-1240

It was reported that the Tomcat init script performed unsafe file handling, which could result in local privilege escalation...

CVE-2016-1240

The Tomcat init script in the tomcat7 package before 7.0.56-3+deb8u4 and tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u3 on Debian jessie and the tomcat6 and libtomcat6-java packages before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the tomcat7 and libtomcat7-java packages before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7 on Ubuntu...

PEI Stage Backdoor for UEFI Compatible Firmware: PeiBackdoor

PEI Stage Backdoor for UEFI Compatible Firmware This project implements early stage firmware backdoor for UEFI based firmware. It allows to execute arbitrary code written in C during Pre EFI Init PEI phase of Platform Initialization PI. This backdoor might be useful for low level manipulations wi...

USN-3057-1 linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

Ben Hawkes discovered an integer overflow in the Linux netfilter implementation. On systems running 32 bit kernels, a local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. CVE-2016-3135 It was...

USN-3056-1 linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities

Ben Hawkes discovered an integer overflow in the Linux netfilter implementation. On systems running 32 bit kernels, a local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. CVE-2016-3135 It was...

USN-3055-1 linux vulnerabilities

Ben Hawkes discovered an integer overflow in the Linux netfilter implementation. On systems running 32 bit kernels, a local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. CVE-2016-3135 It was...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9892

The sndcomprtstamp function in sound/core/compressoffload.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 2013 devices, does not properly initialize a timestamp data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted applicatio...

The vulnerability of the Linux operating system allows a malicious individual to gain access to confidential information from the kernel’s stack memory.

The vulnerability exists in the implementation of the Bluetooth RFCOMM kernel in Linux, due to incorrect initialization of certain structures. Exploiting this vulnerability allows local users to access confidential information from the kernel’s memory through a specially crafted application...