CVE-2017-3265

Multiple flaws were found in the way the MySQL init script handled initialization of the database data directory and permission setting on the error log file. The mysql operating system user could use these flaws to escalate their privileges to root...

USN-3168-1 linux vulnerabilities

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize the Code Segment CS in certain error cases. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2016-9756 Andrey Konovalov discovered that signed integer overflows...

The vulnerability of the OpenSSH cryptographic protection mechanism, which allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the kexinputkexinit function in the kex.c service of the OpenSSH cryptographic security tool allows a remote attacker to trigger a service failure memory consumption by sending multiple identical KEXINIT requests...

QEMU 'ehci_init_transfer()' Denial of Service Vulnerability

QEMU aka Quick Emulator is a set of simulation processor software developed by French programmer Fabrice Bellard. The software is fast and cross-platform. A denial of service vulnerability exists in the 'ehciinittransfer' function in QEMU. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause a Qem...

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6888

Integer overflow in the nettxpktinit function in hw/net/nettxpkt.c in QEMU aka Quick Emulator allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service QEMU process crash via the maximum fragmentation count, which triggers an unchecked multiplication and NULL pointer dereference...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8858

The kexinputkexinit function in kex.c in OpenSSH 6.x and 7.x through 7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption by sending many duplicate KEXINIT requests. NOTE: a third party reports that "OpenSSH upstream does not consider this as a security issue."...

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8858

The kexinputkexinit function in kex.c in OpenSSH 6.x and 7.x through 7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption by sending many duplicate KEXINIT requests. NOTE: a third party reports that "OpenSSH upstream does not consider this as a security issue."...

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-2016-2812

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description The issue is related to a memory leak in the bnx2 init one handler implementation in the Linux kernel's drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.ko module. An attacker, acting locally, can...

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...