Researchers unveil persistent BIOS attack methods

Apply all of the browser, application and OS patches you want, your machine still can be completely and silently compromised at the lowest level–without the use of any vulnerability. That was the rather sobering message delivered by a pair of security researchers from Core Security Technologies i...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : mutt security update (SSA:2004-043-01)

Mutt is a text-based program for reading electronic mail. New mutt packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These have been upgraded to version 1.4.2i to fix a buffer overflow that could lead to a machine compromise. All sites using mutt should upgrade to the new mutt...

Solaris 7.0/8 - Xsun Buffer Overrun

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1140/info A buffer overrun vulnerability exists in the Xsun X11 server, as shipped as part of Solaris 7 and 8 from Sun Microsystems. By supplying a long argument to the -dev option normally used to set the output device, it is possible to execute...