Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Samba vulnerability (USN-2305-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2305-1 advisory. Volker Lendecke discovered that the Samba NetBIOS name service daemon incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to...

Ubuntu Update for libjpeg-turbo USN-2060-1

Check for the Version of libjpeg-turbo OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN20601.nasl 7958 2017-12-01 06:47:47Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for libjpeg-turbo USN-2060-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright C 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is...

USN-2060-1: libjpeg, libjpeg-turbo vulnerabilities

Michal Zalewski discovered that libjpeg and libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain memory operations. An attacker could use this issue with a specially-crafted JPEG file to possibly expose sensitive information...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2056-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

USN-2056-1: DjVuLibre vulnerability

It was discovered that DjVuLibre incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted DjVu file, applications could be made to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : icu (MDVSA-2013:258)

Updated icu packages fix security vulnerabilities : It was discovered that ICU contained a race condition affecting multi-threaded applications. If an application using ICU processed crafted data, an attacker could cause it to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the...

Updated icu packages fix CVE-2013-2924

Updated icu packages fix security vulnerability: It was discovered that ICU incorrectly handled memory operations. If an application using ICU processed crafted data, an attacker could cause it to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program...

MGASA-2013-0316 Updated icu packages fix CVE-2013-2924

Updated icu packages fix security vulnerability: It was discovered that ICU incorrectly handled memory operations. If an application using ICU processed crafted data, an attacker could cause it to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program...

MGASA-2013-0315 Updated icu packages fix multiple security vulnerbilities

Updated icu packages fix security vulnerabilities: It was discovered that ICU contained a race condition affecting multi- threaded applications. If an application using ICU processed crafted data, an attacker could cause it to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the...

Updated icu packages fix multiple security vulnerbilities

Updated icu packages fix security vulnerabilities: It was discovered that ICU contained a race condition affecting multi- threaded applications. If an application using ICU processed crafted data, an attacker could cause it to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1990-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Ubuntu Update for icu USN-1989-1

Check for the Version of icu OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN19891.nasl 8448 2018-01-17 16:18:06Z teissa $ Ubuntu Update for icu USN-1989-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you c...

Ubuntu Update for xorg-server USN-1990-1

Check for the Version of xorg-server OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN19901.nasl 8650 2018-02-03 12:16:59Z teissa $ Ubuntu Update for xorg-server USN-1990-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free...

USN-1989-1: ICU vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ICU contained a race condition affecting multi- threaded applications. If an application using ICU processed crafted data, an attacker could cause it to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. This issue only affecte...

Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Components Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (2839894)

This host is missing an important security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS13-050. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only...

About shellcodes

In this post we have documented a beginners introduction to shellcode writing. We go from zero to a super simple shellcode using tools you may find already installed in any serious operating system. If you are looking for a digested and more mature way of generating shellcode you should check...

xen to fix various denial of service issues (important)

XEN was updated to fix various denial of service issues. - bnc789945 - CVE-2012-5510: xen: Grant table version switch list corruption vulnerability XSA-26 - bnc789944 - CVE-2012-5511: xen: Several HVM operations do not validate the range of their inputs XSA-27 - bnc789940 - CVE-2012-5512: xen:...

xen to fix various denial of service issues (important)

This update of XEN fixes various denial of service bugs. - bnc789945 - CVE-2012-5510: xen: Grant table version switch list corruption vulnerability XSA-26 - bnc789944 - CVE-2012-5511: xen: Several HVM operations do not validate the range of their inputs XSA-27 - bnc789940 - CVE-2012-5512: xen:...

Ubuntu Update for libxml2 USN-1587-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1587-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN15871.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for libxml2 USN-1587-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : libxml2 vulnerability (USN-1587-1)

Juri Aedla discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user or application linked against libxml2 were tricked into opening a specially crafted XML file, an attacker could cause the application to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the...