Ubuntu 14.10 : autofs vulnerability (USN-2579-1)

It was discovered that autofs incorrectly filtered environment variables when using program maps. When program maps were configured, a local user could use this issue to escalate privileges. This update changes the default behaviour by adding a prefix to environment variables. Sites using program...

Fedora 21 : wesnoth-1.12.2-1.fc21 (2015-6295)

http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=41872 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues...

Debian DLA-207-1 : subversion security update

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Subversion, a version control system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : CVE-2015-0248 Subversion moddavsvn and svnserve were vulnerable to a remotely triggerable assertion DoS vulnerability for certain...

Fedora 22 : qt3-3.3.8b-63.fc22 (2015-6613)

This update fixes CVE-2015-1860, a buffer overflow when loading some specific invalid GIF image files, which could be exploited for denial of service application crash and possibly even arbitrary code execution attacks. The security patch is backported from Qt 4. Please note that Qt 3 is NOT...

Fedora 21 : qt5-qtbase-5.4.1-9.fc21 (2015-6364)

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Qt image format handling of BMP, ICO and GIF files. The issues exposed included denial of service and buffer overflows leading to heap corruption. It is possible the latter could be used to perform remote code execution. See also...

Fedora 22 : curl-7.40.0-3.fc22 (2015-6695)

require credentials to match for NTLM re-use CVE-2015-3143 - fix invalid write with a zero-length host name in URL CVE-2015-3144 - fix invalid write in cookie path sanitization code CVE-2015-3145 - close Negotiate connections when done CVE-2015-3148 Note that Tenable Network Security has...

Active Defense Can Give Pause to Threats

SAN FRANCISCO – Disrupting hackers on your own network has become sort of a parlor trick for enterprises with enough resources and desire to dive into those waters. Today at RSA Conference, one expert explained how most organizations can leverage networking tools they’ve already invested in to pu...

Fedora 21 : spatialite-tools-4.2.0-10.fc21 / sqlite-3.8.9-1.fc21 (2015-6324)

Update of sqlite to latest upstream version, with spatialite-tools rebuild. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introduci...

F5 Networks BIG-IP : Linux kernel vulnerability (SOL16471)

The dopagesmove function in mm/migrate.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc7 does not validate node values, which allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory locations, cause a denial of service OOPS, and possibly have unspecified other impact by specifying a node that is not part of the...

'Fully Secure Systems Don't Exist'

SAN FRANCISCO–The more things change, the more they stay the same. Thirty years ago, Adi Shamir, one of the inventors of the RSA algorithm, was asked to do a keynote speech at a conference and spoke about his laws of computer security. They were a set of principles that he developed over the year...

Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server 4.0 < 4.0.25 NSS Signature Verification Vulnerability

According to its self-reported version, the Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server installed on the remote host is version 4.0 prior to 4.0.25. It is, therefore, affected by a flaw in the Network Security Services NSS library due to improper parsing of ASN.1 values in an RSA signature. A man-in-the-midd...

Fedora 22 : knot-1.6.3-1.fc22 (2015-5786)

new upstream release Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Fedora 22 : qt5-qtbase-5.4.1-9.fc22 (2015-6114)

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Qt image format handling of BMP, ICO and GIF files. The issues exposed included denial of service and buffer overflows leading to heap corruption. It is possible the latter could be used to perform remote code execution. See also...

Fedora 22 : arj-3.10.22-22.fc22 (2015-5524)

Added patch from Debian to avoid free on invalid pointer due to a buffer overflow 1196751, 1207180 - Added patch from Debian for symlink directory traversal 1178824 - Added patch from Debian to fix the directory traversal via //multiple/leading/slash 1178824 Note that Tenable Network Security has...

Oracle iPlanet Web Server 7.0.x < 7.0.21 NSS Signature Verification Vulnerability

According to its self-reported version, the Oracle iPlanet Web Server formerly known as Sun Java System Web Server running on the remote host is 7.0.x prior to 7.0.21. It is, therefore, affected by a flaw in the Network Security Services NSS library due to improper parsing of ASN.1 values in an R...

SOL16473 - Linux Kernel vulnerability CVE-2010-0007

Note: As of February 17, 2015, AskF5 Security Advisory articles include the Severity value. Security Advisory articles published before this date do not list a Severity value. Recommended Action If the previous table lists a version in the Versions known to be not vulnerable column, you can...

Debian DLA-202-1 : wesnoth-1.8 security update

Ignacio R. Morelle discovered that missing path restrictions in the 'Battle of Wesnoth' game could result in the disclosure of arbitrary files in the user's home directory if malicious campaigns/maps are loaded. For the oldstable distribution distribution, this problem has been fixed in version...

Fedora 21 : python-2.7.8-8.fc21 (2015-6003)

Security fix for CVE-2013-1752 multiple unbound readline DoS flaws in python stdlib following fixes which all relates to this CVE are in this patch : - poplib: limit maximum line length that we read from the network 16041 - smtplib: limit amount read from the network 16042 Note that Tenable Netwo...

Fedora 21 : perl-Module-Signature-0.78-1.fc21 / perl-Test-Signature-1.11-1.fc21 (2015-5833)

This update addresses various security issues in perl-Module-Signature as described below. The default behavior is also changed so as to ignore any MANIFEST.SKIP files unless a 'skip' parameter is specified. An updated version of perl-Test-Signature that accounts for the changed default behavior ...

Fedora 21 : owncloud-7.0.5-2.fc21 (2015-4476)

This update provides the new release 7.0.5, which resolves currently undisclosed security vulnerabilities in ownCloud. It is a minor version update and should apply without any issues or special handling, but as usual, we recommend backing up your data, configuration, and database before updating...