Community Health data leak suspected of the use of the Heartbleed vulnerability-a vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

When the Heartbleed OpenSSL vulnerability in 4 months is discovered, the security community many experts are warning that the vulnerability could be used to expose sensitive data, although at the time also there is no evidence that attackers are actively using Heartbleed vulnerability. And now, a...

Fedora 20 : jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.1-15.fc20 (2014-9581)

Security fix for CVE-2014-3577, CVE-2012-6153 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...

Autodesk SketchBook Pro < 6.2.6 Multiple Overflow Vulnerabilities

The version of Autodesk SketchBook Pro installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 6.2.6. It is, therefore, affected by integer and heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Using a specially crafted PSD or PXD file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. C...

[USN-2325-1] OpenStack Nova vulnerability

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2325-1 August 21, 2014 nova vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubunt...

Fedora 20 : wordpress-3.9.2-3.fc20 (2014-9264)

Upstream announcement: http://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/ 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...

Tenable Appliance Check (deprecated)

This plugin was previously used to detect if the local scanner was using the Tenable Appliance. It is no longer needed, and is now obsolete. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid77329; scriptversion "1.2"; scriptcvsdate"Dat...

Looking Ahead to MIRcon 2014

As targeted cyber attacks become increasingly prevalent, today's cybersecurity professionals are being tested like never before. The upcoming Mandiant Incident Response Conference MIRcon® - October 7 & 8, 2014 - offers attendees the chance to hear insights from some of the most respected and...

AlienVault Releases Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) Best Practices

Network security practitioners rely heavily on intrusion detection systems IDS to identify malicious activity on their networks by examining network traffic in real time. IDS are available in Network NIDS and Host HIDS forms, as well as for Wireless WIDS. Host IDS is installed via an agent on the...

Tenable Log Correlation Engine Client for Windows SEoL

According to its version, the installation of the Tenable Log Correlation Engine LCE Client for Windows on the remote host is is no longer maintained by its vendor or provider. Lack of support implies that no new security patches for the product will be released by the vendor. As a result, it is...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : openssl vulnerabilities (USN-2232-4)

USN-2232-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenSSL. One of the patch backports for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS caused a regression for certain applications. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Juri Aedla discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled invalid DTLS fragments. A remote...

New Attack Binds Malware in Parallel to Software Downloads

In order to solve problems—problems such as intelligence agencies or hackers infecting open source software distribution systems with malware—one must first understand how problems may be exploited. Researchers from Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, have developed a proof-of-concept attack in...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-2317-1)

Eric W. Biederman discovered a flaw with the mediation of mount flags in the Linux kernel's user namespace subsystem. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to by-pass mount restrictions, and potentially gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-5207 Kenton Varda discovered a flaw with...

[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: tor-0.2.4.23-1.fc19

Tor is a connection-based low-latency anonymous communication system. Applications connect to the local Tor proxy using the SOCKS protocol. The local proxy chooses a path through a set of relays, in which each relay knows its predecessor and successor, but no others. Traffic flowing down the...

Fedora 19 : httpd-2.4.10-1.fc19 (2014-9057)

This update includes the latest stable release of the Apache HTTP Server, httpd 2.4.10, fixing a number of security issues. http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement2.4.html Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS : openjdk-6 vulnerabilities (USN-2312-1)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure, data integrity and availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive data over the network. CVE-2014-2490, CVE-2014-4216, CVE-2014-4219, CVE-2014-4262 Several...

MS14-048: Vulnerability in OneNote Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2977201)

The remote host is running a version of Microsoft OneNote that is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. By convincing a user to open a specially crafted OneNote file, a remote attacker can create an executable file in a Startup folder and thereby execute arbitrary code with current...

Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2014-2819 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges. Successful exploits may aid in further attacks. Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 are vulnerable. Technologies Affected Microsoft...

Square Launches Bug Bounty, Hires Top Security Researcher

The bug bounty phenomenon began mainly with major software vendors and security companies, which were the main targets for security researchers and attackers. But it is now moving to virtually every corner of the Web and software ecosystem, and the latest company to join the party is Square, the...

Fedora 19 : kernel-3.14.15-100.fc19 (2014-9142)

The 3.14.15 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. The 3.14.14 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has...

Fedora 19 : krb5-1.11.3-24.fc19 (2014-8176)

This update incorporates backported upstream fixes for potential crashes caused by attempts to process malformed GSSAPI messages CVE-2014-4341, CVE-2014-4342. It also incorporates fexes for a possible double-free CVE-2014-4343 and a possible NULL pointer dereference CVE-2014-4344 in GSSAPI client...