Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Subsystem for Linux handles NT pipes. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a...

Immunity Canvas: SAMBA_IS_KNOWN_PIPENAME

Name| sambaisknownpipename ---|--- CVE| CVE-2017-7494 Exploit Pack| CANVAS Description| SAMBA 4.x remote exploit Notes| References: https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-7494.html CVE Name: CVE-2017-7494 VENDOR: Samba Notes: In order to use this exploit you need: Write access to a SAMBA...

Samba remote code execution vulnerability(CVE-2017-7494)-SambaCry analysis report-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

0x01 Intro 2017 5 May 24, Samba official released a security Bulletin, the new release of Samba 4.6.4 fixes a serious code execution vulnerabilityCVE-2017-7494, the vulnerability affects Samba 3.5.0 after to 4. 6. 4/4. 5. 10/4. 4. 14 in the middle of all versions. At rpcserver/srvpipe. c in the...

Ghostscript remote code execution (CVE-2017-8291) (ghostbutt)

No description provided by source. %!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0 %%BoundingBox: -0 -0 100 100 /sizefrom 10000 def /sizestep 500 def /sizeto 65000 def /enlarge 1000 def %/bigarr 65000 array def 0 sizefrom sizestep sizeto pop 1 add for /buffercount exch def /buffersizes buffercount array def 0 sizefrom...

smokingpipes.com XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/peterson/index.cfm?tag="'--!%25%75003CSvg /%25%753008Svg /%25%75FF1CSvg /Onload=confirmOPENBUGBOUNTY // Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| No Latest check for patch:| 31.07.2017 Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:|...

Introducing RubySMB: The Protocol Library Nobody Else Wanted To Write

The Server Message Block SMB protocol family is arguably one of the most important network protocols to be conversant in as a security professional. It carries the capability for File and Print Sharing, remote process execution, and an entire system of Named Pipes that serve as access points to a...

kernel: pipe: limit the per-user amount of pages allocated in pipes

It is possible for a single process to cause an OOM condition by filling large pipes with data that are never read. A typical process filling 4096 pipes with 1 MB of data will use 4 GB of memory and there can be multiple such processes, up to a per-user-limit...

kernel: pipe: limit the per-user amount of pages allocated in pipes

It is possible for a single process to cause an OOM condition by filling large pipes with data that are never read. A typical process filling 4096 pipes with 1 MB of data will use 4 GB of memory and there can be multiple such processes, up to a per-user-limit...

Unraveling Turla APT Attack Against Swiss Defense Firm

Ever since hackers targeted Swiss defense contractor RUAG, government officials have been tight lipped about the breach. But on Monday Switzerland’s CERT Computer Emergency Readiness Team spilled the beans on the attack against the firm and the how perpetrators pulled it off. While Monday’s repor...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-2847: Limit the per-user amount of pages allocated in pipes bsc970948. - CVE-2016-3136: mctu232: add sanity checking in probe bnc970955. - CVE-2016-2188: iowarrio...

CVE-2016-2847

fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not limit the amount of unread data in pipes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory consumption by creating many pipes with non-default sizes...

CVE-2016-2847

fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not limit the amount of unread data in pipes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory consumption by creating many pipes with non-default sizes...

Linux kernel Pipes Denial of Service Vulnerability

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that can be exploited by a local attacker to cause a denial of service memory consumption...

USN-2948-2: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) regression

USN-2948-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu 14.10 Linux kernel backported to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. An incorrect reference counting fix in the radeon driver introduced a regression that could cause a system crash. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-2946-2)

Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CXGB3 driver. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-8812 Xiaofei Rex Guo discovered a timing side channel vulnerability in the Linux...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2946-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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: Security Advisory (USN-2947-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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: Security Advisory (USN-2947-3)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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 15.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2947-1)

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the usbvision driver in the Linux kernel did not properly sanity check the interfaces and endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7833 Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2948-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2948-1 advisory. Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the USB driver for Clie devices in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the endpoints reported by the device. An...