Many Flash, Java Users Running Older, Vulnerable Versions

It’s long been known that Java and Flash are favored targets of attackers, thanks to their huge install bases and numerous security issues. And the users who are targeted by these attacks aren’t doing themselves any favors either, as new research shows that 19 percent of business users are runnin...

Oracle Linux 4 / 6 : thunderbird (ELSA-2011-0374)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2011:0374 : An updated thunderbird package that fixes one security issue and one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Mozilla Thunderbird is a...

WordPress Update 3.5.2 Patches Seven Vulnerabilities

WordPress, which has been a jumping off point for a number of targeted attacks and other high-profile hacks, has been updated and the latest version includes a number of security patches. Version 3.5.2, released late last week, includes seven security fixes and some additional hardening, accordin...

Microsoft FixIt Tool Blocks Java Attacks in IE

Java is a security headache, not just for users and Oracle, its provider, but also for other software companies that have to deal with it, as well. Microsoft has taken steps to address this problem by releasing a FixIt tool that is designed to block all of the Web-based Java attack vectors in...

PHPMyWind CMS v4. 6. 3 Beta permissions bypass and unauthorized access-exploit warning-the black bar safety net

BUG-1: permission to bypass File location: goodsshow.php Problem code: //Do not allow visitors to place orders skip login ifempty$COOKIE'username' /just a simple determination of whether or not is empty header'location:member. php? c=login'; exit; Brief description: username is cookie get, as lon...

Malicious Firefox, Chrome Extensions Target Facebook Users

Facebook users are being warned of malicious Firefox and Chrome extensions that can give an attacker remote control over a Facebook profile. Microsoft has seen an increase in activity around these extensions, in particular in Brazil. The threat is detected as Trojan:JS/Febipos.A and has been...

[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: drupal7-ctools-1.3-1.fc19

This suite is primarily a set of APIs and tools to improve the developer experience. It also contains a module called the Page Manager whose job is to manage pa ges. In particular it manages panel pages, but as it grows it will be able to manage far more than just Panels. For the moment, it...

Security feature bypass

Google Chrome OS before 26.0.1410.57 does not properly enforce origin restrictions for the O3D and Google Talk plug-ins, which allows remote attackers to bypass the domain-whitelist protection mechanism via a crafted web site, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-2835...

Fedora Update for drupal7-ctools FEDORA-2013-4980

Check for the Version of drupal7-ctools OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for drupal7-ctools FEDORA-2013-4980 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify i...

Google Debuts New Help for Hacked Sites Videos, Articles

Search giant Google has posted a set of new informational videos and articles to help website owners recover their sites after they’ve been hacked. “Help for Hacked Sites” relies on knowledge from Google’s webmaster support members and software engineers to help end users determine whether their...

Code injection

Google Chrome before 25.0.1364.97 on Windows and Linux, and before 25.0.1364.99 on Mac OS X, does not properly manage memory during message handling for plug-ins, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors...

CentOS Update for yelp CESA-2013:0271 centos6

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...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: dovecot security and bug fix update

Updated dovecot packages that fix three security issues and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings,...

devhelp, firefox, libproxy, xulrunner, yelp security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2013:0271 Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVS...

Critical: Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update

An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity...

RHEL 5 : thunderbird (RHSA-2010:0545)

An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity rating...

Pwn2Own Rules Change Again, Flash, Java Now Fair Game for Contestants

For the second year in row, the organizers of the Pwn2Own hacking contest at the CanSecWest conference have changed up the rules, this time making the browser plug-ins that have been frequent targets for attackers for years fair game for the contestants, as well. Adobe Flash, Reader and Oracle’s...

Java MBeanInstantiator.findClass and Recursive Reflection Sandbox Escape

Added: 01/14/2013 CVE: CVE-2013-0422 BID: 57246 OSVDB: 89059 Background Java is a programming language that compiles programs to bytecode, which is then executed inside a Java Virtual Machine. This is optimal for applications that must run on various hardware platforms, such as web applets. Probl...

[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: drupal6-ctools-1.10-1.fc18

This suite is primarily a set of APIs and tools to improve the developer experience. It also contains a module called the Page Manager whose job is to manage pa ges. In particular it manages panel pages, but as it grows it will be able to manage far more than just Panels. For the moment, it...

Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130108)

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. CVE-2013-0744, CVE-2013-0746, CVE-2013-0750, CVE-2013-0753,...