Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Samba –including Badlock - affect IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems.

Summary Samba vulnerabilities were disclosed on April 12, 2016. Samba is used by IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems. IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems has addressed the applicable CVEs. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-2118 DESCRIPTION: Samba could allow a remote attacker to gain...

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, AIX, and Windows. (CVE-2015-4872)

Summary There is a vulnerability in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 6 and 7, that is used by IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, AIX, and Windows. The issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2015. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-4872 DESCRIPTION: A...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, IBM OS Images for AIX, and Windows. (CVE-2015-5041, CVE-2015-7575, CVE-2015-7981, CVE-2015-8126, CVE-2015-8472, and CVE-2015-8540)

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 6 and 7, that is used by IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, AIX, and Windows. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2016 and includes the vulnerability commonly...

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, AIX, and Windows. (CVE-2015-7575)

Summary There is a vulnerability in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 6 and 7, that is used by IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, IBM OS Images for AIX, and Windows. The issue was disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2016 and this vulnerability is commonly...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, AIX, and Windows. (CVE-2015-4000, CVE-2015-2613, CVE-2015-2601, CVE-2015-2625, and CVE-2015-1931)

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition, Version 6 and 7, that is used by IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, AIX, and Windows. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2015. This bulletin also addresses the Logjam Attack o...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Open Source GNU glibc affects IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems. (CVE-2013-7423)

Summary A vulnerability in Open Source GNU glibc affects IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2013-7423 DESCRIPTION: GNU glibc could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the writing of DNS queries to random file descriptors under...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, AIX, and Windows. (CVE-2015-2808, CVE-2015-0204, CVE-2015-1916, CVE-2015-0138)

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition, Version 6 and 7, that is used by IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems, AIX, and Windows. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in April 2015. This bulletin also addresses FREAK: “Factoring...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems and AIX (CVE-2015-0410 and CVE-2014-6593)

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition Version 6 and 7 that are used by IBM OS Images for Red Hat Linux Systems and AIX. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in January 2015. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-0410 DESCRIPTION...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL (CVE-2014-3508 and CVE-2014-3509) affect the virtual machines deployed by IBM PureApplication System.

Summary Nine OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed in August 2014. This bulletin addresses the two vulnerabilities that are applicable to virtual machines which are deployed by IBM PureApplication System using the IBM OS Image for Red Hat Linux Systems and the IBM OS Image for AIX Systems...

Security Bulletin: GNU C library (glibc) vulnerability affects IBM PureApplication System (CVE-2015-0235)

Summary GNU C library glibc vulnerability that has been referred to as GHOST affects IBM PureApplication System. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-0235 DESCRIPTION: The gethostbyname functions of the GNU C Library glibc are vulnerable to a buffer overflow. By sending a specially crafted, but...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL (CVE-2014-3508 and CVE-2014-3509) affect the virtual machines deployed by IBM Workload Deployer.

Summary Nine OpenSSL vulnerabilities were disclosed in August 2014. This bulletin addresses the two vulnerabilities that are applicable to virtual machines which are deployed by IBM Workload Deployer using the IBM OS Image for Red Hat Linux Systems and the IBM OS Image for AIX Systems...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Bash affect IBM Workload Deployer (CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169, CVE-2014-7186, CVE-2014-7187, CVE-2014-6277, CVE-2014-6278)

Summary Bash is available in Red Hat Linux virtual machine images that can be deployed by using IBM Workload Deployer. Six Bash vulnerabilities were disclosed in September 2014. This bulletin addresses the vulnerabilities that have been referred to as “Bash Bug” or “Shellshock” and two memory...

Further Down the Trello Rabbit Hole

Last month's story about organizations exposing passwords and other sensitive data via collaborative online spaces at Trello.com only scratched the surface of the problem. A deeper dive suggests a large number of government agencies, marketing firms, healthcare organizations and IT support...

Red Hat Linux DHCP Client Command Injection (CVE-2018-1111)

A remote command execution vulnerability exists in DHCP client implementation of Red Hat Linux. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious request to the victim. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can result in the execution of arbitrary code in the conte...

jboss: jbossas writable config files allow privilege escalation

It was discovered that EAP packages in certain versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux use incorrect permissions for /etc/sysconfig/jbossas configuration files. The file is writable to jboss group root:jboss, 664. On systems using classic /etc/init.d init scripts i.e. on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 a...

Red Hat Linux DHCP Client Found Vulnerable to Command Injection Attacks

A Google security researcher has discovered a critical remote command injection vulnerability in the DHCP client implementation of Red Hat Linux and its derivatives like Fedora operating system. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-1111 , could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands with...

dhcp: Command injection vulnerability in the DHCP client NetworkManager integration script

A command injection flaw was found in the NetworkManager integration script included in the DHCP client packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. A malicious DHCP server, or an attacker on the local network able to spoof DHCP responses, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with root...

dhcp: Command injection vulnerability in the DHCP client NetworkManager integration script

A command injection flaw was found in the NetworkManager integration script included in the DHCP client packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. A malicious DHCP server, or an attacker on the local network able to spoof DHCP responses, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with root...

dhcp: Command injection vulnerability in the DHCP client NetworkManager integration script

A command injection flaw was found in the NetworkManager integration script included in the DHCP client packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. A malicious DHCP server, or an attacker on the local network able to spoof DHCP responses, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with root...

dhcp: Command injection vulnerability in the DHCP client NetworkManager integration script

A command injection flaw was found in the NetworkManager integration script included in the DHCP client packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. A malicious DHCP server, or an attacker on the local network able to spoof DHCP responses, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with root...