ghostscript: getenv and filenameforall ignore -dSAFER

It was found that the ghostscript functions getenv and filenameforall did not honor the -dSAFER option, usually used when processing untrusted documents, leading to information disclosure. A specially crafted postscript document could read environment variable and list directory respectively, fro...

ghostscript: .libfile does not honor -dSAFER

It was found that ghostscript function .libfile did not honor the -dSAFER option, usually used when processing untrusted documents, leading to information disclosure. A specially crafted postscript document could, in the context of the gs process, retrieve file content on the target machine...

ALPINE-CVE-2016-6321

Directory traversal vulnerability in the safernamesuffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and write to arbitrary files via vectors related to improper sanitization of the filename parameter, aka POINTYFEATHER...

Directory Traversal

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Directory Traversal. Directory traversal vulnerability in the safernamesuffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and write to arbitrary files via vectors related...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6321

Directory traversal vulnerability in the safernamesuffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and write to arbitrary files via vectors related to improper sanitization of the filename parameter, aka POINTYFEATHER...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7979

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging type confusion in .initializedscparser...

CVE-2016-7977

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently read arbitrary files via the use of the .libfile operator in a crafted postscript document...

CVE-2016-7979

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging type confusion in .initializedscparser...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2037

The cpiosafernamesuffix function in util.c in cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds write via a crafted cpio file...

PT-2016-3297 · Gnu +3 · Gnu Tar +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: GNU tar versions 1.14 through 1.29 Description: The issue is related to a directory traversal vulnerability in the safer name suffix function. This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and writ...

GNU troff contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh design error vulnerability

Groff GNU Troff is the latest open source implementation of Troff, a document preparation system that generates print and screen documents from the same input source for a variety of devices. GNU troff groff versions prior to 1.21 in contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh starts the Ghostscript program witho...

Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6.2 Security Center Service - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Exploit for windows platform in category local exploits Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6.2 Security Center Service Privilege Escalation Vendor: Safer-Networking Ltd. Product web page: http://www.safer-networking.org Affected version: 1.6.2 Summary: Spybot – Search & Destroy S&D is a spyware and adware...

Spybot Search Destroy 1.6.2 Security Center Service - Local Privilege Escalation

Spybot Search Destroy 1.6.2 Security Center Service - Local Privilege Escalation Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6.2 Security Center Service Privilege Escalation Vendor: Safer-Networking Ltd. Product web page: http://www.safer-networking.org Affected version: 1.6.2 Summary: Spybot – Search & Destroy...

Spybot Search And Destroy 1.6.2 Privilege Escalation

Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6.2 Security Center Service Privilege Escalation Vendor: Safer-Networking Ltd. Product web page: http://www.safer-networking.org Affected version: 1.6.2 Summary: Spybot – Search & Destroy S&D is a spyware and adware removal computer program compatible with Microsoft...

Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6.2 Security Center Service - Local Privilege Escalation

Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6.2 Security Center Service Privilege Escalation Vendor: Safer-Networking Ltd. Product web page: http://www.safer-networking.org Affected version: 1.6.2 Summary: Spybot – Search & Destroy S&D is a spyware and adware removal computer program compatible with Microsoft...

What is HTTP/2 ? Next-Gen Protocol For Faster and Safer Internet

Good news for Internet folks! Get Ready as the entire web you know is about to change. The new and long-awaited version of HTTP took a major step toward becoming a reality on Wednesday – It is been officially finalized and approved. Mark Nottingham, chairman of the Internet Engineering Task Force...

Complete Google Security Checkup, Get 2GB Extra Google Drive Space

Google has found an excellent idea to celebrate Safer Internet Day. The search engine giant is offering a nice perk for its users who complete a quick Security Checkup by February 17th. No doubt, its willing to bribe us, , but you probably should review your security settings anyway, and I loved...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0466

The fixps script in a2ps 4.14 does not use the -dSAFER option when executing gs, which allows context-dependent attackers to delete arbitrary files or execute arbitrary commands via a crafted PostScript file...

Internet Bug Bounty Pays $10k for Flash Vulnerability

The Internet Bug Bounty program, a cooperative effort among security experts and vendors, paid out its first $10,000 bounty this week for a serious Flash vulnerability. The flaw, which Adobe fixed in December, was a serious one that has been used in targeted attacks. Started in November, the...

Safer Internet Day 2014 and Our February 2014 Security Updates

In addition to today being the security update release, February 11 is officially Safer Internet Day for 2014. This year, we’re asking folks to Do 1 Thing to stay safer online. While you may expect my “Do 1 Thing” recommendation would be to apply security updates, I’m guessing that for readers of...