RHEL 6 : ruby (RHSA-2013:0612)

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

Scientific Linux Security Update : ruby on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130307)

It was discovered that Ruby's REXML library did not properly restrict XML entity expansion. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service by tricking a Ruby application using REXML to read text nodes from specially crafted XML content, which will result in REXML consuming large...

PHP securiy vulnerabilities

safedir protection bypass and code execution on SOAP handling...

1.9.3: Possibility to bypass Ruby's $SAFE (level 4) semantics

Ruby 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286 and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted strings via the 1 exctos or 2 nameerrtos API function, which marks the string as tainted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4466. NOTE:...

ruby: safe level bypass via name_err_mesg_to_str()

Ruby 1.8.7 before patchlevel 371, 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286, and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted strings via the nameerrmesgtostr API function, which marks the string as tainted, a different vulnerability than...

Nmap NSE 6.01: smb-check-vulns

Checks for vulnerabilities: MS08-067, a Windows RPC vulnerability Conficker, an infection by the Conficker worm Unnamed regsvc DoS, a denial-of-service vulnerability I accidentally found in Windows 2000 SMBv2 exploit CVE-2009-3103, Microsoft Security Advisory 975497 MS06-025, a Windows Ras RPC...

[Web-Sorrow] Tool for Misconfiguration, Version Detection, Enumeration, and Server Information Scanning

Web-Sorrow is a perl based tool for misconfiguration, version detection, enumeration, and server information scanning. It's entirely focused on Enumeration and collecting Info on the target server. Web-Sorrow is a "safe to run" program, meaning it is not designed to be an exploit or perform any...

RHEL 6 : gdb (RHSA-2013:0522)

Updated gdb packages that fix one security issue and three bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

Impossible Google Search Queries

Anonymous user asked a question on Quora that, How and Why Google is showing prn results in when one type equation -4^1/4 into Google search query ? This is really a very strange bug on Google. Just after that Jeremy Hoffman, Google software engineer replied him, "Hi, I'm a Google search engineer...

[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: qemu-0.15.1-9.fc16

QEMU is a generic and open source processor emulator which achieves a good emulation speed by using dynamic translation. QEMU has two operating modes: Full system emulation. In this mode, QEMU emulates a full system for example a PC, including a processor and various peripherials. It can be used ...

[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: qemu-1.0.1-3.fc17

QEMU is a generic and open source processor emulator which achieves a good emulation speed by using dynamic translation. QEMU has two operating modes: Full system emulation. In this mode, QEMU emulates a full system for example a PC, including a processor and various peripherials. It can be used ...

RHEL 5 : libvirt (RHSA-2011:0478)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0478 advisory. The libvirt library is a C API for managing and interacting with the virtualization capabilities of Linux and other operating systems. In addition,...

Critical Vulnerability Identified in Foxit Reader

A vulnerability exists in the latest build of Foxit Reader, a PDF reader produced by the Foxit Corp., that could allow an attacker to inject malicious code into documents. Details of the exploit were disclosed on Monday by Andrea Micalizzi, an independent security researcher based in Italy...

ruby security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2013:0129 Updated ruby packages that fix two security issues and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS...

ruby: Incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1005 for NameError#to_s method when used on objects

The safe-level feature in Ruby 1.8.7 allows context-dependent attackers to modify strings via the NameErrortos method when operating on Ruby objects. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1005...

PT-2013-1678 · Ruby +3 · Ruby +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Ruby version 1.8.7 Description: The safe-level feature in Ruby allows context-dependent attackers to modify strings via the NameErrorto s method when operating on Ruby objects. Recommendations: For Ruby version 1.8.7, at the moment, there is ...

Google Chrome blocks access to Twitpic for Malware risk

Suddenly today Google Chrome start detecting Twitpic.com as malware threat. Twitpic is one of the most popular website for Sharing photos and videos on Twitter. Twitpic denies and said that there is no malware on the website and is trying to contact Google. We also notice that, Twitter profiles a...

Google Chrome blocks access to Twitpic for Malware risk

Suddenly today Google Chrome start detecting Twitpic.com as malware threat. Twitpic is one of the most popular website for Sharing photos and videos on Twitter. Twitpic denies and said that there is no malware on the website and is trying to contact Google. We also notice that, Twitter profiles a...

Tectia SSH USERAUTH Change Request Password Reset

This Metasploit module exploits a vulnerability in Tectia SSH server for Unix-based platforms. The bug is caused by a SSH2MSGUSERAUTHPASSWDCHANGEREQ request before password authentication, allowing any remote user to bypass the login routine, and then gain access as root. This file is part of the...

CVE-2012-4472

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in upload.php in the Drag & Drop Gallery module 6.x-1.5 and earlier for Drupal allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a file with an executable extension followed by a safe extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the...