WordPress 4.0.1 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Patch

WordPress’s latest update, 4.0.1, patches a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability affecting comment boxes on websites running the content management system software. An attacker would need only to inject malicious JavaScript into a comment that would infect a reader viewing it on the webpag...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Oxide vulnerabilities (USN-2410-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2410-1 advisory. A buffer overflow was discovered in Skia. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacked could potentially exploit this to...

CentOS 6 : libvirt (CESA-2014:1873)

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

mingw-w64-binutils: multiple issues

CVE-2014-8484 invalid read Invalid read flaw leads to denial of service while parsing specially crafted files in programs using libbfd. - CVE-2014-8485 out-of-bounds write Lack of range checking leading to controlled write in bfdelfsetupsections which results in denial of service or possible code...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : dbus (MDVSA-2014:214)

Updated dbus packages fixes the following security issues : Alban Crequy and Simon McVittie discovered several vulnerabilities in the D-Bus message daemon : On 64-bit platforms, file descriptor passing could be abused by local users to cause heap corruption in dbus-daemon, leading to a crash, or...

CentOS 6 / 7 : libXfont (CESA-2014:1870)

Updated libXfont packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are...

openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2014:1444-1)

flash-player was updated to version 11.2.202.418 to fix 18 security issues. These security issues were fixed : - Memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution CVE-2014-0576, CVE-2014-0581, CVE-2014-8440, CVE-2014-8441. - Use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code...

WhatsApp Messenger Adds End-to-End Encryption by Default

Good news for all Privacy Lovers!! Finally the wildly popular messaging app WhatsApp has made end-to-end encryption a default feature, stepping a way forward for the online privacy of its users around the world. WhatsApp, most popular messaging app with 600 Million users as of October 2014, has...

RHEL 7 : mariadb (RHSA-2014:1861)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2014:1861 advisory. MariaDB is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server that is binary compatible with MySQL. This update fixes several vulnerabilities ...

CentOS 7 : mariadb (CESA-2014:1861)

Updated mariadb packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available...

RHEL 5 : mysql55-mysql (RHSA-2014:1859)

Updated mysql55-mysql packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are...

RHEL 5 : rhev-hypervisor5 (RHSA-2012:0488)

An updated rhev-hypervisor5 package that fixes three security issues and one bug is now available. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are availabl...

RHEL 5 : rhev-hypervisor (RHSA-2010:0622)

Updated rhev-hypervisor packages that fix multiple security issues and two bugs are now available. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are availabl...

RHEL 5 : rhev-hypervisor (RHSA-2010:0476)

An updated rhev-hypervisor package that fixes two security issues, multiple bugs, and adds enhancements is now available. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severit...

RHEL 5 : rhev-hypervisor5 (RHSA-2012:0168)

An updated rhev-hypervisor5 package that fixes several security issues and various bugs is now available. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are...

SUSE-SU-2015:0653-1 Security update for wireshark

wireshark has been updated to version 1.10.11 to fix five security issues. These security issues have been fixed: SigComp UDVM buffer overflow CVE-2014-8710. AMQP dissector crash CVE-2014-8711. NCP dissector crashes CVE-2014-8712, CVE-2014-8713. TN5250 infinite loops CVE-2014-8714. This...

SUSE-SU-2015:1098-1 Security update for wireshark

wireshark has been updated to version 1.10.11 to fix five security issues. These security issues have been fixed: SigComp UDVM buffer overflow CVE-2014-8710. AMQP dissector crash CVE-2014-8711. NCP dissector crashes CVE-2014-8712, CVE-2014-8713. TN5250 infinite loops CVE-2014-8714. This...

RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2014:1852)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2014:1852 advisory. The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash Player web browser plug-in. This update fixes multiple...

CentOS 6 : glibc (CESA-2014:1391)

Updated glibc packages that fix two security issues, several bugs, and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detaile...

CentOS 6 : glibc (CESA-2013:1605)

Updated glibc packages that fix three security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements 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,...