libvirt: missing ACL check for the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE flag in save images and snapshots objects

It was discovered that the virDomainSnapshotGetXMLDesc and virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc functions did not sufficiently limit the usage of the VIRDOMAINXMLSECURE flag when fine-grained ACLs were enabled. A remote attacker able to establish a connection to libvirtd could use this flaw to obtain...

Windows 2012/2012R2 leaks memory when a hardware snapshot is created multiple times on a CSV

Challenge Windows 2012 / 2012 R2 Hyper-V hosts leak memory when a hardware snapshot is created/removed multiple times on a CSV with a hardware provider. Cause Windows 2012 / 2012 R2 Hyper-V hosts leak memory when a snapshot is created on a CSV using hardware provider. Due to the fact that only a...

CVE-2015-0236

libvirt before 1.2.12 allow remote authenticated users to obtain the VNC password by using the VIRDOMAINXMLSECURE flag with a crafted 1 snapshot to the virDomainSnapshotGetXMLDesc interface or 2 image to the virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc interface...

Input validation

libvirt before 1.2.12 allow remote authenticated users to obtain the VNC password by using the VIRDOMAINXMLSECURE flag with a crafted 1 snapshot to the virDomainSnapshotGetXMLDesc interface or 2 image to the virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc interface...

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0236

libvirt before 1.2.12 allow remote authenticated users to obtain the VNC password by using the VIRDOMAINXMLSECURE flag with a crafted 1 snapshot to the virDomainSnapshotGetXMLDesc interface or 2 image to the virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc interface...

Holes in Progressive Dongle Could Lead to Car Hacks

A device that a popular car insurance company sends to customers to keep track of their driving and reduce their rate may be insecure and could be used to take control of a user’s vehicles. Progressive manufactures the device, a dongle called Snapshot that plugs into the OBD-II diagnostic port on...

Linux-Kernel-2.6.34-rc3

The kernel allows processes to access the internal .reiserfspriv directory at the top of a reiserfs filesystem which is used to store xattrs. Permissions are not enforced in that tree, so unprivileged users can view and potentially modify the xattrs on arbitrary files. import os, sys SHELL = 'int...

SAN snapshots on HP Store Virtual P4500 left behind after backup failures

Challenge The Veeam backup job fails but the SAN snapshot on HP Store Virtual is still created and left behind. On the proxy you may see in the event logs 2 events, one after another: first VSS event 8229 about VSS writer failure and then event 284 from HP StoreVirtual VSS Provider about successf...

RHEL 6 : rhevm (RHSA-2014:1002)

Updated rhevm packages that fix one security issue are now available. 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 rating, is available from the CVE link in the...

Veeam doesn't clean up temporary datastore in vSphere after restore from NetApp storage snapshot

Challenge After completing one of the restore options available for NetApp storage snapshot, you may notice that the temporary datastore under the name "snap--" is still mounted on the ESXi hosts with inactive status. See the screenshot below for an example: After a manual rescan of the storage...

Fedora 21 : qemu-2.1.2-2.fc21 (2014-11588)

Rebased to version 2.1.2 - CVE-2014-3640 qemu: slirp: NULL pointer bz 1144821, bz 1144818 - Add Requires seabios = 1.7.5, otherwise Windows virtio booting does not work. - Add Requires seabios = 1.7.5, otherwise Windows virtio booting does not work. - Fix crash on migration/snapshot bz 1144490...

Entire VM restore fails with 'An error occurred while taking a snapshot: Error.'

Challenge Entire VM Restore fails with: An error occurred while taking a snapshot: Error. Cause This can occur when a workingDir entry in the VMX causes the VM to attempt to direct snapshots to a different datastore that is not present in the site where the restore is taking place. Solution To...

WordPress Snapshot Theme - Remote Code Execution

There are a bug in this theme, that allows any website visitor to run and see the output of any shortcode. This gives unauthenticated visitors the same power to execute code on the server as regular publishers have. Solution Update the theme...

ppc64-diag: fix for tmp races and information disclosure (important)

ppc64-diag was updated to fix tmp race issues CVE-2014-4038 and a file disclosure problem in snapshot tarball generation CVE-2014-4039...

CVE-2014-2356

Innominate mGuard before 7.6.4 and 8.x before 8.0.3 does not require authentication for snapshot downloads, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTTPS request...

Cross site request forgery (csrf)

Innominate mGuard before 7.6.4 and 8.x before 8.0.3 does not require authentication for snapshot downloads, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTTPS request...

CVE-2014-2356

CVE-2014-2356 affects Innominate mGuard devices. Affected firmware prior to 7.6.4 and 8.x before 8.0.3 allow remote attackers to download configuration snapshots via a crafted HTTPS request without authentication, enabling unauthorized information disclosure (network exposure). The ICS-CERT advis...

Using the vSphere MOB (Managed Object Browser) to Troubleshoot Snapshot Creation

Purpose This article documents the procedure for manually creating a vSphere VM snapshot using the Managed Object Browser MOB. Solution Start by identifying the Managed Object Reference-ID MORef-ID of the VM for which the snapshot will be created. If the VM is being protected by Veeam Backup &...

Microsoft Access 97/2000/2002 Snapshot Viewer ActiveX Control Parameter Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8536/info Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer is prone to a remote buffer-overflow condition because the software fails to perform sufficient boundary checks on user-supplied parameters. Presumably, a remote attacker may be...

USN-2247-1: OpenStack Nova vulnerabilities

Darragh O'Reilly discovered that the Ubuntu packaging for OpenStack Nova did not properly set up its sudo configuration. If a different flaw was found in OpenStack Nova, this vulnerability could be used to escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 13.10 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS...