Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Sudo vulnerability (USN-3304-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3304-1 advisory. It was discovered that Sudo did not properly parse the contents of /proc/pid/stat when attempting to determine its controlling tty. A local attacker i...

Fedora 25 : lynis (2017-8d625a8d2b)

Update to 2.5.0 / https://cisofy.com/security/cve/cve-2017-8108/ Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing...

Debian DLA-956-1 : libsndfile security update

CVE-2017-8361 The flacbuffercopy function in flac.c in libsndfile 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service buffer overflow and application crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted audio file. CVE-2017-8362 The flacbuffercopy function in flac.c in libsndfile...

Fedora 24 : git (2017-01a7989fc0)

An issue in git-shell could allow remote users to run an interactive pager. From the update announcement : ... fix a recently disclosed problem with 'git shell', which may allow a user who comes over SSH to run an interactive pager by causing it to spawn 'git upload-pack --help' CVE-2017-8386. Th...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : juju-core vulnerability (USN-3300-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3300-1 advisory. Ryan Beisner discovered juju did not set permissions on a Unix domain socket. A local attacker could use this flaw to gain administrative privileges...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3575)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3575 advisory. kernel-uek 3.8.13-118.18.3 - dccp/tcp: do not inherit mclist from parent Eric Dumazet Orabug: 26108571 CVE-2017-8890 Tenable has extracted the preceding...

Microsoft Windows SMBv1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

The remote Windows host has Microsoft Server Message Block 1.0 SMBv1 enabled. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Multiple information disclosure vulnerabilities exist in Microsoft Server Message Block 1.0 SMBv1 due to improper handling of SMBv1 packets. An unauthenticated,...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Firefox update (USN-3299-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3299-1 advisory. Some security information preloaded in Firefox was due to expire before the next scheduled release. This update bumps the expiration times. Tenable ha...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : jbig2dec vulnerabilities (USN-3297-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3297-1 advisory. Bingchang Liu discovered that jbig2dec incorrectly handled memory when decoding malformed image files. If a user or automated system were...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : MiniUPnP vulnerability (USN-3298-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3298-1 advisory. It was discovered that MiniUPnP incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : pam (SUSE-SU-2017:1398-1)

This update for pam fixes the following issues : - CVE-2015-3238: pamunix in conjunction with SELinux allowed for DoS attacks bsc934920. - log a hint to syslog if /etc/nologin is present, but empty bsc1015565. - If /etc/nologin is present, but empty, log a hint to syslog. bsc1015565 - Added suppo...

Debian DLA-951-1 : samba security update (SambaCry)

steelo discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in Samba, a SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix. A malicious client with access to a writable share, can take advantage of this flaw by uploading a shared library and then cause the server to load and execute it. For Debian 7...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : samba (SUSE-SU-2017:1396-1) (SambaCry)

This update for samba fixes the following issue : - An unprivileged user with access to the samba server could cause smbd to load a specially crafted shared library, which then had the ability to execute arbitrary code on the server as 'root'. CVE-2017-7494, bso12780, bsc1038231 Note that Tenable...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : java-1_7_1-ibm (SUSE-SU-2017:1387-1)

This update for java-171-ibm fixes the following issues: Version update to 7.1-4.5 bsc1038505 - CVE-2016-9840: zlib: Out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c - CVE-2016-9841: zlib: Out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inffast.c - CVE-2016-9842: zlib: Undefined left shift of negative number -...

Oracle Linux 7 : kdelibs (ELSA-2017-1264)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2017-1264 advisory. 6:4.14.8-6 - KAuth: verify that whoever is calling us is actually who he says he is CVE-2017-8422 Resolves: CVE-2017-8422 Tenable has extracted the preceding...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libsndfile (SUSE-SU-2017:1367-1)

This update for libsndfile fixes the following issues : - CVE-2017-8361: Global buffer overflow in flacbuffercopy. bsc1036946 - CVE-2017-8362: Invalid memory read in flacbuffercopy. bsc1036943 - CVE-2017-8363: Heap-based buffer overflow in flacbuffercopy. bsc1036945 - CVE-2017-7585, CVE-2017-7741...

Oracle Linux 7 : samba (ELSA-2017-1265)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-1265 advisory. 4.4.4-13 - resolves: 1437816 - Fix krb5 memory cache in libads sasl code - resolves: 1437741 - Fix CVE-2016-2125, CVE-2016-2126 and CVE-2017-2619 Tenab...

Debian DLA-949-1 : miniupnpc security update

It was discovered that there was a integer signedness error in the miniupnpc UPnP client that could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service attack. For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in miniupnpc version 1.5-2+deb7u2. We recommend that you upgrade your miniupnpc packages...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : FreeType vulnerabilities (USN-3282-2)

It was discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Note that Tenable Network...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3291-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3291-2 advisory. USN-3291-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the generic Linux kernel. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux kernel built for specific...