Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2017-0307)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-0307 advisory. - net dccp: fix freeing skb too early for IPV6RECVPKTINFO Hannes Frederic Sowa 1424626 1424628 CVE-2017-6074 - net sctp: validate chunk len before...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : LibreOffice vulnerability (USN-3210-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3210-1 advisory. Ben Hayak discovered that it was possible to make LibreOffice Calc and Writer disclose arbitrary files to an attacker if a user opened a specially...

Fedora 25 : 1:xrdp (2017-8fffbae8af)

WARNING: Please note that this update comes with a slightly different syntax of sesman.ini file, so if you edited this file by hand, you may need to look at the .rpmnew file and merge any required changes by hand. This release also creates three files in /etc/xrdp directory if they don't already...

Debian DLA-832-1 : bitlbee security update

CVE-2017-5668 Fix for incomplete fix for 'NULL pointer dereference with file transfer request from unknown contacts'. Though this package wasn't in Wheezy with this issue, I mention it here. The fix was done with the second patch for CVE-2016-10189 CVE-2016-10189 NULL pointer dereference with fil...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : util-linux (SUSE-SU-2017:0555-1)

This update for util-linux fixes the following issues: This security issue was fixed : - CVE-2017-2616: In su with PAM support it was possible for local users to send SIGKILL to selected other processes with root privileges bsc1023041. The update package also includes non-security fixes. See...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : PHP vulnerabilities (USN-3211-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3211-1 advisory. It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain invalid objects when unserializing data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to...

Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2017-0293)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2017-0293 advisory. 2.6.32-642.13.2 - net dccp: fix freeing skb too early for IPV6RECVPKTINFO Hannes Frederic Sowa 1424626 1424628 CVE-2017-6074 Tenable has extracted the preceding...

Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2017-0294)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2017-0294 advisory. - 3.10.0-514.6.2.OL7 - Oracle Linux certificates Alexey Petrenko - Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was compiled into kernel...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux, linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities (USN-3206-1)

It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the block device layer of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly gain administrative privileges. CVE-2016-7910 Dmitry Vyukov discovered a use-after-free vulnerability ...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3207-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3207-1 advisory. It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the block device layer of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a...

Ubuntu 16.10 : linux, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3209-1)

It was discovered that the generic SCSI block layer in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict write operations in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly gain administrative privileges. CVE-2016-10088 Jim Mattson discovered tha...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : tcpdump vulnerabilities (USN-3205-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3205-1 advisory. It was discovered that tcpdump incorrectly handled certain packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause tcpdump to crash, resulti...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Tomcat vulnerability (USN-3204-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3204-1 advisory. It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled certain HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Tomcat to consume resources,...

Debian DLA-828-1 : gst-plugins-good0.10 security update

Two memory handling issues were found in gst-plugins-good0.10 : CVE-2016-10198 An invalid read can be triggered in the aacparse element via a maliciously crafted file. CVE-2017-5840 An out of bounds heap read can be triggered in the qtdemux element via a maliciously crafted file. For Debian 7...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Python Crypto vulnerability (USN-3199-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3199-1 advisory. It was discovered that the ALGnew function in blocktemplace.c in the Python Cryptography Toolkit contained a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability....

Cris Thomas on Cyberwar Rhetoric

Cris Thomas of Tenable Networks, aka Space Rogue of the L0pht, talks to Mike Mimoso during RSA Conference about the rhetoric and hype surrounding cyberwar, as well as a quick trip down memory lane with the L0pht and its famous 1998 testimony before Congress. Download:...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : PHP vulnerabilities (USN-3196-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3196-1 advisory. It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain arguments to the localegetdisplayname function. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PH...

Tenable Nessus 6.x < 6.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2016-16) (SWEET32)

According to its self-reported version number, the Tenable Nessus application running on the remote host is 6.x prior to 6.9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Multiple integer overflow conditions exist in the OpenSSL component in s3srvr.c, sslsess.c, and t1lib.c due to...

Fedora 24 : spice (2017-05793780f0)

Add upstream patches fixing CVE-2016-9577 and CVE-2016-9578 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 additiona...

Fedora 25 : 2:vim (2017-595fec72ef)

The newest upstream commit, fixing CVE-2017-5953 vim: Tree length values not validated properly when handling a spell file Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean...