sudo: Privilege escalation in via improper get_process_ttyname() parsing

A flaw was found in the way sudo parsed tty information from the process status file in the proc filesystem. A local user with privileges to execute commands via sudo could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root...

Password Reset

I changed my password on my Linux system and now I can't push/pull via Atlassian SourceTree 2.0.20.1 gui. I tried resetting via the authentication tab under Tools-Options but the password is not being saved. I can use git via command line via Terminal because I am prompted for a password. I...

Password Reset

I changed my password on my Linux system and now I can't push/pull via Atlassian SourceTree 2.0.20.1 gui. I tried resetting via the authentication tab under Tools-Options but the password is not being saved. I can use git via command line via Terminal because I am prompted for a password. I...

[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: lxterminal-0.3.0-3.fc25

LXterminal is a VTE-based terminal emulator with support for multiple tabs. It is completely desktop-independent and does not have any unnecessary dependencies. In order to reduce memory usage and increase the performance all instances of the terminal are sharing a single process...

Linux kernel denial of service vulnerability (CNVD-2017-06928)

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A denial of service vulnerability exists in the 'omninetopen' function in the drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c file in Linux kernel 4.10.4 and earlier versions. A local attacker c...

Input validation vulnerability in multiple Huawei products

Huawei DP300 and so on are products of Huawei, China. DP300 is a video conferencing terminal. eSpace 7950 is an intelligent IP video phone product of Huawei, China. An input validation vulnerability exists in multiple Huawei products, which stems from a lack of input validation in the program. A...

Debian DLA-935-1 : lxterminal security update

It was discovered that there was a local denial of service vulnerability in lxterminal, the terminal emulator for the LXDE desktop environment. This was caused by an insecure use of temporary files for a socket file. For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in lxterminal version...

Updated lxterminal package fixes security vulnerability

unixsocket.c in lxterminal through 0.3.0 insecurely uses /tmp for a socket file, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service preventing terminal launch, or possibly have other impact bypassing terminal access control. CVE-2016-10369...

Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office that could be exploited when a user opens a file containing a malformed graphics image or when a user inserts a malformed graphics image into an Office file. Such a file could also be included in an email attachment. An attacker cou...

CVE-2016-10369

unixsocket.c in lxterminal through 0.3.0 insecurely uses /tmp for a socket file, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service preventing terminal launch, or possibly have other impact bypassing terminal access control...

CVE-2016-10369

unixsocket.c in lxterminal through 0.3.0 insecurely uses /tmp for a socket file, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service preventing terminal launch, or possibly have other impact bypassing terminal access control...

CVE-2016-10369

CVE-2016-10369 affects lxterminal (and lxterminal-gtk3) where unixsocket.c insecurely uses /tmp for the socket file through version 0.3.0, allowing a local attacker to cause a denial of service (prevent terminal launch) or potentially bypass terminal access control. Arch Linux advisories (ASA-201...

CVE-2016-10369

unixsocket.c in lxterminal through 0.3.0 insecurely uses /tmp for a socket file, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service preventing terminal launch, or possibly have other impact bypassing terminal access control...

CVE-2016-10369

unixsocket.c in lxterminal through 0.3.0 insecurely uses /tmp for a socket file, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service preventing terminal launch, or possibly have other impact bypassing terminal access control...

RubyGems: Escape sequence injection in "summary" field

Seems we can include any escape sequence in the "summary" field of gemspec. This allows attackers to inject escape sequences to a victim's terminal emulator. How to attack 1 An attacker creates a gem with summary string that includes malicious escape sequences, and push it to rubygems.org. 2 A...

CVE-2017-7483

Rxvt 2.7.10 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack by passing the value -2^31 inside a terminal escape code, which results in a non-invertible integer that eventually leads to a segfault due to an out of bounds read...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7483

Rxvt 2.7.10 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack by passing the value -2^31 inside a terminal escape code, which results in a non-invertible integer that eventually leads to a segfault due to an out of bounds read...

CVE-2017-7483

Rxvt 2.7.10 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack by passing the value -2^31 inside a terminal escape code, which results in a non-invertible integer that eventually leads to a segfault due to an out of bounds read...

CVE-2017-7483

Rxvt 2.7.10 is vulnerable to denial-of-service via a crafted terminal escape code (-2^31), causing a non-invertible integer and an out-of-bounds read that leads to a segfault. Affected product: rxvt (VT102 terminal emulator for X). Root cause: improper handling of certain escape sequences. Impact...

CVE-2017-7483

Rxvt 2.7.10 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack by passing the value -2^31 inside a terminal escape code, which results in a non-invertible integer that eventually leads to a segfault due to an out of bounds read...