kernel: Possible use-after-free vulnerability in keyring facility

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's key management subsystem handled keyring object reference counting in certain error path of the joinsessionkeyring function. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system...

Debian DSA-3451-1 : fuse - security update

Jann Horn discovered a vulnerability in the fuse Filesystem in Userspace package in Debian. The fuse package ships an udev rule adjusting permissions on the related /dev/cuse character device, making it world writable. This permits a local, unprivileged attacker to create an arbitrarily-named...

PT-2016-3340 · Linux +3 · Linux Kernel +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description: A flaw was found in the way memory resources were freed in the unix stream recvmsg function in the Linux kernel when a signal was pending. This flaw allows an unprivileged local user t...

WiX Toolset DLL Hijacking

Hi @ll, executable installers ° created with the WiX Toolset see , and of course the WiX Toolset installer itself too resp. using its bootstrapper "burn.exe" are vulnerable: see 1. They load and execute a rogue/bogus/malicious FEClient.dll ' and other DLLs too, dependent on the version of Windows...

Microsoft Exchange Server CVE-2016-0029 Spoofing Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Exchange Server is prone to a security vulnerability that may allow attackers to conduct spoofing attacks. An attacker can exploit this issue to conduct spoofing attacks and perform unauthorized actions; other attacks are also possible. Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 is...

Microsoft VBScript CVE-2016-0002 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Description Microsoft VBScript is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view a specially crafted web page. Attackers can take advantage of this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently...

openstack-nova: Unprivileged API user can access host data using instance snapshot

A flaw was discovered in the OpenStack Compute nova snapshot feature when using the libvirt driver. A compute user could overwrite an attached instance disk with a malicious header specifying a backing file, and then request a snapshot, causing a file from the compute host to be leaked. This flaw...

openstack-nova: Unprivileged API user can access host data using instance snapshot

A flaw was discovered in the OpenStack Compute nova snapshot feature when using the libvirt driver. A compute user could overwrite an attached instance disk with a malicious header specifying a backing file, and then request a snapshot, causing a file from the compute host to be leaked. This flaw...

USN-2857-2: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerability

Nathan Williams discovered that overlayfs in the Linux kernel incorrectly handled setattr operations. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to create files with administrative permission attributes and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges...

kernel: Keyrings crash triggerable by unprivileged user

It was found that the Linux kernel's keys subsystem did not correctly garbage collect uninstantiated keyrings. A local attacker could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system...

Microsoft Office CVE-2015-6040 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Office is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial-of-service conditions. Technologies Affected...

Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge CVE-2015-6154 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge are prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view a specially crafted webpage. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently...

Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge CVE-2015-6151 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge are prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view a specially crafted webpage. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently...

Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2015-6156 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view a specially crafted webpage. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in...

Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2015-6145 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view a specially crafted webpage. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in...

Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2015-6141 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view a specially crafted webpage. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in...

Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2015-6143 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view a specially crafted webpage. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in...

Microsoft Edge CVE-2015-6168 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Edge is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view a specially crafted webpage. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user. Failed...

Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2015-6160 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view a specially crafted webpage. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in...

Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2015-6134 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to view a specially crafted webpage. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in...