[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: gdm-3.28.3-1.fc28

GDM, the GNOME Display Manager, handles authentication-related backend functionality for logging in a user and unlocking the user's session after it's been locked. GDM also provides functionality for initiating user-switc hing, so more than one user can be logged in at the same time. It handles...

Sending FireEye HX data to Splunk

FireEye HX is an agent-based Endpoint Protection solution. Something like an antivirus, but focused on Advanced Persistent Threats APT. It has an appliance with GUI where you can manage the agents and see information about detected security incidents. As with any agent-based solution, it's...

A study of car sharing apps

The growing popularity of car sharing services has led some experts to predict an end to private car ownership in big cities. The statistics appear to back up this claim: for example, in 2017 Moscow saw the car sharing fleet, the number of active users and the number of trips they made almost...

Juniper Junos HTTP/HTTPS Firewall User Authentication Remote Information Disclosure (JSA10858)

According to its self-reported version number, the remote Junos device is affected by a remote information disclosure vulnerability. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid111205; scriptversion"1.7"; scriptsetattributeattribute:"pluginmodificationdate",...

CVE-2018-0025 Junos OS: SRX Series: Credentials exposed when using HTTP and HTTPS Firewall Pass-through User Authentication

When an SRX Series device is configured to use HTTP/HTTPS pass-through authentication services, a client sending authentication credentials in the initial HTTP/HTTPS session is at risk that these credentials may be captured during follow-on HTTP/HTTPS requests by a malicious actor through a...

Microsoft Windows: Allow users to connect remotely by using Remote Desktop Services

This policy setting allows you to configure remote access to computers by using Remote Desktop Services. If you enable this policy setting, users who are members of the Remote Desktop Users group on the target computer can connect remotely to the target computer by using Remote Desktop Services. ...

Microsoft Windows 10: Consumer Microsoft account user authentication

When enabled, this policy will prevent all applications and services on the device from new consumer Microsoft account authentication via the Windows OnlineID and WebAccountManager APIs. This policy may not affect applications which have already authenticated until the authentication cache expire...

Dovecot User Authentication Denial of Service Vulnerability

Dovecot is prone to a Denial of Service vulnerability within the user authentication. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only...

Cross site request forgery (csrf)

Cross-site request forgery CSRF vulnerability in admin.php in LFCMS 3.7.0 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified users for requests that add administrator users via the s parameter, a related issue to CVE-2018-12114...

Android Gets New Anti-Spoofing Feature to Make Biometric Authentication Secure

Google just announced its plan to introduce a new anti-spoofing feature for its Android operating system that makes its biometric authentication mechanisms more secure than ever. Biometric authentications, like the fingerprint, IRIS, or face recognition technologies, smoothen the process of...

CVE-2017-2669

Dovecot before version 2.2.29 is vulnerable to a denial of service. When 'dict' passdb and userdb were used for user authentication, the username sent by the IMAP/POP3 client was sent through varexpand to perform %variable expansion. Sending specially crafted %variable fields could result in...

CVE-2017-2669

Dovecot before version 2.2.29 is vulnerable to a denial of service. When 'dict' passdb and userdb were used for user authentication, the username sent by the IMAP/POP3 client was sent through varexpand to perform %variable expansion. Sending specially crafted %variable fields could result in...

CVE-2017-2669

Dovecot before version 2.2.29 is vulnerable to a denial of service. When 'dict' passdb and userdb were used for user authentication, the username sent by the IMAP/POP3 client was sent through varexpand to perform %variable expansion. Sending specially crafted %variable fields could result in...

CVE-2017-2669

Dovecot before version 2.2.29 is vulnerable to a denial of service. When 'dict' passdb and userdb were used for user authentication, the username sent by the IMAP/POP3 client was sent through varexpand to perform %variable expansion. Sending specially crafted %variable fields could result in...

Cross site request forgery (csrf)

Multiple cross-site request forgery CSRF vulnerabilities in totemomail Encryption Gateway before 6.0.0Build371 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that 1 change user settings, 2 send emails, or 3 change contact information by leveraging lack of an anti-CSRF...

CVE-2018-6563

Multiple cross-site request forgery CSRF vulnerabilities in totemomail Encryption Gateway before 6.0.0Build371 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that 1 change user settings, 2 send emails, or 3 change contact information by leveraging lack of an anti-CSRF...

Perverse Vulnerability from Interaction between 2-Factor Authentication and iOS AutoFill

Apple is rolling out an iOS security usability feature called Security code AutoFill. The basic idea is that the OS scans incoming SMS messages for security codes and suggests them in AutoFill, so that people can use them without having to memorize or type them. Sounds like a really good idea, bu...

Security Bulletin: Critical Security Vulnerability in RDS Client library affecting Rational Change (CVE-2014-3089)

Summary Clear text password in IBM Rational Directory Server RDS supplied Client library could allow potential hacker to gain access to RDS and access to unauthorized data used by consuming products such as Rational Change. Vulnerability Details | Subscribe to My Notifications to be notified of...

Security Bulletin: IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience allows user authentication via unencrypted GET request (CVE-2015-4990)

Summary The IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience portal allows a user to authenticate via means that could result in exposure of credentials. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-4990 DESCRIPTION: The IBM Tealeaf Customer Experience could allow a local privileged user to obtain the authentication...

Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Initiate Master Data Service (CVE-2014-4789, CVE-2014-4788, CVE-2014-4787, CVE-2014-4786, CVE-2014-4785, CVE-2014-4784, CVE-2014-4783)

Summary Multiple Vulnerabilities discovered in web UI components of IBM Initiate Master Data Service. Vulnerability Details CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4789 DESCRIPTION: IBM Initiate Master Data Service could allow a remote attacker to hijack a valid user's session, caused by the failure to update the sessi...