DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4538

The HVMOPpagetabledying hypercall in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 does not properly check the pagetable state when running on shadow pagetables, which allows a local HVM guest OS to cause a denial of service hypervisor crash via unspecified vectors...

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3512

Munin before 2.0.6 stores plugin state files that run as root in the same group-writable directory as non-root plugins, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by replacing a state file, as demonstrated using the smart plugin...

kernel: unfiltered netdev rio_ioctl access by users

The rioioctl function in drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.7 does not restrict access to the SIOCSMIIREG command, which allows local users to write data to an Ethernet adapter via an ioctl call...

CVE-2012-5519

CUPS 1.4.4, when running in certain Linux distributions such as Debian GNU/Linux, stores the web interface administrator key in /var/run/cups/certs/0 using certain permissions, which allows local users in the lpadmin group to read or write arbitrary files as root by leveraging the web interface...

Microsoft Internet Explorer CTreeNode Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote code-execution 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 CFormElement Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote code-execution 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 SQL Server Report Manager CVE-2012-2552 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Description Microsoft SQL Server is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. Technologie...

Microsoft Word PAPX Section Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Word is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to open a specially crafted Word file. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged-in user, which...

kernel: drm/i915: integer overflow in i915_gem_do_execbuffer()

Integer overflow in the i915gemdoexecbuffer function in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915gemexecbuffer.c in the Direct Rendering Manager DRM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.3.5 on 32-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds write or possibly have unspecified othe...

Microsoft Internet Explorer Image Arrays Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote code-execution 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...

CVE-2012-1581

MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 uses weak random numbers for password reset tokens, which makes it easier for remote attackers to change the passwords of arbitrary users...

CVE-2012-2657

Buffer overflow in the SQLDriverConnect function in unixODBC 2.0.10, 2.3.1, and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service crash via a long string in the FILEDSN option. NOTE: this issue might not be a vulnerability, since the ability to set this option typically implies that the...

CVE-2011-4578

event.c in acpid aka acpid2 before 2.0.11 does not have an appropriate umask setting during execution of event-handler scripts, which might allow local users to 1 perform write operations within directories created by a script, or 2 read files created by a script, via standard filesystem system...

PSF-2012-2 pypirc created insecurely

Python 2.6 through 3.2 creates /.pypirc with world-readable permissions before changing them after data has been written, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to obtain a username and password by reading this file...

kernel: unfiltered netdev rio_ioctl access by users

The rioioctl function in drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.7 does not restrict access to the SIOCSMIIREG command, which allows local users to write data to an Ethernet adapter via an ioctl call...

PYSEC-2012-21

virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute Nova 2012.1.x before 2012.1.2 and Folsom before Folsom-3 allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image that uses a symlink that is only readable by root. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an...

CVE-2012-3866

lib/puppet/defaults.rb in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, uses 0644 permissions for lastrunreport.yaml, which allows local users to obtain sensitive configuration information by leveraging access to the puppet master server to read this file...

Server: User enumeration

apps/calendar/appinfo/remote.php and apps/contacts/appinfo/remote.php in ownCloud before 4.0.7 allows remote authenticated users to enumerate the registered users via unspecified vectors. For more information please consult the official advisory. This advisory is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0...

GAO Calls out the FDIC

It’s not always malicious hackers and purported state actors that expose weaknesses in government systems. Sometime it’s other government agencies as well. This was the case when federal watchdog, the Government Accountability Office, audited and subsequently called out the Federal Deposit...

PT-2012-3945 · Anaconda · Anaconda

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Anaconda affected versions not specified Description: The issue concerns the bootloader configuration module in Anaconda, specifically the pyanaconda/bootloader.py file, which sets 755 permissions for /etc/grub.d. This setting allows local...