CVE-2013-1794

Buffer overflow in certain client utilities in OpenAFS before 1.6.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long fileserver ACL entry...

[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: coreutils-8.15-10.fc17

These are the GNU core utilities. This package is the combination of the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages...

Solaris 10 (sparc) : 148768-02 (deprecated)

Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite subcomponent: Text Utilities. The supported version that is affected is 10. Easily exploitable vulnerability requiring logon to Operating System. Successful attack of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read...

Obama Cybersecurity Executive Order Expected Tomorrow

This week figures to be a high-profile time for cybersecurity on Capitol Hill. Reports say President Barack Obama will issue a long-awaited executive order shortly after tonight’s State of the Union address, while another stab at getting the controversial CISPA cybersecurity bill signed into law...

Solaris 10 (x86) : 148769-02 (deprecated)

Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite subcomponent: Text Utilities. The supported version that is affected is 10. Easily exploitable vulnerability requiring logon to Operating System. Successful attack of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read...

Fedora Update for coreutils FEDORA-2013-1455

Check for the Version of coreutils OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for coreutils FEDORA-2013-1455 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under th...

Fedora Update for gdal FEDORA-2013-1490

Check for the Version of gdal OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for gdal FEDORA-2013-1490 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of...

[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: coreutils-8.17-8.fc18

These are the GNU core utilities. This package is the combination of the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages...

quota security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2013:0120 An updated quota package that fixes one security issue and multiple bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring Syste...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenIPMI security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Updated OpenIPMI packages that fix one security issue, multiple bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which give...

Iran Retracts Reports of New Stuxnet-Like Attacks Against Utilities

Iranian officials are retracting Christmas day reports that malware resembling Stuxnet had been used to attack manufacturing facilities including a power utility in southern Iran. Ali Akbar Akhavan, head of Iran’s Passive Defense Organization, was quoted in reports yesterday by the Iranian...

Fedora Update for squashfs-tools FEDORA-2012-19203

Check for the Version of squashfs-tools OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for squashfs-tools FEDORA-2012-19203 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify ...

[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: squashfs-tools-4.2-5.fc18

Squashfs is a highly compressed read-only filesystem for Linux. This packa ge contains the utilities for manipulating squashfs filesystems...

DHS Chief Uses 'Sandy' to Underscore Cybersecurity Threats

While the eastern United States recovers from this week’s devastasting storm, the nation’s Homeland Security chief used “Superstorm Sandy” to promote the importance of national cybersecurity protection. “One of the possible areas of attack, of course, is attacks on our nation’s control systems —...

[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: net-snmp-5.7.1-3.fc16

SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol is a protocol used for network management. The NET-SNMP project includes various SNMP tools: an extensible agent, an SNMP library, tools for requesting or setting information from SNMP agents, tools for generating and handling SNMP traps, a version of the...

IP Theft, Supply Chain Security Major Worries for Government, Former Cybersecurity Czar Says

ANAHEIM, CALIF.–The theft of intellectual property through attacks on U.S. networks, both government-owned and private, has become one of the major concerns for officials at the top level of the federal government, not just among security staffs, but at the upper echelons of the White House and...

Adobe Plugs Several Buffer Overflow Holes in Shockwave Player

Adobe announced today it has repaired a host of critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities and an array out of bounds vulnerability in Shockwave Player and urges users to update to the latest version of the software, version 11.6.8.638. The company said it is not aware of active exploits. Both the...

Malware Signed by Adobe Certificate Only Used in Limited Targeted Attacks

Adobe’s revocation of a code-signing certificate that had been used by attackers to sign several malicious utilities sparked concerns in the security community about widespread malware attacks using those utilities. The key concern was that most antimalware systems will implicitly trust files tha...

What's the Meaning of This: Adobe Certificate Attack

The news yesterday that Adobe had been compromised and that the attackers were able to get valid Adobe signatures on a pair of malware utilities is one of the more worrisome and troubling stories in what has become a year of huge hacks and historic change in the security industry. Adobe was...

Valid Adobe Certificate Used to Sign Malicious Utilities Common in Targeted Attacks

Adobe announced today it was the victim of an APT-style attack after two malicious utilities commonly used in targeted attacks for privilege escalation and pivoting within a network were discovered signed by a valid Adobe digital certificate. Adobe said it will revoke the certificate next week...