The Hacker's Choice releases SSL DOS Tool

The Hacker's Choice releases SSL DOS Tool German hacker group "The Hacker's Choice" officially released a new DDoS tool. The tool exploits a weakness in SSL to kick a server off the Internet. Establishing a secure SSL connection requires 15x more processingpower on the server than on the...

Apple Safari libxslt File Create

Added: 10/24/2011 CVE: CVE-2011-1774 BID: 48840 OSVDB: 74017 Background Safari is a web browser for Mac OS X and Windows. Problem Safari versions prior to 5.0.6 use unsafe security settings when implementing libxslt. An attacker may leverage this weakness by creating a web page that references a...

APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-2 Apple TV Software Update 4.4

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-2 Apple TV Software Update 4.4 Apple TV Software Update 4.4 is now available and addresses the following: Apple TV Available for: Apple TV 4.0 through 4.3 Impact: An attacker with a privileged network position may intercept user...

Installation Path Disclosure Weakness in SPIP

High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab has discovered a weakness in SPIP which could be exploited to gain access to potentially sensitive information. 1 Installation path disclosure weakness in SPIP The weakness exists due to application reveals the full path to installation directory in an...

Microsoft Pushes FixIt Tool to Enable Support for Newer TLS Version

Microsoft has relased a security advisory about the TLS/SSL attack developed by Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong and also has made a FixIt tool available to help server administrators switch on support for newer versions of the protocol that aren’t vulnerable to the attack. The Microsoft advisory lay...

HTTPS SSL encryption Vulnerable To Crypto Attack

HTTPS SSL encryption Vulnerable To Crypto Attack The secure sockets layer SSL and transport layer security TLS encryption protocol, used by millions of websites to secure Web communications via HTTPS, is vulnerable to being decrypted by attackers. Researchers have discovered a serious weakness in...

Linux Kernel TCP Sequence Number Generation Security Weakness

The Linux kernel is prone to a security weakness related to TCP sequence number generation. Attackers can exploit this issue to inject arbitrary packets into TCP sessions using a brute-force attack. An attacker may use this vulnerability to create a denial of service condition or a...

SOL13108 - TCP Packet Filtering Weakness - CERT VU # 464113

This security advisory describes a TCP vulnerability. Various vendors' TCP/IP implementations handle packets containing unusual flag combinations in different ways, which may lead to a violation of implicit or explicit security policies. For example, an attacker may be able to bypass network acce...

OpenSSH Ciphersuite Specification Information Disclosure Weakness

OpenSSH is prone to a security weakness that may allow attackers to downgrade the ciphersuite. Successfully exploiting this issue in conjunction with other latent vulnerabilities may allow attackers to gain access to sensitive information that may aid in further attacks. Releases prior to OpenSSH...

OpenSSH Ciphersuite Specification Information Disclosure Weakness

OpenSSH is prone to a security weakness that may allow attackers to downgrade the ciphersuite. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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...

Open Redirect Weakness in MBoard

High-Tech Bridge SA Security Research Lab has discovered weakness in MBoard which could be exploited to perform phishing attacks. 1 Open redirect weakness in MBoard The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of the input data in the "url" parameter in go.php when redirecting users to...

DHS Unveils Effort to Focus on Software Security

The long string of attacks against popular Web sites, high-profile companies such as Sony, and government networks has brought the problem of common and easily exploitable vulnerabilities into the public eye, and the Department of Homeland Security today is unveiling a new effort to help address...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 10.2 / 11.0 / 12.0 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 : bind (SSA:2007-207-01)

New bind packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, and 12.0 to fix security issues. The first issue which allows remote attackers to make recursive queries only affects Slackware 12.0. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and...

Asterisk 1.8.4.1 - SIP REGISTER Request User Enumeration

Asterisk 1.8.4.1 - SIP REGISTER Request User Enumeration source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48008/info Asterisk is prone to a user-enumeration weakness. An attacker may leverage this issue to harvest valid usernames, which may aid in brute-force attacks. This issue affects Asterisk 1.8.4.1...

Multiple ZyWALL USG Products Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability

Multiple ZyWALL USG products are prone to a security-bypass vulnerability. Successful exploits may allow attackers to bypass certain security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions. Note: Reportedly, the firmware is also prone to a weakness that allows password-protected upgrade files to b...

Multiple ZyWALL USG Products Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability - Active Check

Multiple ZyWALL USG products are prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Note: Reportedly, the firmware is also prone to a weakness that allows password-protected upgrade files to be decrypted with a known plaintext attack. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might ...

OpenID Warns of Serious Bugs in Some Implementations

OpenID Warns of Serious Bugs in Some Implementations Amidst the fallout of the latest bungled password service kerfuffle at LastPass, comes a warning from the OpenID foundation of a critically serious flaw in certain deployments of the product to suffer a certain level of inter-process data...

OpenID Warns of Serious Bug in Some Implementations

The OpenID Foundation is warning users about a weakness in the software that could enable an attacker to change some of the data that’s exchanged between parties that use OpenID. The group is telling sites that implement OpenID to update to a new version in order to fix the problem. The bug in...

Asterisk 1.8.x - SIP INVITE Request User Enumeration

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47676/info Asterisk is prone to a user-enumeration weakness. An attacker may leverage this issue to harvest valid usernames, which may aid in brute-force attacks. This issue affects Asterisks 1.8. The following request is available: INVITE sip:192.168.2.1...

Microsoft fixed SMB NTLM relay attacks

Microsoft fixed NTLM proxing vulnerability: credentials used for one services could be forwardedto different one. Attack is known for many years as NTLM weakness...