kvm security update

kvm-83-270.0.1.el511 - Added kvm-add-oracle-workaround-for-libvirt-bug.patch - Added kvm-Introduce-oel-machine-type.patch kvm-83-270.el5 - KVM: x86: Check non canonical addresses upon WRMSR - Resolves: bz1152982 CVE-2014-3610 kernel: kvm: noncanonical MSR writes rhel-5.11.z kvm-83-269.el5 - KVM:...

USN-2549-1 libarchive vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the libarchive bsdcpio utility extracted absolute paths by default without using the --insecure flag, contrary to expectations. If a user or automated system were tricked into extracting cpio archives containing absolute paths, a remote attacker may be able to write to...

Updated libxfont package fixes security vulnerabilities

The bdf parser reads a count for the number of properties defined in a font from the font file, and allocates arrays with entries for each property based on that count. It never checked to see if that count was negative, or large enough to overflow when multiplied by the size of the structures...

MGASA-2015-0113 Updated libxfont package fixes security vulnerabilities

The bdf parser reads a count for the number of properties defined in a font from the font file, and allocates arrays with entries for each property based on that count. It never checked to see if that count was negative, or large enough to overflow when multiplied by the size of the structures...

GNOME Shell security, bug fix, and enhancement update

clutter 1.14.4-12 - Include upstream patch to prevent a crash when hitting hardware limits Resolves: rhbz1115162 1.14.4-11 - Fix a typo in the Requires 1.14.4-10 - Add patch for quadbuffer stereo suppport Resolves: rhbz1108891 cogl 1.14.1-6 - Add patches for quadbuffer stereo suppport Resolves:...

FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (8505e013-c2b3-11e4-875d-000c6e25e3e9)

Chrome Releases reports : 51 security fixes in this release, including : - 456516 High CVE-2015-1212: Out-of-bounds write in media. Credit to anonymous. - 448423 High CVE-2015-1213: Out-of-bounds write in skia filters. Credit to cloudfuzzer. - 445810 High CVE-2015-1214: Out-of-bounds write in ski...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : GNU binutils vulnerabilities (USN-2496-1)

"The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2496-1 advisory. Michal Zalewski discovered that the setupgroup function in libbfd in GNU binutils did not properly check group headers in ELF files. An attacker could u...

Arbitrary Write Privilege Elevation Vulnerability in Various K7 Computing Products

K7 Computing is an antivirus program. An arbitrary write elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in several K7 Computing products that allows a local user to write to arbitrary memory locations and gain elevated privileges by crafting 0x95002570, 0x95002574, 0x95002580, 0x950025a8, 0x950025ac...

AVG Internet Security Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

AVG Internet Security is an Internet security suite that includes antivirus, antispyware, antispam, link scanning and firewall. AVG Internet Security suffers from an elevation of privilege vulnerability, which can be exploited by a local attacker to write arbitrary files to enforce kernel-level...

There is an unspecified vulnerability in pax

pax is a set of archiving tools developed by Debian's QA group that can read and write tar and cpio formats. A security vulnerability exists in pax version 1:20140703. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to write arbitrary files by performing a symlink attack on the archive file...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2462-1)

Lars Bull reported a race condition in the PIT programmable interrupt timer emulation in the KVM Kernel Virtual Machine subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local guest user with access to PIT i/o ports could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service crash on the host. CVE-2014-3611 Lars Bull an...

IBM Security AppScan Enterprise Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

IBM Security AppScan Enterprise is a set of U.S. IBM Web application security testing solutions. Formerly known as IBM Rational AppScan Enterprise, the program supports simultaneous scanning of multiple Web applications , generate vulnerability reports and intelligent patching . IBM Security...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-6407

Docker before 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a 1 symlink or 2 hard link attack in an image archive in a a pull or b load operation...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2417-1)

Nadav Amit reported that the KVM Kernel Virtual Machine mishandles noncanonical addresses when emulating instructions that change the rip Instruction Pointer. A guest user with access to I/O or the MMIO can use this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash of the guest. CVE-2014-3647 A flaw...

libXfont: unvalidated length fields when parsing xfs protocol replies

Multiple out-of-bounds write flaws were found in the way libXfont parsed replies received from an X.org font server. A malicious X.org server could cause an X client to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X.Org server...

Vulnerability in JP1/NETM/DM and Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution data reproduction functionality

Overview JP1/NETM/DM and Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution contain a vulnerability that prevents them from disabling writing to built-in USB storage devices. Impact An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to prevent the affected products from disabling writing to built-in type USB...

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1111

lightdm before 1.0.9 does not properly close file descriptors before opening a child process, which allows local users to write to the lightdm log or have other unspecified impact...

GNU Wget FTP Symlink Arbitrary Filesystem Access

This module exploits a vulnerability in Wget when used in recursive -r mode with a FTP server as a destination. A symlink is used to allow arbitrary writes to the target's filesystem. To specify content for the file, use the "file:/path" syntax for the TARGETDATA option. Tested successfully with...

CVE-2014-3074 - Runtime Linker Allows Privilege Escalation Via Arbitrary File Writes in IBM AIX

Vulnerability title: Runtime Linker Allows Privilege Escalation Via Arbitrary File Writes in IBM AIX CVE: CVE-2014-3074 Vendor: IBM Product: AIX Affected version: AIX 6.1 and 7.1 and VIOS 2.2. Reported by: Tim Brown Details: It has been identified that the runtime linker allows privilege escalati...

AIX 7.1 TL 2 : malloc (IV62807)

It has been identified that the runtime linker allows privilege escalation via arbitrary file writes with elevated privileges programs. When MALLOCOPTIONS and MALLOCBUCKETS environment variables are set with bucket statistics options and by executing certain setuid programs, a non-privileged user...