Linux af_packet.c race condition (local root) (CVE-2016-8655)

To create AFPACKET sockets you need CAPNETRAW in your network namespace, which can be acquired by unprivileged processes on systems where unprivileged namespaces are enabled Ubuntu, Fedora, etc. It can be triggered from within containers to compromise the host kernel. On Android, processes with...

PT-2016-3456

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions through 4.17.2 Description The issue is related to the Linux kernel's page allocator not yielding CPU resources to the owner of the oom lock mutex. This can allow a local unprivileged user to lock up the system forever by...

Fedora 24 : curl (2016-e8e8cdb4ed)

fix cookie injection for other servers CVE-2016-8615 - compare user/passwd case-sensitively while reusing connections CVE-2016-8616 - base64: check for integer overflow on large input CVE-2016-8617 - fix double-free in krb5 code CVE-2016-8619 - fix double-free in curlmaprintf CVE-2016-8618 - fix...

PHP 7 is due: the deserialization vulnerability case studies and analysis of on-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

! 1. Vulnerability history For hackers, if you can use a server-side error, that's the equivalent of hit the jackpot. Because users tend to move their data stored in the server,if a hacker can make use of this error can be directed to a target, thereby acquiring greater benefits. PHP scripting...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3053-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3053-1 advisory. A missing permission check when settings ACLs was discovered in nfsd. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain access to any file by setting an ACL...

USN-3053-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities

A missing permission check when settings ACLs was discovered in nfsd. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain access to any file by setting an ACL. CVE-2016-1237 It was discovered that the keyring implementation in the Linux kernel did not ensure a data structure was initialized before...

libtiff: divide by zero in the tiffdither tool

The TIFFmalloc function in tifunix.c in LibTIFF 4.0.3 does not reject a zero size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service divide-by-zero error and application crash via a crafted TIFF image that is mishandled by the TIFFWriteScanline function in tifwrite.c, as demonstrated by...

[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: libtalloc-2.1.5-2.fc22

A library that implements a hierarchical allocator with destructors...

[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: libtalloc-2.1.5-2.fc23

A library that implements a hierarchical allocator with destructors...

nspr: heap-buffer overflow in PL_ARENA_ALLOCATE (MFSA 2015-133)

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in NSPR. An attacker could use this flaw to cause NSPR to crash or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running an application compiled against the NSPR library...

F5 Networks BIG-IP : Boost memory allocator vulnerability (K16946)

Integer overflow in the orderedmalloc function in boost/pool/pool.hpp in Boost Pool before 3.9 makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows via a large memory chunk size value, which causes less memory to be allocated than expected...

Wireshark epan/wmem/wmem_allocator_block.c Denial of Service Vulnerability

Wireshark formerly known as Ethereal is a suite of network packet analysis software developed by the Wireshark team. Multiple 'wmemblocksplitfreechunk' functions in the epan/wmem/wmemallocatorblock.c file of the wmem block allocator in Wireshark's Memory Manager The mealloc operation restores the...

CVE-2015-6242

The wmemblocksplitfreechunk function in epan/wmem/wmemallocatorblock.c in the wmem block allocator in the memory manager in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not properly consider a certain case of multiple realloc operations that restore a memory chunk to its original size, which allows remote...

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6242

The wmemblocksplitfreechunk function in epan/wmem/wmemallocatorblock.c in the wmem block allocator in the memory manager in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not properly consider a certain case of multiple realloc operations that restore a memory chunk to its original size, which allows remote...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6242

The wmemblocksplitfreechunk function in epan/wmem/wmemallocatorblock.c in the wmem block allocator in the memory manager in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not properly consider a certain case of multiple realloc operations that restore a memory chunk to its original size, which allows remote...

SOL16946 - Boost memory allocator vulnerability CVE-2012-2677

Vulnerability Recommended Actions If the previous table lists a version in the Versions known to be not vulnerable column, you can eliminate this vulnerability by upgrading to the listed version. If the listed version is older than the version you are currently running, or if the table does not...

CVE-2015-0828

Double free vulnerability in the nsXMLHttpRequest::GetResponse function in Mozilla Firefox before 36.0, when a nonstandard memory allocator is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service heap memory corruption via crafted JavaScript code that makes an...

CVE-2015-0828

Double free vulnerability in the nsXMLHttpRequest::GetResponse function in Mozilla Firefox before 36.0, when a nonstandard memory allocator is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service heap memory corruption via crafted JavaScript code that makes an...

CentOS 6 : glibc (CESA-2013:1605)

Updated glibc packages that fix three security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores,...

Exploiting CVE-2014-0556 in Flash

Posted by Chris Evans, Kidnapper of RIP A couple of weeks ago, Adobe released security bulletin APSB14-21, including 8 fixes for bugs reported by Project Zero. Full details of these bugs are now public in our bug tracker. Some of the more interesting ones are a double free in the RTMP protocol, o...