Compilers permit Unicode control and homoglyph characters

Overview Attacks that allow for unintended control of Unicode and homoglyphic characters, described by the researchers in this report leverage text encoding that may cause source code to be interpreted differently by a compiler than it appears visually to a human reviewer. Source code compilers,...

FreeBSD : Python -- multiple vulnerabilities (145ce848-1165-11ec-ac7e-08002789875b)

Python reports : bpo-42278: Replaced usage of tempfile.mktemp with TemporaryDirectory to avoid a potential race condition. bpo-44394: Update the vendored copy of libexpat to 2.4.1 from 2.2.8 to get the fix for the CVE-2013-0340 'Billion Laughs' vulnerability. This copy is most used on Windows and...

CVE-2021-1104

The RISC-V Instruction Set Manual contains a documented ambiguity for the Machine Trap Vector Base Address MTVEC register that may lead to a vulnerability due to the initial state of the register not being defined, potentially leading to information disclosure, data tampering and denial of servic...

Information disclosure

The RISC-V Instruction Set Manual contains a documented ambiguity for the Machine Trap Vector Base Address MTVEC register that may lead to a vulnerability due to the initial state of the register not being defined, potentially leading to information disclosure, data tampering and denial of servic...

Design/Logic Flaw

In onBindViewHolder of AppSwitchPreference.java, there is a possible bypass of device admin setttings due to unclear UI. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11Android...

Breaking down NOBELIUM’s latest early-stage toolset

As we reported in earlier blog posts, the threat actor NOBELIUM recently intensified an email-based attack that it has been operating and evolving since early 2021. We continue to monitor this active attack and intend to post additional details as they become available. In this blog, we highlight...

CVE-2021-23956

An ambiguous file picker design could have confused users who intended to select and upload a single file into uploading a whole directory. This was addressed by adding a new prompt. This vulnerability affects Firefox 85...

UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23956

An ambiguous file picker design could have confused users who intended to select and upload a single file into uploading a whole directory. This was addressed by adding a new prompt. This vulnerability affects Firefox 85...

PT-2023-25475 · Gifsicle +2 · Gifsicle +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Gifsicle version 1.9.3 Description: A heap buffer overflow issue was discovered in Gifsicle via the ambiguity error component at /src/clp.c. Recommendations: For Gifsicle version 1.9.3, at the moment, there is no information about a newer...

Martian Vulnerability Chronicles

Well, there should have been an optimistic post about my vulnerability analysis & classification pet-project. Something like "blah-blah-blah the situation is pretty bad, tons of vulnerabilities and it's not clear which of them can be used by attackers. BUT there is a way how to make it better usi...

Embracing the Cybersecurity ‘Grey Space’

It is just as tiring for security teams to keep saying “No” as it is for every other department to keep hearing it. To preserve some level of smooth operations in an organization, security teams need to find a way to let employees move data around while still protecting digital assets like IP and...

CVE-2017-6015

Without quotation marks, any whitespace in the file path for Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Activation version 4.00.02 remains ambiguous, which may allow an attacker to link to or run a malicious executable. This may allow an authorized, but not privileged local user to execute arbitrary code wi...

CVE-2017-6015

Without quotation marks, any whitespace in the file path for Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Activation version 4.00.02 remains ambiguous, which may allow an attacker to link to or run a malicious executable. This may allow an authorized, but not privileged local user to execute arbitrary code wi...

CVE-2017-6015

Without quotation marks, any whitespace in the file path for Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Activation version 4.00.02 remains ambiguous, which may allow an attacker to link to or run a malicious executable. This may allow an authorized, but not privileged local user to execute arbitrary code wi...

CVE-2016-1102

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.213 and earlier, as used in the Adobe Flash libraries in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge, has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than other CVEs listed in MS16-064...

CVE-2014-9298

CVE-2014-9298 is rejected/not used; this ID is not an active vulnerability entry.

Security update for java-1_7_0-openjdk (important)

OpenJDK was updated to 2.5.4 - OpenJDK 7u75 to fix security issues and bugs: Security fixes - S8046656: Update protocol support - S8047125, CVE-2015-0395: ref More phantom object references - S8047130: Fewer escapes from escape analysis - S8048035, CVE-2015-0400: Ensure proper proxy protocols -...

openSUSE Security Update : samba (openSUSE-SU-2013:1349-1)

"This update of samba fixed the following issues : - The pamwinbind requiremembershipof option allows for a list of SID, but currently only provides buffer space for 20; bnc806501. - Samba 3.0.x to 4.0.7 are affected by a denial of service attack on authenticated or guest connections;...

openSUSE Security Update : samba (openSUSE-SU-2013:1339-1)

"This update of samba fixed the following issues : - The pamwinbind requiremembershipof option allows for a list of SID, but currently only provides buffer space for 20; bnc806501. - Samba 3.0.x to 4.0.7 are affected by a denial of service attack on authenticated or guest connections;...

Difficulty of Detecting OpenSSL Heartbleed Attacks Adds to Problem

The list of products and sites affected by the OpenSSL heartbleed vulnerability continues to grow, and as security teams implement the patch and dig into the thornier work of revoking certificates, a new problem is emerging: It’s difficult to know whether an attacker has exploited the vulnerabili...