DSA-2938-1 squeeze-lts announcement

The initial organisation and setup of Squeeze LTS has now happened and it is ready for taking over security support once the standard security support ends at the end of the month: Information for users Support for Squeeze LTS will end five years after the release of Squeeze, i.e. until the 6th o...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2936-1 (torque - security update)

John Fitzpatrick from MWR Labs reported a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in torque, a PBS-derived batch processing queueing system. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb2936.nasl 67...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2931-1 (openssl - security update)

It was discovered that incorrect memory handling in OpenSSL's dossl3write function could result in denial of service. The oldstable distribution squeeze is not affected. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb2931.nasl 6724 2017-07-14 09:57:17Z teissa $ Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2931-1 using...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2923-1 (openjdk-7 - security update)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenJDK, an implementation of the Oracle Java platform, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code, breakouts of the Java sandbox, information disclosure or denial of service. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb2923.nasl 6735 2017-07-17 09:56:49Z...

UltraDNS Dealing with DDoS Attack

UPDATE – UltraDNS said it has mitigated a distributed denial of service DDoS attack for most of its customers after the service was held down for most of the day. “Currently, only customers utilizing a segment of UltraDNS Name Server addresses are experiencing resolution latency due to intermitte...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2918-1 (iceweasel - security update)

Multiple security issues have been found in Iceweasel, Debian's version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser: Multiple memory safety errors, buffer overflows, missing permission checks, out of bound reads, use-after-frees and other implementation errors may lead to the execution of arbitrary code,...

New Internet Explorer Zero Day Used in Targeted Attacks

There’s a new zero-day vulnerability in many of the current versions of Internet Explorer and is being used in active attacks right now. The exploit that’s in use has the ability to bypass both DEP and ASLR and researchers say it’s being used by a known APT group. Microsoft has issued an advisory...

Fedora 20 : ansible-1.5.5-1.fc20 (2014-5407)

Update to 1.5.5. 2 minor security fixes in the apt and vault modules. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.4/CHANGELOG.md - Security fix for safeeval, which further hardens the checking of the evaluation function. - Fix for accelerate mode Note that Tenable Network Security has...

Fedora 19 : ansible-1.5.5-1.fc19 (2014-5375)

Update to 1.5.5. 2 minor security fixes in the apt and vault modules. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.4/CHANGELOG.md - Security fix for safeeval, which further hardens the checking of the evaluation function. - Fix for accelerate mode Note that Tenable Network Security has...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2915-1 (dpkg - security update)

Jakub Wilk discovered that dpkg did not correctly parse C-style filename quoting, allowing for paths to be traversed when unpacking a source package - leading to the creation of files outside the directory of the source being unpacked. The update to the stable distribution wheezy incorporates...

Apache Struts2 s2-0 2 0 patch to bypass and protection-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Overview: Struts2 is the second generation based on Model-View-Controller MVCmodel java enterprise web application framework. Apache Struts versions 2.0.0-2.3.16 version of the default upload mechanism is based on the Commons FileUpload 1.3 version, the version in the realization of a denial of...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2912-1 (openjdk-6 - security update)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenJDK, an implementation of the Oracle Java platform, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code, breakouts of the Java sandbox, information disclosure or denial of service. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb2912.nasl 6724 2017-07-14 09:57:17Z...

The HeartBleed vulnerability: the bloody appearance is a peaceful-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

The recent Heart bleed vulnerability on the Internet set off a Xuan however huge wave, as the basis for security software major loopholes, far-reaching, the major Internet company, party A and party B, white hat and even CCTV and other media all act together against the common enemy, the race to...

Kurt Baumgartner on APT Attacks in the Enterprise

Dennis Fisher talks with Kaspersky Lab security researcher Kurt Baumgartner about the specter of APT attacks in enterprises, what kind of tactics APT attackers are using now and the effect of the Heartbleed openSSL bug on the certificate authority system. Download: digitalunderground151.mp3...

CVE-2012-0214

The pkgAcqMetaClearSig::Failed method in apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc in Advanced Package Tool APT 0.8.11 through 0.8.15.10 and 0.8.16 before 0.8.16exp13, when updating from repositories that use InRelease files, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to install arbitrary packages by preventing a user fro...

Code injection

The pkgAcqMetaClearSig::Failed method in apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc in Advanced Package Tool APT 0.8.11 through 0.8.15.10 and 0.8.16 before 0.8.16exp13, when updating from repositories that use InRelease files, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to install arbitrary packages by preventing a user fro...

CVE-2012-0214

The pkgAcqMetaClearSig::Failed method in apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc in Advanced Package Tool APT 0.8.11 through 0.8.15.10 and 0.8.16 before 0.8.16exp13, when updating from repositories that use InRelease files, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to install arbitrary packages by preventing a user fro...

CVE-2012-0214

CVE-2012-0214 affects apt (APT) 0.8.11–0.8.15.10 and 0.8.16 before 0.8.16~exp13, allowing a MITM attacker updating from InRelease-enabled repositories to trick the user into installing altered packages by keeping the old InRelease active. Impact: potential installation of arbitrary packages; no e...

CVE-2012-0214

The pkgAcqMetaClearSig::Failed method in apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc in Advanced Package Tool APT 0.8.11 through 0.8.15.10 and 0.8.16 before 0.8.16exp13, when updating from repositories that use InRelease files, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to install arbitrary packages by preventing a user fro...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2904-1 (virtualbox - security update)

Francisco Falcon discovered that missing input sanitizing in the 3D acceleration code in VirtualBox could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the host system. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb2904.nasl 9136 2018-03-19 13:08:02Z cfischer $ Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2904-1 using...