CVE-2013-2176

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Application Provisioning Tool RHEV-APT in the rhev-guest-tools-iso package 3.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse application...

CVE-2013-2176

CVE-2013-2176 is an unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Application Provisioning Tool (RHEV-APT) installed via rhev-guest-tools-iso (v3.2). The unquoted path could allow a local, unprivileged user to have a Trojan horse binary executed with SYSTEM p...

CVE-2013-2176: Undefined Security Weakness

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Application Provisioning Tool RHEV-APT in the rhev-guest-tools-iso package 3.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse application...

Aumlib, Ixeshe Malware Updated in Targeted China Attacks

After a quiet period, the state-sponsored hacker group blamed for attacks on the New York Times late last year has begun a number of new campaigns that feature updated versions of malware used in attacks going back to 2009. Researchers at FireEye said the group, identified as APT 12 by forensics...

Watering-Hole Attack Compromises Key Tibetan Site

In what has become a familiar scenario over the last couple of years, attackers have compromised a key Tibetan web site and loaded it with code that redirects some users to a third-party site that installs an APT-style backdoor. The attack has hit the Web site of the Central Tibetan Administratio...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: rhev-guest-tools-iso security and bug fix update

An updated rhev-guest-tools-iso package that fixes one security issue and two bugs is now available. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2727-1 (openjdk-6 - several vulnerabilities)

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: deb2727.nasl 6611 2017-07-07 12:07:20Z...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2719-1 (poppler - several vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the poppler PDF rendering library. CVE-2013-1788 Multiple invalid memory access issues, which could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution if the user were tricked into opening a malformed PDF document. CVE-2013-1790 An uninitialized memory issue,...

njRAT Attacks Spike Against Middle East High-Value Targets

Government agencies, telecom and energy organizations in the Middle East are being targeted by espionage malware known as njRAT. The remote access Trojan is thorough in its data-stealing capabilities. Beyond dropping a keylogger, variants are capable of accessing a computer’s camera, stealing...

Stolen Opera Code-Signing Certificate Used to Sign Malware

Opera Software said it was able to contain the impact of a security breach that resulted in the theft of an expired code-signing certificate used to sign malware distributed to Windows users during a 36-minute stretch on June 19. Opera developer Sigbjorn Vik said the browser maker was victimized ...

Researchers Uncover PinkStats APT Toolkit

The arsenal of tools that attack groups use to do their business is seemingly endless, and many of them remain unknown for years before they’re discovered. Often, it’s not until a tool has been compromised or sold on the open market that researchers get a close look at it, but that’s been changin...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2713-1 (curl - heap overflow)

Timo Sirainen discovered that cURL, an URL transfer library, is prone to a heap overflow vulnerability due to bad checking of the input data in the curleasyunescape function. The curl command line tool is not affected by this problem as it doesn't use the curleasyunescape function. OpenVAS...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2628-1 (nss-pam-ldapd - buffer overflow)

Garth Mollett discovered that a file descriptor overflow issue in the use of FDSET in nss-pam-ldapd, which provides NSS and PAM modules for using LDAP as a naming service, can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. An attacker could, under some circumstances, use this flaw to cause a process that...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2709-1 (wireshark - several vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for CAPWAP, GMR-1 BCCH, PPP, NBAP, RDP, HTTP, DCP ETSI and in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb2709.nasl 6611 2017-07-07...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2707-1 (dbus - denial of service)

Alexandru Cornea discovered a vulnerability in libdbus caused by an implementation bug in dbusprintfstringupperbound. This vulnerability can be exploited by a local user to crash system services that use libdbus, causing denial of service. Depending on the dbus services running, it could lead to...

Surveillance malware targets 350 high profile victims in 40 countries

A global cyber espionage campaign affecting over 350 high profile victims in 40 countries, appears to be the work of Chinese hackers using a Surveillance malware called "NetTraveler". Kaspersky Lab’s team of experts published a new research report about NetTraveler, which is a family of malicious...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2680-1 (libxt - several vulnerabilities)

Ilja van Sprundel of IOActive discovered several security issues in multiple components of the X.org graphics stack and the related libraries: Various integer overflows, sign handling errors in integer conversions, buffer overflows, memory corruption and missing input sanitising may lead to...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2691-1 (libxinerama - several vulnerabilities)

Ilja van Sprundel of IOActive discovered several security issues in multiple components of the X.org graphics stack and the related libraries: Various integer overflows, sign handling errors in integer conversions, buffer overflows, memory corruption and missing input sanitising may lead to...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2683-1 (libxi - several vulnerabilities)

Ilja van Sprundel of IOActive discovered several security issues in multiple components of the X.org graphics stack and the related libraries: Various integer overflows, sign handling errors in integer conversions, buffer overflows, memory corruption and missing input sanitising may lead to...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2685-1 (libxp - several vulnerabilities)

Ilja van Sprundel of IOActive discovered several security issues in multiple components of the X.org graphics stack and the related libraries: Various integer overflows, sign handling errors in integer conversions, buffer overflows, memory corruption and missing input sanitising may lead to...