XML Parsing Vulnerability affecting JRuby users

The ActiveSupport XML parsing functionality supports multiple pluggable backends. One backend supported for JRuby users is ActiveSupport::XmlMiniJDOM which makes use of the javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder class. In some JVM configurations the default settings of that class can allow an attacker...

CVE-2013-0333

lib/activesupport/json/backends/yaml.rb in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x before 2.3.16 and 3.0.x before 3.0.20 does not properly convert JSON data to YAML data for processing by a YAML parser, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, conduct SQL injection attacks, or bypass authentication v...

CVE-2013-0333: Undefined Security Weakness

lib/activesupport/json/backends/yaml.rb in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x before 2.3.16 and 3.0.x before 3.0.20 does not properly convert JSON data to YAML data for processing by a YAML parser, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, conduct SQL injection attacks, or bypass authentication v...

Fedora Update for rubygem-multi_xml FEDORA-2013-0839

Check for the Version of rubygem-multixml OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for rubygem-multixml FEDORA-2013-0839 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modi...

Fedora Update for rubygem-multi_xml FEDORA-2013-0808

Check for the Version of rubygem-multixml OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for rubygem-multixml FEDORA-2013-0808 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modi...

Ruby on Rails 3.0 and 2.3 JSON Parser vulnerability

Overview The Ruby on Rails 3.0 and 2.3 JSON parser contain a vulnerability that may result in arbitrary code execution. Description The Ruby on Rails advisory states:There is a vulnerability in the JSON code for Ruby on Rails which allows attackers to bypass authentication systems, inject arbitra...

[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: rubygem-multi_xml-0.4.1-4.fc17

A gem to provide swappable XML backends utilizing LibXML, Nokogiri, Ox, or REXML...

SuSE 10 Security Update : CUPS (ZYPP Patch Number 7775)

This update fixes the following security issues : - 601830: CSRF via admin web interface. CVE-2010-0540 - 680210: users in group 'lp' can overwrite arbitrary files. CVE-2010-2431 - 711490: heap overflow in gif decoder. CVE-2011-2896 - 715643: heap overflow in gif decoder CVE-2011-3170 This update...

Fedora 14 : krb5-1.8.4-3.fc14 (2011-14650)

This update applies the upstream patch to fix a NULL pointer dereference wi= th the LDAP kdb backend CVE-2011-1527, an assertion failure with multiple= kdb backends CVE-2011-1528, and a NULL pointer dereference with multiple= kdb backends CVE-2011-1529. 737711...

Fedora 15 : krb5-1.9.1-14.fc15 (2011-14673)

This update applies the upstream patch to fix a NULL pointer dereference wi= th the LDAP kdb backend CVE-2011-1527, 744125, an assertion failure with= multiple kdb backends CVE-2011-1528, and a NULL pointer dereference with= multiple kdb backends CVE-2011-1529. 737711 It also rolls up a number of...

xen security and bug fix update

3.0.3-132.el57.2 - Release device backends before restarting guest on the destination machine rhbz 743850 - Fix SCSI buffer overflow and disable SCSI CD-ROMs rhbz 736289 3.0.3-132.el57.1 - hotplug: set netback/tap MTU to the same value as the bridge MTU rhbz 738608 - copy the MTU of the physical...

MIT krb5 FTP server privilege escalation

Daemon group privileges are not dropped. DoS conditions in different backends...

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : krb5 (SAT Patch Number 3839)

Multiple KDC DoS vulnerabilities if used with LDAP backends have been fixed in krb5. CVE-2011-0281 / CVE-2011-0282 have been assigned. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from SuSE 11 update information. The te...

[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: sssd-1.2.2-21.fc13

Provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and authentication mechanisms. It provides an NSS and PAM interface toward the system and a pluggable backend system to connect to multiple different account sources. It is also the basis to provide client auditing and policy servic...

Mandriva Update for sane MDVA-2010:134 (sane)

Check for the Version of sane OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Mandriva Update for sane MDVA-2010:134 sane Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the term...

DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6792

system-tools-backends before 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 in Ubuntu 8.10, as used by "Users and Groups" in GNOME System Tools, hashes account passwords with 3DES and consequently limits effective password lengths to eight characters, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to successfully condu...

CVE-2008-6792

system-tools-backends before 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 in Ubuntu 8.10, as used by "Users and Groups" in GNOME System Tools, hashes account passwords with 3DES and consequently limits effective password lengths to eight characters, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to successfully condu...

Default credentials

system-tools-backends before 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 in Ubuntu 8.10, as used by "Users and Groups" in GNOME System Tools, hashes account passwords with 3DES and consequently limits effective password lengths to eight characters, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to successfully condu...

CVE-2008-6792

system-tools-backends before 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 in Ubuntu 8.10, as used by "Users and Groups" in GNOME System Tools, hashes account passwords with 3DES and consequently limits effective password lengths to eight characters, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to successfully condu...

CVE-2008-6792

CVE-2008-6792 affects system-tools-backends up to version 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 used by GNOME System Tools' Users and Groups. The root cause is the use of 3DES to hash passwords, which constrains password lengths to eight characters and facilitates context-dependent brute-force attempts. Affected envi...