USN-3523-2 linux-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-oem vulnerabilities

USN-3523-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 17.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch...

Ubuntu 17.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-3523-1) (Meltdown)

Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Meltdown. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory...

lks.berkeley.edu XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-470131 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| lks.berkeley.edu Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

USN-3489-1: Berkeley DB vulnerability | Cloud Foundry

Severity Medium Vendor Canonical Ubuntu Versions Affected Canonical Ubuntu 14.04 Description It was discovered that Berkeley DB incorrectly handled certain configuration files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive information. Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions...

scop.berkeley.edu XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-450353 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| scop.berkeley.edu Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Remediation Guide:| OWASP XSS Prevention Cheat...

[ASA-201711-32] exim: multiple issues

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201711-32 ========================================== Severity: Critical Date : 2017-11-30 CVE-ID : CVE-2017-1000369 CVE-2017-10140 CVE-2017-16943 CVE-2017-16944 Package : exim Type : multiple issues Remote : Yes Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-518 Summar...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Berkeley DB vulnerability (USN-3489-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3489-1 advisory. It was discovered that Berkeley DB incorrectly handled certain configuration files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive...

USN-3489-2: Berkeley DB vulnerability

USN-3489-1 fixed a vulnerability in Berkeley DB. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Berkeley DB incorrectly handled certain configuration files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive informati...

USN-3489-1: Berkeley DB vulnerability

It was discovered that Berkeley DB incorrectly handled certain configuration files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive information...

USN-3489-1 db5.3 vulnerability

It was discovered that Berkeley DB incorrectly handled certain configuration files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive information...

Phishing Biggest Threat to Google Account Security

Last year may have been mostly about ransomware, but it’s difficult to forget the billion or so passwords that were spilled in high-profile breaches and credential leaks. Google and researchers from the University of California Berkeley attempted to ease some of that pain, and teamed up to analyz...

Google's Data on Login Thefts

This is interesting research and data: With Google accounts as a case-study, we teamed up with the University of California, Berkeley to better understand how hijackers attempt to take over accounts in the wild. From March 2016 to March 2017, we analyzed several black markets to see how hijackers...

Updated db48 and db53 packages fix security vulnerability

It was found that Berkeley DB reads the DBCONFIG configuration file from the current working directory by default. This happens when calling dbcreate with dbenv=NULL; or using the dbmopen function CVE-2017-10140...

MGASA-2017-0380 Updated db48 and db53 packages fix security vulnerability

It was found that Berkeley DB reads the DBCONFIG configuration file from the current working directory by default. This happens when calling dbcreate with dbenv=NULL; or using the dbmopen function CVE-2017-10140...

Debian DLA-1135-1 : db security update

It was found that the Berkeley DB reads DBCONFIG from the current working directory, leading to information leak by tricking privileged processes into reading arbitrary files. For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 5.1.29-5+deb7u1. We recommend that you upgrade your db...

Debian DLA-1136-1 : db4.8 security update

It was found that the Berkeley DB reads DBCONFIG from the current working directory, leading to information leak by tricking privileged processes into reading arbitrary files. For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 4.8.30-12+deb7u1. We recommend that you upgrade your db4...

Postfix: Privilege escalation

Background Postfix is a mail server and an alternative to the widely-used Sendmail program. Description By default, Berkeley DB reads a DBCONFIG configuration file from the current working directory. This is an undocumented behavior. Impact A local attacker, by using a specially crafted DGCONFIG...

Facebook Awards $100K to Researchers for Credential Spearphishing Detection Method

A group of researchers recently identified a real-time way to detect credential spearphishing attacks in enterprise settings. The discovery net the researchers $100,000 last week from Facebook, which awards money as part of its annual Internet Defense Prize partnership with USENIX Association. Th...

CVE-2017-10140

Postfix before 2.11.10, 3.0.x before 3.0.10, 3.1.x before 3.1.6, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging undocumented functionality in Berkeley DB 2.x and later, related to reading settings from DBCONFIG in the current directory...

PT-2017-11133

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Postfix versions prior to 2.11.10 Postfix versions 3.0.x prior to 3.0.10 Postfix versions 3.1.x prior to 3.1.6 Postfix versions 3.2.x prior to 3.2.2 Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging undocumented...