Urgent Chrome security update released to patch widely exploited 0-day

By Deeba Ahmed The vulnerability impacts 2 Billion Chrome users worldwide therefore Google is asking users to update their browsers right now. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Urgent Chrome security update released to patch widely exploited 0-day...

Python -- multiple vulnerabilities

Python reports: 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 macOS. bpo-43124: Made the internal putcmd function in smtplib sanitize input for presence of \r and \n...

snakeyaml: Billion laughs attack via alias feature

The Alias feature in SnakeYAML before 1.26 allows entity expansion during a load operation, a related issue to CVE-2003-1564...

snakeyaml: Billion laughs attack via alias feature

The Alias feature in SnakeYAML before 1.26 allows entity expansion during a load operation, a related issue to CVE-2003-1564...

DreamHost hosting firm exposed almost a billion sensitive records

By Habiba Rashid The database belonged to DreamHost's DreamPress managed WordPress hosting that was left exposed without any security authentication. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DreamHost hosting firm exposed almost a billion sensitive records...

GHSA-9GWX-9CWP-5C2M Billion laughs attack (XML bomb)

Impact Opencast is vulnerable to the Billion laughs attack which allows an attacker to easily execute a seemingly permanent denial of service attack, essentially taking down Opencast using a single HTTP request. Consider an XML file createMediaPackage.xml like this: xml mediapackage...

Billion laughs attack (XML bomb)

Impact Opencast is vulnerable to the Billion laughs attack which allows an attacker to easily execute a seemingly permanent denial of service attack, essentially taking down Opencast using a single HTTP request. Consider an XML file createMediaPackage.xml like this: xml mediapackage...

Opencast < 9.6 DoS Vulnerability

Opencast is prone to a denial of service DoS vulnerability. Copyright C 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; y...

CVE-2021-32623

Opencast is a free and open source solution for automated video capture and distribution. Versions of Opencast prior to 9.6 are vulnerable to the billion laughs attack, which allows an attacker to easily execute a seemingly permanent denial of service attack, essentially taking down Opencast usin...

CVE-2021-32623

Opencast is a free and open source solution for automated video capture and distribution. Versions of Opencast prior to 9.6 are vulnerable to the billion laughs attack, which allows an attacker to easily execute a seemingly permanent denial of service attack, essentially taking down Opencast usin...

Double free

Opencast is a free and open source solution for automated video capture and distribution. Versions of Opencast prior to 9.6 are vulnerable to the billion laughs attack, which allows an attacker to easily execute a seemingly permanent denial of service attack, essentially taking down Opencast usin...

CVE-2021-32623

Opencast prior to version 9.6 is vulnerable to the Billion Laughs (XML bomb) attack, allowing a crafted ingest XML to cause memory exhaustion and denial of service. Attack requires ingest privileges to exploit via XML processing, potentially impacting availability. The issue is fixed in Opencast ...

Logic Flaw Vulnerability in Tengyi Sky Firewall v2

TengYi Network is an Internet service provider specializing in providing domestic and international anti-attack protection. A logic flaw vulnerability exists in Tengyi Sky Firewall v2, which can be exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive information...

CVE-2018-10868

redhat-certification 7 does not properly restrict the number of recursive definitions of entities in XML documents, allowing an unauthenticated user to run a "Billion Laugh Attack" by replying to XMLRPC methods when getting the status of an host...

Code injection

redhat-certification 7 does not properly restrict the number of recursive definitions of entities in XML documents, allowing an unauthenticated user to run a "Billion Laugh Attack" by replying to XMLRPC methods when getting the status of an host...

PT-2021-8694 · Red Hat · Redhat-Certification

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: redhat-certification version 7 Description: The issue allows an unauthenticated user to perform a "Billion Laugh Attack" by replying to XMLRPC methods when getting the status of a host, due to the improper restriction of recursive definitions...

FreeBSD : texproc/expat2 -- billion laugh attack (5fa90ee6-bc9e-11eb-a287-e0d55e2a8bf9)

Kurt Seifried reports : So here are the CVE's for the two big ones, libxml2 and expat. Both are affected by the expansion of internal entities which can be used to consume resources and external entities which can cause a denial of service against other services, be used to port scan, etc.. A...

Billion Laugh Attack

libxml2:sid is vulnerable to billion laugh attack via parameter entities expansion and following the line of the billion laugh attack...

US charges 3 North Korean hackers for extorting $1.3+ billion

By Deeba Ahmed One of the hackers was also charged in 2018 for playing a role in the Sony Pictures hacking and WannaCry ransomware attacks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US charges 3 North Korean hackers for extorting $1.3+ billion...

U.S. Charges 3 North Korean Hackers Over $1.3 Billion Cryptocurrency Heist

The U.S. Department of Justice DoJ on Wednesday indicted three suspected North Korean hackers for allegedly conspiring to steal and extort over $1.3 billion in cash and cryptocurrencies from financial institutions and businesses. The three defendants — Jon Chang Hyok, 31; Kim Il, 27; and Park Jin...