MATIO out-of-bounds read and SEGV vulnerabilities

matio is a C library for reading and writing MATLAB MAT files. The ReadNextCell function in mat5.c in libmatio.a in matio 1.5.13 has an out-of-bounds read and SEGV vulnerability. No detailed vulnerability details are provided at this time...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9027

An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio aka MAT File I/O Library 1.5.13. There is a heap-based buffer overflow problem in the function ReadNextCell in mat5.c...

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9026

An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio aka MAT File I/O Library 1.5.13. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function InflateVarName in inflate.c when called from ReadNextCell in mat5.c...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9034

An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio aka MAT File I/O Library 1.5.13. There is a stack-based buffer over-read for a memcpy in the function ReadNextCell in mat5.c...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9038

An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio aka MAT File I/O Library 1.5.13. There is an out-of-bounds read problem with a SEGV in the function ReadNextCell in mat5.c...

Design/Logic Flaw

In Tor before 0.3.3.12, 0.3.4.x before 0.3.4.11, 0.3.5.x before 0.3.5.8, and 0.4.x before 0.4.0.2-alpha, remote denial of service against Tor clients and relays can occur via memory exhaustion in the KIST cell scheduler...

CVE-2019-8955

In Tor before 0.3.3.12, 0.3.4.x before 0.3.4.11, 0.3.5.x before 0.3.5.8, and 0.4.x before 0.4.0.2-alpha, remote denial of service against Tor clients and relays can occur via memory exhaustion in the KIST cell scheduler...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8955

In Tor before 0.3.3.12, 0.3.4.x before 0.3.4.11, 0.3.5.x before 0.3.5.8, and 0.4.x before 0.4.0.2-alpha, remote denial of service against Tor clients and relays can occur via memory exhaustion in the KIST cell scheduler...

CVE-2019-8955

In Tor before 0.3.3.12, 0.3.4.x before 0.3.4.11, 0.3.5.x before 0.3.5.8, and 0.4.x before 0.4.0.2-alpha, remote denial of service against Tor clients and relays can occur via memory exhaustion in the KIST cell scheduler...

CVE-2019-8955

CVE-2019-8955 affects Tor before certain updates, where a memory exhaustion in the KIST cell scheduler could enable a remote denial-of-service. Affected lines include Tor versions up to 0.3.3.12, 0.3.4.x before 0.3.4.11, 0.3.5.x before 0.3.5.8, and 0.4.x before 0.4.0.2-alpha. Public docs (OpenSUS...

CVE-2019-8955

In Tor before 0.3.3.12, 0.3.4.x before 0.3.4.11, 0.3.5.x before 0.3.5.8, and 0.4.x before 0.4.0.2-alpha, remote denial of service against Tor clients and relays can occur via memory exhaustion in the KIST cell scheduler...

Reverse Location Search Warrants

The police are increasingly getting search warrants for information about all cell phones in a certain location at a certain time: Police departments across the country have been knocking at Google's door for at least the last two years with warrants to tap into the company's extensive stores of...

AutoDesk AutoCAD 2019 cell margin code execution vulnerability

Summary An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the DXF-parsing functionality of AutoDesk AutoCAD 2019 P.46.0.0. A specially crafted DXF file with too many cell margins populating an AcCellMargin object can cause a heap overflow, resulting in code execution. An attacker can provide a...

Man whose DDoS attacks took down entire country’s Internet jailed

By Waqas A court in London has sentenced a British and Israeli cyber criminal Daniel Kaye aka "BestBuy and Popopret" to two years and eight months in prison for conducting large scale DDoS attacks on Lonestar Cell MTN disrupting country's Internet and causing tens of millions of dollars in damage...

Security Vulnerabilities in Cell Phone Systems

Good essay on the inherent vulnerabilities in the cell phone standards and the market barriers to fixing them. So far, industry and policymakers have largely dragged their feet when it comes to blocking cell-site simulators and SS7 attacks. Senator Ron Wyden, one of the few lawmakers vocal about...

Digging Up the Past: Windows Registry Forensics Revisited

ARCHIVED STORY Digging Up the Past: Windows Registry Forensics Revisited By David Via · Jan 08, 2019 Introduction FireEye consultants frequently utilize Windows registry data when performing forensic analysis of computer networks as part of incident response and compromise assessment missions. Th...

Cell Phone Security and Heads of State

Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that the Russians and the Chinese were eavesdropping on President Donald Trump's personal cell phone and using the information gleaned to better influence his behavior. This should surprise no one. Security experts have been talking about the potenti...

Input validation

During secure boot, addition is performed on uint8 ptrs which led to overflow issue in Small Cell SoC, Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear in version FSM9055, IPQ4019, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9625, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9645, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD...

CVE-2017-18124

During secure boot, addition is performed on uint8 ptrs which led to overflow issue in Small Cell SoC, Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear in version FSM9055, IPQ4019, MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9625, MDM9635M, MDM9640, MDM9645, MDM9650, MDM9655, MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, SD 210/SD...

CVE-2017-18124

CVE-2017-18124 : The description in the linked sources states that during secure boot an addition is performed on uint8 pointers, causing an overflow. This affects a broad set of Qualcomm/Snapdragon devices (e.g., FSM9055, IPQ4019, MDM9xxx, MSM/SDA/XOA families and many SD series SKUs). The conne...