CERT/CC Reports Critical Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Server

The CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC has released information on vulnerabilities affecting versions of Microsoft Windows and Windows Server. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cente...

Wind River VxWorks Vulnerabilities

Overview A security researcher has identified two vulnerabilities affecting the Wind River Systems’ VxWorks platform. The vulnerabilities are a debug service enabled by default VU362332 and a weak hashing algorithm used in authentication VU840249. ICS-CERT has been coordinating with CERT/CC in...

Linux Kernel IP Fragment Reassembly Denial of Service Vulnerability Affecting Cisco Products: August 2018

On August 14, 2018, the Vulnerability Coordination team of the National Cyber Security Centre of Finland NCSC-FI and the CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC disclosed a vulnerability in the IP stack that is used by the Linux Kernel. This vulnerability is publicly known as FragmentSmack. The...

Linux Kernel IP Vulnerability 2

On the week of July 15th, researcher Juha-Matti Tilli disclosed a vulnerability in the Linux kernel to the kernel maintainers, the National Cyber Security Center - Finland NCSC-FI, CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC, and Akamai. The vulnerability, CVE-2018-5391, is a resource exhaustion attack...

Linux Kernel TCP Vulnerability

On the week of July 15th researcher Juha-Matti Tilli disclosed a vulnerability he discovered in the Linux kernel to the kernel maintainers, the National Cyber Security Center - Finland NCSC-FI, CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC, and Akamai. The vulnerability, CVE-2018-5390, is a resource exhaustio...

OpenPGP, S/MIME Mail Client Vulnerabilities

The CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC has released information on email client vulnerabilities that can reveal plaintext versions of OpenPGP- and S/MIME-encrypted emails. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain sensitive information. NCCIC encourages users and administrator...

Bouncy Castle BKS-V1 keystore files vulnerable to trivial hash collisions

Overview Bouncy Castle BKS version 1 keystore files use an HMAC that is only 16 bits long, which can allow an attacker to compromise the integrity of a BKS-V1 keystore. Description Bouncy Castle is a cryptographic library for C and Java applications, including Android applications. BKS is a...

Pulse Secure Linux client GUI fails to validate SSL certificates

Overview The Pulse Secure Linux client GUI fails to validate SSL certificates, which can allow an attacker to modify connection settings. Description Pulse Secure is an SSL VPN solution. The Linux Pulse Secure client GUI is implemented using WebKit, and the actions taken using the GUI are...

Apple Releases Security Update for macOS High Sierra

Apple has released a supplemental security update to address a vulnerability in macOS High Sierra 10.13. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU113765 and the Apple...

Clarifying the behavior of mandatory ASLR

Last week, the CERT/CC published an advisory describing some unexpected behavior they observed when enabling system-wide mandatory Address Space Layout Randomization ASLR using Windows Defender Exploit Guard WDEG and EMET on Windows 8 and above. In this blog post, we will explain the configuratio...

Clarifying the behavior of mandatory ASLR

Last week, the CERT/CC published an advisory describing some unexpected behavior they observed when enabling system-wide mandatory Address Space Layout Randomization ASLR using Windows Defender Exploit Guard WDEG and EMET on Windows 8 and above. In this blog post, we will explain the configuratio...

Windows ASLR Vulnerability

The CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC has released information on a vulnerability in Windows Address Space Layout Randomization ASLR that affects Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages use...

Vendor BPC Silent on Patching SQL Injection in SmartVista Ecommerce Software

A popular ecommerce platform sold in 60 countries suffers from a SQL injection vulnerability privately disclosed in April that has yet to be patched by the vendor. BPC Banking Technologies of Switzerland has not acknowledged the vulnerability in its SmartVista suite of ecommerce and financial...

PEGA Platform <= 7.2 ML0 - Missing Access Control / Cross-Site Scripting

Summary ======= 1. Missing access control CVE-2017-11356 2. Multiple cross-site scripting CVE-2017-11355 Vendor ====== "Pegasystems Inc. is the leader in software for customer engagement and operational excellence. Pega’s adaptive, cloud-architected software – built on its unified Pega® Platform ...

Samsung Magician fails to update itself securely

Overview Samsung Magician fails to securely check for and retrieve updates, which an allow an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with administrator privileges. Description Samsung Magician is a management utility for Samsung SSDs. Prior to version 5.0, Samsung Magician checks for an...

WiMAX CPE Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Various WiMAX CPEs are vulnerable to an authentication bypass. An attacker can set arbitrary configuration values without prior authentication. The vulnerability is located in commit2.cgi implemented in libmtkhttpdplugin.so. title: Various WiMAX CPEs Authentication Bypass product: see "Vulnerable...

IBM Releases Security Update

IBM has released a security update to address a vulnerability in IBM Domino server IMAP EXAMINE. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. Available updates include: Domino 9.0.1 Feature Pack 8 Interim Fix 2 Domino 8.5.3 Fix Pack 6 Interim Fix 17 Users an...

Java AMF3 exposure remote code execution vulnerability-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

! Recently, a German security team @codewhitesec found a Java AMF3 plurality of functions to achieve vulnerability, the American CERT/CC also issued a safety warning. An attacker can remotely by tricking or controlling the service connection, in AMF3 reverse sequence operation when the execution ...

Beta Firmware Updates Available for Vulnerable Netgear Routers

Netgear has begun pushing out beta versions of firmware updates that will address a critical vulnerability that was disclosed late last week. The networking vendor also confirmed that many more routers in its Nighthawk line are vulnerable than originally reported. The flaw allows attackers to car...

IKE/IKEv2 protocol implementations may allow network amplification attacks

Overview Implementations of the IKEv2 protocol are vulnerable to network amplification attacks. Description CWE-406: Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume Network Amplification IKE/IKEv2 and other UDP-based protocols can be used to amplify denial-of-service attacks. In some scenarios, an...