Fedora 24 : fedmsg (2017-a73bc7ac5d)

Fix validation logic in the base consumer The base consumer is intended to only derive its validation switch from the on-disk configuration if the child class doesn't override the validatesignatures switch. There was a bug here where the default value provided in the base class made it appear as ...

Fedora 25 : fedmsg (2017-fff6e1af37)

Fix validation logic in the base consumer The base consumer is intended to only derive its validation switch from the on-disk configuration if the child class doesn't override the validatesignatures switch. There was a bug here where the default value provided in the base class made it appear as ...

Starbucks: Starbucks.com is reachable via ip address thus possible to link any doamin to Starbucks.

It is possible for anybody to buy a domain name containing negative terms and point it to someone's website in order to damage their reputation. For instance someone could buy the domain child-pornography.com and point it to the address 107.162.135.91 which is the address behind starbucks.com To...

ALPINE-CVE-2016-10011

authfile.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not properly consider the effects of realloc on buffer contents, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive private-key information by leveraging access to a privilege-separated child process...

CVE-2016-10011

authfile.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not properly consider the effects of realloc on buffer contents, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive private-key information by leveraging access to a privilege-separated child process...

CVE-2016-10011

authfile.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does not properly consider the effects of realloc on buffer contents, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive private-key information by leveraging access to a privilege-separated child process...

FBI Hacked into 8,000 Computers in 120 Countries Using A Single Warrant

The FBI hacked into more than 8,000 computers in 120 different countries with just a single warrant during an investigation into a dark web child pornography website, according to a newly published court filings. This FBI's mass hacking campaign is related to the high-profile child pornography...

kernel: Fork of large process causes memory corruption

It was reported that on s390x, the fork of a process with four page table levels will cause memory corruption with a variety of symptoms. All processes are created with three level page table and a limit of 4TB for the address space. If the parent process has four page table levels with a limit o...

Linux Kernel 2.6.22 3.9 - Dirty COW PTRACE_POKEDATA Race Condition (Write Access Method)

Linux Kernel 2.6.22 3.9 - Dirty COW PTRACEPOKEDATA Race Condition Write Access Method // $ echo pikachu|sudo tee pokeball;ls -l pokeball;gcc -pthread pokemon.c -o d;./d pokeball miltank;cat pokeball include //// pikachu include //// -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8 Apr 4 12:34 pokeball include ////...

vhd-util tool to inspect the VHD headers of a VHD

vhd-util is a native utility of a XenServer used to inspect the VHD headers of a VHD. This will be useful to inspect the parent child relationship in VHD files...

CVE-2016-5273

The mozilla::a11y::HyperTextAccessible::GetChildOffset function in the accessibility implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5273

The mozilla::a11y::HyperTextAccessible::GetChildOffset function in the accessibility implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5264

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsNodeUtils::NativeAnonymousChildListChange function in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service heap memory corruption via an SVG element that is mishandled duri...

The vulnerability of Google Chrome browser allows a malicious actor to trigger a service failure.

The Google Chrome browser contains a vulnerability related to the use of memory after it is freed in the ChildThread::Shutdown function in the content/child/childthread.cc API file system. This vulnerability allows a malicious actor to cause a service failure or otherwise affect the system by usi...

Dept. of Justice Makes Plea for Mass Surveillance, Hacking

The Department of Justice is countering a growing chorus of privacy advocates who are against a rule change that will greatly expand law enforcement’s ability to hack into computers located around the world. In a blog post to the DoJ website late Monday, Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell...

CVE-2016-1679

The ToV8Value function in content/child/v8valueconverterimpl.cc in the V8 bindings in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 does not properly restrict use of getters and setters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact via...

chromium-browser: heap use-after-free in v8 bindings

The ToV8Value function in content/child/v8valueconverterimpl.cc in the V8 bindings in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 does not properly restrict use of getters and setters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact via...

Judge Tosses Evidence Gathered by FBI's Tor Exploit

The FBI’s refusal to share details about a network investigative technique it used to gather evidence against a Vancouver teacher charged with possession of child pornography has forced a federal judge’s hand to exclude the evidence from trial. The NIT used by the FBI to hack the Playpen website ...

Motion Filed Asking FBI To Disclose Tor Browser Zero Day

Mozilla on Wednesday filed a motion with the U.S. District Court in Tacoma, Wa., asking the government to disclose a vulnerability it exploited in the Tor Browser and Firefox. The FBI used the zero-day to hack a child pornography site and de-anonymize users visiting the site using the Tor Browser...

In-Brief: Telegram Vulnerability, Malware in Nuclear Plant, Anti-Tor Malware and Hotpatching Exploit

Clickjacking Vulnerability in Telegram Web Client The official Telegram web-client that allows its users to access messenger account over desktop’s web browser is vulnerable to clickjacking web application vulnerability. Egyptian security researcher Mohamed A. Baset told The Hacker News about a...