SuSE 11.1 Security Update : expat (SAT Patch Number 6200)

This update of expat fixes the following bugs : - hash collision attack that could lead to exessive CPU usage. CVE-2012-0876 - expat didn't close file descriptors in some cases. CVE-2012-1147 - specially crafted xml files could lead to a memory leak CVE-2012-1148 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Microsoft Details Flame Hash-Collision Attack

The details of the collision attack used by the Flame malware authors to create a forged code-signing certificate for Microsoft code are beginning to emerge, and the company said that the attackers used an MD5 hash collision specifically to ensure that their attack would work on machines running...

Flame Attackers Used Collision Attack to Forge Microsoft Certificate

The attackers behind the Flame malware used a collision attack against a cryptographic algorithm as part of the method for gaining a forged certificate to sign specific components of the attack tool. Microsoft officials said on Tuesday that it’s imperative for customers to install the update issu...

SuSE 10 Security Update : tomcat5 (ZYPP Patch Number 7933)

This security update for tomcat5 fixes a vulnerability to a hash collision attack which allows remote attackers to perform denial of service attacks. The issue is tracked as CVE-2011-4858. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C Novell, Inc...

NIST Announces SHA-3 Hash Function Finalists

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has chosen the five finalists for the last round of its competition to find the next hash function standard. The SHA-3 finalists include Skein, developed by a group including Bruce Schneier and Jon Callas. The other four SHA-3 finalists are BLAKE...