Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libpng (MDVSA-2015:090)

Updated libpng package fixes security vulnerabilities : The pngpushreadchunk function in pngpread.c in the progressive decoder in libpng 1.6.x through 1.6.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service infinite loop and CPU consumption via an IDAT chunk with a length of zero CVE-2014-0333...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxml2 (MDVSA-2015:111)

Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerabilities : It was discovered that libxml2, a library providing support to read, modify and write XML files, incorrectly performs entity substituton in the doctype prolog, even if the application using libxml2 disabled any entity substitution. A remote...

Debian DLA-88-1 : ruby1.8 security update

This update fixes multiple local and remote denial of service and remote code execute problems : CVE-2011-0188 Properly allocate memory, to prevent arbitrary code execution or application crash. Reported by Drew Yao. CVE-2011-2686 Reinitialize the random seed when forking to prevent CVE-2003-0900...

Debian DLA-50-1 : file security update

CVE-2014-3538 file does not properly restrict the amount of data read during a regex search, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service CPU consumption. CVE-2014-3587 Integer overflow in the cdfreadpropertyinfo function in cdf.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service...

Debian DLA-67-1 : php5 security update

CVE-2014-3538 It was discovered that the original fix for CVE-2013-7345 did not sufficiently address the problem. A remote attacker could still cause a denial of service CPU consumption via a specially crafted input file that triggers backtracking during processing of an awk regular expression...

CVE-2015-1779

The VNC websocket frame decoder in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory and CPU consumption via a large 1 websocket payload or 2 HTTP headers section...

Amazon Linux AMI : file (ALAS-2015-497)

The ELF parser in file 5.08 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of notes. CVE-2014-9620 The ELF parser readelf.c in file before 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service CPU consumption or crash via a large number of 1 program or 2...

CVE-2015-0671

The DNS implementation in Cisco Videoscape Distribution Suite for Internet Streaming VDS-IS 3.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service CPU consumption and network-resource consumption via crafted packets, aka Bug ID CSCun15911...

CVE-2015-0617

CVE-2015-0617 affects Cisco ASR 5500 SAE Gateway devices. The vulnerability lies in the SNMP code failing to properly validate malformed SNMP packets, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause high CPU utilization and SNMP process outage (DoS). Cisco’s advisory notes that public softwa...

MGASA-2015-0065 Updated rsync package fixes security vulnerability

Updated rsync package fixes security vulnerability: Ryan Finnie discovered that rsync 3.1.0 contains a denial of service issue when attempting to authenticate using a nonexistent username. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service via CPU consumption CVE-2014-2855. The...

Updated rsync package fixes security vulnerability

Updated rsync package fixes security vulnerability: Ryan Finnie discovered that rsync 3.1.0 contains a denial of service issue when attempting to authenticate using a nonexistent username. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service via CPU consumption CVE-2014-2855. The...

CVE-2015-0581

The XML parser in Cisco Prime Service Catalog before 10.1 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service CPU and memory consumption via an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, as demonstrated by reading private keys, related ...

CVE-2015-0581

The CVE-2015-0581 issue affects Cisco Prime Service Catalog prior to 10.1, where the XML parser is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) attack. Remote authenticated users can read arbitrary files or trigger a denial of service (CPU/memory consumption) by crafting an external entity declarat...

Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : ruby (multiple_vulnerabilities_in_ruby1)

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates : - Heap-based buffer overflow in Ruby 1.8, 1.9 before 1.9.3-p484, 2.0 before 2.0.0-p353, 2.1 before 2.1.0 preview2, and trunk before revision 43780 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service...

Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : rubygems (multiple_cryptographic_issues_vulnerabilities_in1)

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates : - Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in Gem::Version::VERSIONPATTERN in lib/ rubygems/version.rb in RubyGems before 1.8.23.1, 1.8.24 through 1.8.25, 2.0.x before 2.0.8, and 2.1.x before 2.1.0, as used in Ruby...

Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : tomcat (multiple_denial_of_service_dos)

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates : - Apache Tomcat before 5.5.35, 6.x before 6.0.35, and 7.x before 7.0.23 computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attacke...

Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : samba (multiple_vulnerabilities_in_samba1)

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates : - The sysrecvfrom function in nmbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.24, 4.0.x before 4.0.19, and 4.1.x before 4.1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service infinite loop and CPU consumption via a malformed...

Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : python (multiple_vulnerabilities_in_python) (BEAST)

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates : - The SSL protocol, as used in certain configurations in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, and other products, encrypts data by using CBC mode with chained...

Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : ruby (multiple_cryptographic_issues_vulnerabilities_in)

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates : - Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in Gem::Version::VERSIONPATTERN in lib/ rubygems/version.rb in RubyGems before 1.8.23.1, 1.8.24 through 1.8.25, 2.0.x before 2.0.8, and 2.1.x before 2.1.0, as used in Ruby...

Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : wireshark (multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark1)

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates : - Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service infinite loop via vectors related to the 1 ANSI MAP, 2 ASF, 3 IEEE 802.11, 4 IEEE 802.3, and 5 LTP...