Code injection

In Linux 2.6 before 2.6.23, the TRACEIRQSON function in iretexc calls a C function without ensuring that the segments are set properly. The kernel's %fs needs to be restored before the call in TRACEIRQSON and before enabling interrupts, so that "current" references work. Without this, "current"...

Microsoft works with researchers to detect and protect against new RDP exploits

On November 2, 2019, security researcher Kevin Beaumont reported that his BlueKeep honeypot experienced crashes and was likely being exploited. Microsoft security researchers collaborated with Beaumont as well as another researcher, Marcus Hutchins, to investigate and analyze the crashes and...

Mozilla Firefox ESR < 17.0.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities

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USN-4171-2 apport vulnerabilities

USN-4171-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in apport. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly...

JavaScriptCore GetterSetter Type Confusion

JSC: GetterSetter type confusion during DFG compilation The following JavaScript program, found by Fuzzilli and slightly modified, crashes JavaScriptCore built from HEAD and the current stable release /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaScriptCore.framework/Resources/jsc: let notAGetterSetter =...

The Pirate Bay was recently down for over a week due to a DDoS attack

It seems like the prolonged downtime and technical difficulties faced by The Pirate Bay over the past several weeks were due to a series of distributed denial of service DDoS attacks against the widely-popular torrent website by malicious actors. For those unaware, The Pirate Bay was down for mor...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11483

Sander Bos discovered Apport mishandled crash dumps originating from containers. This could be used by a local attacker to generate a crash report for a privileged process that is readable by an unprivileged user...

CVE-2017-10167

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL subcomponent: Server: Optimizer. Supported versions that are affected are 5.7.19 and earlier. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successf...

Exim Mail Server Remote Code Execution (CVE-2019-16928)

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Exim server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system or cause application crashes...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : dhcp (SUSE-SU-2019:2727-1)

This update for dhcp fixes the following issues : Secuirty issue fixed : CVE-2019-6470: Fixed DHCPv6 server crashes bsc1134078. Bug fixes: Add compile option --enable-secs-byteorder to avoid duplicate lease warnings bsc1089524. Use IPv6 when called as dhclient6, dhcpd6, and dhcrelay6 bsc1136572...

Security update for dhcp (moderate)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for dhcp Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:2340-1 Rating: moderate References: 1089524 1134078 1136572 Cross-References: CVE-2019-6470 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.0 An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available...

Security Bulletin: GNU C library (glibc) vulnerability affects IBM Netezza Host Management (CVE-2015-0235)

Summary GNU C library glibc vulnerability that has been referred to as GHOST affects IBM Netezza Host Management. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-0235 DESCRIPTION:The gethostbyname functions of the GNU C Library glibc are vulnerable to a buffer overflow. By sending a specially crafted, but...

Medium: httpd24

Issue Overview: A vulnerability was found in Apache httpd, in modhttp2. Under certain circumstances, HTTP/2 early pushes could lead to memory corruption, causing a server to crash.CVE-2019-10081 A read-after-free vulnerability was discovered in Apache httpd, in modhttp2. A specially crafted http/...

CVE-2019-12611

An issue was discovered in Bitdefender BOX firmware versions before 2.1.37.37-34 that affects the general reliability of the product. Specially crafted packets sent to the miniupnpd implementation in result in the device allocating memory without freeing it later. This behavior can cause the...

Unspecified Vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox (CNVD-2019-37929)

Oracle VM VirtualBox is cross-platform virtualization software for x86 systems. A security vulnerability exists in the Core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.2.34 and 6.0.14. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause Oracle VM VirtualBox to hang or crash frequently...

Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap Overflow (APSB19-49: CVE-2019-8183)

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Adobe Acrobat and Reader. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system or cause application crashes...

Unspecified Vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox (CNVD-2019-37938)

Oracle VM VirtualBox is cross-platform virtualization software for x86 systems. A security vulnerability exists in the Core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.2.34 and 6.0.14. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause Oracle VM VirtualBox to hang or crash frequently...

Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap Overflow (APSB19-49: CVE-2019-8170)

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Adobe Acrobat and Reader. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system or cause application crashes...

Unspecified Vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox (CNVD-2019-37936)

Oracle VM VirtualBox is cross-platform virtualization software for x86 systems. A security vulnerability exists in the Core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.2.34 and 6.0.14. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause Oracle VM VirtualBox to hang or crash frequently...

Unspecified Vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox (CNVD-2019-37934)

Oracle VM VirtualBox is cross-platform virtualization software for x86 systems. A security vulnerability exists in the Core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.2.34 and 6.0.14. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause Oracle VM VirtualBox to hang or crash frequently and...