MGASA-2017-0386 Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on upstream 4.4.92 and fixes at least the following security issues: A security flaw was discovered in nl80211setrekeydata function in the Linux kernel since v3.1-rc1 through v4.13. This function does not check whether the required attributes are present in a netlink...

openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2017-1158)

This update for wireshark to version 2.2.10 fixes multiple minor security issues. These vulnerabilities that could be used to trigger dissector crashes or infinite loops by making Wireshark read specially crafted packages from the network or a capture file : - CVE-2017-15192: BT ATT dissector cra...

Buffer overflow

Vulnerability in the Oracle Outside In Technology component of Oracle Fusion Middleware subcomponent: Outside In Filters. The supported version that is affected is 8.5.3.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with access to the physical communication segment attached t...

CVE-2017-10165

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : X.Org X server vulnerabilities (USN-3456-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3456-1 advisory. It was discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly handled certain lengths. An attacker able to connect to an X server, either locally or...

The vulnerability in the web interface that provides access to the OpenText Documentum Webtop repository is related to incorrect restrictions on XML links to external objects. This allows attackers to read arbitrary files or cause service failures.

The vulnerability in the web interface that provides access to the OpenText Documentum Webtop repository is related to an improper limitation on XML references to external objects XML External Entity, XXE. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to read arbitrary files remotel...

Stale TLB entry due to page type release race

ISSUE DESCRIPTION x86 PV guests effect TLB flushes by way of a hypercall. Xen tries to reduce the number of TLB flushes by delaying them as much as possible. When the last type reference of a page is dropped, the need for a TLB flush before the page is re-used is recorded. If a guest TLB flush...

Memory Corruption Vulnerability in ICO Image Processing by PictureQuest Software

Look at the picture is a picture browsing tool. A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the handling of ICO format images. An attacker can cause the program to crash or cause arbitrary code execution by constructing a malformed ICO format...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13723

In X.Org Server aka xserver and xorg-server before 1.19.4, a local attacker authenticated to the X server could overflow a global buffer, causing crashes of the X server or potentially other problems by injecting large or malformed XKB related atoms and accessing them via xkbcomp...

ImageMagick ReadYUVImage Memory Leak Vulnerability

ImageMagick is an image processing software. A memory disclosure vulnerability exists in ImageMagick coders/yuv.c ReadYUVImage, which allows remote attackers to exploit the vulnerability by submitting a special file, tricking the user into parsing it, and crashing the application...

Mozilla Firefox ESR < 52.4

The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 52.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2017-22 advisory. - Mozilla developers and community members Christoph Diehl, Jan de Mooij, Jason Kratzer, Randell Jesup, Tom Ritter,...

Mozilla Firefox < 56 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

The version of Mozilla Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 56. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, some of which allow code execution and potentially exploitable application crashes. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include'compat.inc'; if...

Mozilla Firefox < 56.0

The version of Firefox installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 56.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2017-21 advisory. - Mozilla developers and community members Christian Holler, Jason Kratzer, Tobias Schneider, Tyson Smith, David Keeler,...

Updated firefox packages fix security vulnerabilities

A use-after-free flaw was found in the TLS 1.2 implementation in the NSS library when client authentication was used. A malicious client could use this flaw to cause an application compiled against NSS to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permission of the user running the...

USN-3430-1 dnsmasq vulnerabilities

Felix Wilhelm, Fermin J. Serna, Gabriel Campana and Kevin Hamacher discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled DNS requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dnsmasq to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-14491 Felix Wilhelm, Fermin...

[slackware-security] openexr

New openexr packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/openexr-2.2.0-i586-2slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt. Patched bugs that may lead to program crashes or possibly execution of arbitrary code...

Mozilla: Use-after-free during ARIA array manipulation (MFSA 2017-22)

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when manipulating arrays of Accessible Rich Internet Applications ARIA elements within containers through the DOM. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox 56, Firefox ESR 52.4, and Thunderbird 52.4...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14745

The getsyntheticsymtab functions in the Binary File Descriptor BFD library aka libbfd, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, interpret a -1 value as a sorting count instead of an error flag, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service integer overflow and application crash or possib...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

CakePHP is vulnerable to denial of service DoS attacks. The library does not validate POST data properly, allowing a malicious user to pass large nested POST data to the system, causing a segmentation fault that can crash the system...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2017:2339-1)

This update for xen fixes the following issues : - CVE-2017-12855: Premature clearing of GTFwriting / GTFreading lead to potentially leaking sensitive information XSA-230, bsc1052686. - CVE-2017-12135: Unbounded recursion in grant table code allowed a malicious guest to crash the host or...