OpenJDK: insufficient hardening of RSA-CRT implementation (JCE, 8071726)

It was found that the RSA implementation in the JCE component in OpenJDK did not follow recommended practices for implementing RSA signatures...

OpenJDK: insufficient hardening of RSA-CRT implementation (JCE, 8071726)

It was found that the RSA implementation in the JCE component in OpenJDK did not follow recommended practices for implementing RSA signatures...

PCI DSS version 3.1 released!

As expected, a "minor" revision to the PCI DSS 3.0 standard now version 3.1 was released by the PCI SSC today to address the vulnerabilities exposed by the POODLE and BEAST browser attacks. PCI DSS 3.1 primarily addresses the insecure use of SSL as an encryption protocol within a Cardholder Data...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0478

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 5.0u81, 6u91, 7u76, and 8u40, and JRockit R28.3.5, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via vectors related to JCE...

CentOS Update for openssl CESA-2015:0800 centos5

Check the version of openssl SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptoid"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882163";...

Cybrary Offers Free Online Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security Training

I frequently receive emails and messages on how to hack my friend’s Facebook account, how to become a hacker, how to penetrate networks, how to break into computers, and how to compromise routers? These are some of the most frequent queries I came across, and in this article I’ll attempt to answe...

OpenJDK: insufficient hardening of RSA-CRT implementation (JCE, 8071726)

It was found that the RSA implementation in the JCE component in OpenJDK did not follow recommended practices for implementing RSA signatures...

openssl security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2015:0800 Updated openssl packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores,...

MS KB3045755: Update to Improve PKU2U Authentication

The remote Windows host is missing a security update that improves the authentication used by the Public Key Cryptography User-to-User PKU2U security support provider SSP. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid82779; scriptversion"1.3"; scriptcvsdate"Date:...

RedHat Update for openssl RHSA-2015:0800-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

openssl: PKCS7 NULL pointer dereference

A NULL pointer dereference was found in the way OpenSSL handled certain PKCS7 inputs. An attacker able to make an application using OpenSSL verify, decrypt, or parse a specially crafted PKCS7 input could cause that application to crash. TLS/SSL clients and servers using OpenSSL were not affected ...

NTP Project ntpd reference implementation contains multiple vulnerabilities

Overview NTP Project ntpd reference implementation accepts unauthenticated packets with symmetric key cryptography and does not protect symmetric associations against denial of service attacks. Description CVE-2015-1798, bug 2779:In NTP4 installations utilizing symmetric key authentication,...

TrueCrypt Security Audit Concludes No NSA Backdoor

The Security audit of TrueCrypt disk-encryption software has been completed, with no evidence of any critical design vulnerabilities or deliberate backdoors in its code. TrueCrypt -- one of the world's most-used open source file encryption software used by Millions of privacy and security...

Debian DLA-17-1 : tor: new upstream version

The Tor version previously in Debian squeeze, 0.2.2.39, is no longer supported by upstream. This update brings the currently stable version of Tor, 0.2.4.23, to Debian squeeze. Changes include use of stronger cryptographic primitives, always clearing bignums before freeing them to avoid leaving k...

MS KB3050995: Improperly Issued Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing (deprecated)

The remote host is missing KB3050995, KB2677070 automatic updater, or the latest disallowed certificate update using KB2813430 manual updater. If KB2677070 has been installed, it has not yet obtained the latest auto-updates. Note that this plugin checks that the updaters have actually updated the...

RHEL 7 : openssl (RHSA-2015:0716)

Updated openssl packages that fix several security issues and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, ar...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: openssl security update

Updated openssl packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available...

Apple Mac OS X multiple security vulnerabilities

Buffer overflows, DoS, memory corruption, restrictions bypass, weak cryptography...

EMC M&R (Watch4net) - Credential Disclosure Vulnerability

It was discovered that EMC M&R Watch4net credentials of remote servers stored in Watch4net are encrypted using a fixed hard-coded password. If an attacker manages to obtain a copy of the encrypted credentials, it is trivial to decrypt them. Abstract It was discovered that EMC M&R Watch4net...

EMC M&R (Watch4net) Insecure Credential Storage

------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMC M&R Watch4net data storage collector credentials are not properly protected ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Han Sahin, November 2014...