CMSimple CMS: source code security analysis report

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in CMSimple 'CMSimple CMS' software: File System Path Manipulation Incorrect User Input Filtration when Using Regular Expressions while Calling the pregreplace Function Using Global Variables Using Insufficiently Random Generators in Cryptography HttpOnly...

Concrete5 CMS: source code security analysis report

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Portland Labs 'Concrete5 CMS' software: File System Path Manipulation Using Global Variables Incorrect User Input Filtration when Using the unserialize Function Using Insufficiently Random Generators in Cryptography HttpOnly Cookies Incorrect Permissions...

Academics Make Theoretical Breakthrough in Random Number Generation

Two University of Texas academics have made what some experts believe is a breakthrough in random number generation that could have longstanding implications for cryptography and computer security. David Zuckerman, a computer science professor, and Eshan Chattopadhyay, a graduate student, publish...

CVE-2014-9742

CVE-2014-9742 : The Miller–Rabin primality test in Botan before 1.10.8 and in 1.11.x before 1.11.9 improperly uses a single random base, weakening cryptographic protection for Diffie–Hellman groups. Connected advisories confirm this vulnerability in Botan’s pre-1.10.8 and specific 1.11.x releases...

JSN PowerAdmin extension for Joomla!: source code security analysis report

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in JoomlaShine 'JSN PowerAdmin extension for Joomla!' software: Using Insufficiently Random Generators in Cryptography HttpOnly Cookies Incorrect Permissions for External Entities During XML Document Processing Incorrect User Input Filtration when...

Facebook Capture The Flag Platform Open Source

If you’ve been to DEF CON or any number of other technical hacker conferences, you’re familiar with Capture the Flag contests. These events pit teams of hackers and researchers against each other in a series of challenges until a winner is determined. Capture the Flag is also a valuable teaching...

ntp: incomplete checks in ntp_crypto.c

It was found that the fix for CVE-2014-9750 was incomplete: three issues were found in the value length checks in NTP's ntpcrypto.c, where a packet with particular autokey operations that contained malicious data was not always being completely validated. A remote attacker could use a specially...

CentOS Update for openssl CESA-2016:0722 centos7

Check the version of openssl SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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"1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882486";...

Botan Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Botan is a C++ library of cryptographic algorithms that supports AES, DES, SHA-1, RSA, DSA and Diffie-Hellman. Botan suffers from a heap buffer overflow vulnerability that allows remote attackers to conduct denial-of-service attacks...

WordPress CMS: source code security analysis report

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress Foundation 'WordPress CMS' software: File System Path Manipulation Using Global Variables Incorrect User Input Filtration when Using the unserialize Function Using Insufficiently Random Generators in Cryptography HttpOnly Cookies Incorrect User...

CVE-2000-1254

OpenSSL CVE-2000-1254: A vulnerability in crypto/rsa/rsa_gen.c where C bitwise-shift operations that exceed the size of an expression are mishandled, enabling a remote attacker on 64-bit HP-UX to defeat cryptographic protections. Affected: OpenSSL versions before 0.9.6. Impact: potential plaintex...

Drupal CMS: source code security analysis report

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Drupal Association 'Drupal CMS' software: Incorrect User Input Filtration when Generating Code on the Fly Using Global Variables Incorrect User Input Filtration when Using the unserialize Function Hardcoded Credentials Using Insufficiently Random...

OpenJDK: non-constant time GCM authentication tag comparison (JCE, 8143945)

It was discovered that the GCM Galois/Counter Mode implementation in the JCE component in OpenJDK used a non-constant time comparison when comparing GCM authentication tags. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to determine the value of the authentication tag...

Craig Wright Will Move Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin to Prove His Claim

Yesterday, BBC broke a story allegedly revealing Craig Wright as the original creator of Bitcoin digital currency Satoshi Nakamoto. However, the highly skeptical cryptographic community is definitely not yet convinced with the technical proofs Wright has yet provided to the media outlets and on h...

OpenJDK: non-constant time GCM authentication tag comparison (JCE, 8143945)

It was discovered that the GCM Galois/Counter Mode implementation in the JCE component in OpenJDK used a non-constant time comparison when comparing GCM authentication tags. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to determine the value of the authentication tag...

Code injection

The asn1berdecoder function in lib/asn1decoder.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service panic via an ASN.1 BER file that lacks a public key, leading to mishandling by the publickeyverifysignature function in crypto/asymmetrickeys/publickey.c...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3565-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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...

OpenJDK: non-constant time GCM authentication tag comparison (JCE, 8143945)

It was discovered that the GCM Galois/Counter Mode implementation in the JCE component in OpenJDK used a non-constant time comparison when comparing GCM authentication tags. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to determine the value of the authentication tag...

Steam Patched Broken Crypto in Wake of Replay, Padding Oracle Attacks

The digital gaming platform Steam was quick to patch a cryptographic issue in its client recently that could have allowed an attacker to read sensitive information sent over its network, take over an account, or view plain-text passwords. Valve, the Bellevue, Wash.-based video game developer that...

[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: mod_nss-1.0.12-3.fc23

The modnss module provides strong cryptography for the Apache Web server via the Secure Sockets Layer SSL and Transport Layer Security TLS protocols using the Network Security Services NSS security library...