Updated mbedtls packages fix security vulnerability

A vulnerability was found in mbedTLS which allows a local unprivileged attacker to recover the plaintext of RSA decryption, which is used in RSA-without-ECDHE cipher suites CVE-2018-19608...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5719

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.11, the ISAKMP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-isakmp.c by properly handling the case of a missing decryption data block...

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5719

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.11, the ISAKMP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-isakmp.c by properly handling the case of a missing decryption data block...

CVE-2019-5719

Wireshark vulnerable component: ISAKMP dissector. CVE-2019-5719 (and related CVEs in the bundle) affect Wireshark 2.6.0–2.6.5 and 2.4.0–2.4.11, where the ISAKMP dissector could crash due to not properly handling a missing decryption data block (root cause: missing decryption data). Impact per sou...

Dark Overlord hackers publish first batch of “secret” 9/11 files

By Waqas The Dark Overlord hackers have fulfilled their promise and published the first batch of decryption keys for 650 documents in a 70 megabytes file related to the 9/11 attacks. Initially, the group had vowed to publish 10GB of data on Twitter account or on a Dark Web form called “KickAss.”...

Fedora 28 : python-paramiko (2018-8f9d81a3fb)

A flaw was found in the implementation of transport.py in Paramiko, which did not properly check whether authentication was completed before processing other requests. A customized SSH client could simply skip the authentication step. This flaw is a user authentication bypass in the SSH Server...

SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : wpa_supplicant (SUSE-SU-2018:3480-1)

This update for wpasupplicant provides the following fixes : This security issues was fixe : CVE-2018-14526: Under certain conditions, the integrity of EAPOL-Key messages was not checked, leading to a decryption oracle. An attacker within range of the Access Point and client could have abused the...

WPA2 Protocol Vulnerabilities - Lenovo Support US

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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in wpa_supplicant affects PowerKVM

Summary PowerKVM is affected by a vulnerability in wpasupplicant. IBM has now addressed this vulnerability. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-14526 DESCRIPTION: wpasupplicant could allow a remote attacker within range of the Access Point and client to obtain sensitive information, caused by t...

FreeBSD : Mbed TLS -- Local timing attack on RSA decryption (293f40a0-ffa1-11e8-b258-0011d823eebd)

Janos Follath reports : An attacker who can run code on the same machine that is performing an RSA decryption can potentially recover the plaintext through a Bleichenbacher-like oracle. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from the...

IT consultancy firm caught running ransomware decryption scam

By Waqas Ransomware has become a persistent threat to users globally but for cybercriminals, it is a lucrative business. Recently, IT security researchers at Check Point unearthed a sophisticated ransomware decryption scam in which a Russian IT consultant company has been caught scamming ransomwa...

CVE-2018-1665

IBM DataPower Gateway 7.6.0.0 through 7.6.0.10, 7.5.2.0 through 7.5.2.17, 7.5.1.0 through 7.5.1.17, 7.5.0.0 through 7.5.0.18, and 7.7.0.0 through 7.7.1.3 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 144891...

CVE-2018-1814

IBM Security Access Manager Appliance 9.0.1.0, 9.0.2.0, 9.0.3.0, 9.0.4.0, and 9.0.5.0 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 150018...

CVE-2018-1665

Affected product and scope: IBM DataPower Gateway and related appliances are listed with CVE-2018-1665, affecting multiple VMF/RMF versions of DataPower Gateway and IBM MQ Appliance as detailed in IBM security bulletins. Root cause / vulnerability type: Use of weaker-than-expected cryptographic a...

FLARE Script Series: Automating Objective-C Code Analysis with Emulation

This blog post is the next episode in the FireEye Labs Advanced Reverse Engineering FLARE team Script Series. Today, we are sharing a new IDAPython library – flare-emu – powered by IDA Pro and the Unicorn emulation framework that provides scriptable emulation features for the x86, x8664, ARM, and...

What Happens When Victims Pay Ransomware Attackers?

For many hackers around the globe, ransomware infections have become a lucrative business. Although these types of malware samples have been around for years now, they continue to spur success - and high monetary profits - for attackers. In fact, according to a statement from U.S. Deputy Attorney...

Amazon Linux 2 : wpa_supplicant (ALAS-2018-1122)

An issue was discovered in rsnsupp/wpa.c in wpasupplicant 2.0 through 2.6. Under certain conditions, the integrity of EAPOL-Key messages is not checked, leading to a decryption oracle. An attacker within range of the Access Point and client can abuse the vulnerability to recover sensitive...

[slackware-security] nettle

New nettle packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: This update fixes a security issue: A Bleichenbacher type side-channel based padding oracle attack was found in the way nettle handles endian conversio...

Medium: wpa_supplicant

Issue Overview: An issue was discovered in rsnsupp/wpa.c in wpasupplicant 2.0 through 2.6. Under certain conditions, the integrity of EAPOL-Key messages is not checked, leading to a decryption oracle. An attacker within range of the Access Point and client can abuse the vulnerability to recover...

CVE-2018-19608

Arm Mbed TLS before 2.14.1, before 2.7.8, and before 2.1.17 allows a local unprivileged attacker to recover the plaintext of RSA decryption, which is used in RSA-without-ECDHE cipher suites...