CVE-2015-1337

Simple Streams simplestreams does not properly verify the GPG signatures of disk image files, which allows remote mirror servers to spoof disk images and have unspecified other impact via a 403 aka Forbidden response...

Researchers Disrupt Angler Exploit Kit, $60 Million Ransomware Campaign

Researchers took a big step towards eradicating the Angler exploit kit, disrupting a large ransomware campaign connected to it that purportedly netted a hacker more than $30 million annually. According to a report published today, experts with Cisco’s Talos Security Intelligence and Research Grou...

Xen Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Xen is a virtualization technology used in the Linux kernel that allows multiple operating systems to run simultaneously. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Xen 4.1.x through 4.6.x that allows a local user to write a read-only disk image...

CVE-2015-7311

libxl in Xen 4.1.x through 4.6.x does not properly handle the readonly flag on disks when using the qemu-xen device model, which allows local guest users to write to a read-only disk image...

CVE-2015-7311

libxl in Xen 4.1.x through 4.6.x does not properly handle the readonly flag on disks when using the qemu-xen device model, which allows local guest users to write to a read-only disk image...

CVE-2015-1338

kernelcrashdump in Apport before 2.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service disk consumption or possibly gain privileges via a 1 symlink or 2 hard link attack on /var/crash/vmcore.log...

Design/Logic Flaw

libxl in Xen 4.1.x through 4.6.x does not properly handle the readonly flag on disks when using the qemu-xen device model, which allows local guest users to write to a read-only disk image...

CVE-2015-7311

libxl in Xen 4.1.x through 4.6.x does not properly handle the readonly flag on disks when using the qemu-xen device model, which allows local guest users to write to a read-only disk image...

Hardcoded credentials

kernelcrashdump in Apport before 2.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service disk consumption or possibly gain privileges via a 1 symlink or 2 hard link attack on /var/crash/vmcore.log...

CVE-2015-1338

kernelcrashdump in Apport before 2.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service disk consumption or possibly gain privileges via a 1 symlink or 2 hard link attack on /var/crash/vmcore.log...

CVE-2015-1338

CVE-2015-1338 affects the Apport crash-dump handling in Linux environments (kernel_crashdump) prior to version 2.19. A local attacker could exploit insecure crash dump file handling to cause a denial of service via disk consumption or potentially elevate privileges through symlink or hard link at...

CVE-2015-7311

CVE-2015-7311 affects Xen’s libxl when using the qemu-xen device model; Xen 4.1.x–4.6.x did not properly enforce the readonly flag on disks, allowing local guest users to write to a read-only disk image. Public advisories (GLSA-2016-04, openSUSE/SUSE advisories) list this vulnerability among seve...

CVE-2015-7311

libxl in Xen 4.1.x through 4.6.x does not properly handle the readonly flag on disks when using the qemu-xen device model, which allows local guest users to write to a read-only disk image...

The vulnerability of the iOS operating system, which allows a perpetrator to increase their privileges or cause service failures

The vulnerability of the Disk Images component of the iOS operating system arises due to buffer overflow. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to increase their privileges or cause service failures...

james -- multiple vulnerabilities

The Apache James Project reports: This release has many enhancements and bug fixes over the previous release. See the Release Notes for a detailed list of changes. Some of the earlier defects could turn a James mail server into an Open Relay and allow files to be written on disk. All users of Jam...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1337

Simple Streams simplestreams does not properly verify the GPG signatures of disk image files, which allows remote mirror servers to spoof disk images and have unspecified other impact via a 403 aka Forbidden response...

CVE-2015-1338

kernelcrashdump in Apport before 2.19 allows local users to cause a denial of service disk consumption or possibly gain privileges via a 1 symlink or 2 hard link attack on /var/crash/vmcore.log...

CVE-2015-1337

Simple Streams simplestreams does not properly verify the GPG signatures of disk image files, which allows remote mirror servers to spoof disk images and have unspecified other impact via a 403 aka Forbidden response...

libxl fails to honour readonly flag on disks with qemu-xen

ISSUE DESCRIPTION Callers of libxl can specify that a disk should be read-only to the guest. However, there is no code in libxl to pass this information to qemu-xen the upstream-based qemu; and indeed there is no way in qemu to make a disk read-only. The vulnerability is exploitable only via...

xen-tools -- libxl fails to honour readonly flag on disks with qemu-xen

The Xen Project reports: Callers of libxl can specify that a disk should be read-only to the guest. However, there is no code in libxl to pass this information to qemu-xen the upstream-based qemu; and indeed there is no way in qemu to make a disk read-only. The vulnerability is exploitable only v...