Security update for expat (important)

This update for expat fixes the following security issues: - CVE-2015-1283: Fixed multiple integer overflows that could lead to buffer overflows boo980391 - CVE-2016-0718: Fixed Expat XML parser that mishandles certain kinds of malformed input documents boo979441...

Targeted Attacks against Banks in the Middle East

UPDATE Dec. 8, 2017: We now attribute this campaign to APT34, a suspected Iranian cyber espionage threat group that we believe has been active since at least 2014. Learn more about APT34 and their late 2017 targeting of a government organization in the Middle East. Introduction In the first week ...

MGASA-2016-0194 Updated libreoffice packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated libreoffice packages fix security vulnerabilities: The lwp filter in LibreOffice before 5.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory corruption or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted LotusWordPro lwp document CVE-2016-0794. LibreOffice before 5.0.5...

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7558

librsvg before 2.40.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service infinite loop, stack consumption, and application crash via cyclic references in an SVG document...

Updated xerces-c packages fix security vulnerability

Gustavo Grieco discovered an use-after-free vulnerability in xerces-c, due to not properly handling invalid characters in XML input documents in the DTDScanner CVE-2016-2099...

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1839

The xmlDictAddString function in libxml2 before 2.9.4, as used in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted XML document...

Design/Logic Flaw

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the 1 htmlPArsePubidLiteral and 2 htmlParseSystemiteral functions in libxml2 before 2.9.4, as used in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3582-1 (expat - security update)

Gustavo Grieco discovered that Expat, an XML parsing C library, does not properly handle certain kinds of malformed input documents, resulting in buffer overflows during processing and error reporting. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause an application using the Expat libra...

libxml2: Out-of-bounds memory access

A denial of service flaw was found in libxml2. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML or HTML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, would cause that application to crash...

CVE-2016-0184

Use-after-free vulnerability in GDI in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Direct3D...

CVE-2016-0169

GDI in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted document, aka "Windows Graphics Component...

SOL66504414 - Foomatic vulnerability CVE-2010-5325

Vulnerability Recommended Actions None Supplemental Information SOL9970: Subscribing to email notifications regarding F5 products SOL9957: Creating a custom RSS feed to view new and updated documents SOL4602: Overview of the F5 security vulnerability response policy SOL4918: Overview of the F5...

The vulnerability of Google Chrome browser allows a perpetrator to trigger a service failure or obtain confidential information.

The vulnerability in the fxcodec/codec/fxCodecJpj.cpp function of the Google Chrome browser’s PDFium component is related to the incorrect implementation of the sycc420toRGB and sycc422toRGB functions. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to obtain confidential information or cause...

Adobe Reader DC U3D Parsing Out-Of-Bound Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Reader DC. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of...

A Cyber Revolution: Advanced Attacks Increasing in EMEA Reflect Political Tension

Financial, geopolitical and economical changes made 2015 a very busy year for the Europe, Middle East and Africa EMEA region, particularly in the cyber realm. FireEye has been monitoring these shifting cyber trends and has identified considerable evolutions to the EMEA threat landscape when...

A Cyber Revolution: Advanced Attacks Increasing in EMEA Reflect Political Tension

Financial, geopolitical and economical changes made 2015 a very busy year for the Europe, Middle East and Africa EMEA region, particularly in the cyber realm. FireEye has been monitoring these shifting cyber trends and has identified considerable evolutions to the EMEA threat landscape when...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : poppler vulnerabilities (USN-2958-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2958-1 advisory. It was discovered that the poppler pdfseparate tool incorrectly handled certain filenames. A local attacker could use this issue to cause the tool to...

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack, the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet editor, the Microsoft SharePoint Foundation email software, and the Microsoft SharePoint Designer HTML editor allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack, the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet editor, and the Microsoft SharePoint Foundation email software, as well as the Microsoft SharePoint Designer HTML editor, is due to buffer overflow attacks. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow...

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Excel Viewer, a spreadsheet viewer, and the Microsoft Excel editor, as well as the Word For Mac text editor, allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the Microsoft Excel Viewer, a spreadsheet viewer, and the Microsoft Excel editor, as well as the Word For Mac text editor, arises due to buffer overflow. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted Office document...

APT Threat Targets Tibetans, Journalists and Human Rights Workers

Tibetans, journalists and human rights workers in Hong Kong and Taiwan have been targeted in an APT campaign that makes use of Microsoft Rich Text File RTF documents to compromise computers. Researchers say it’s a new strategy by attackers in an ongoing advanced persistent threat that dates back ...