Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : OpenVPN vulnerabilities (USN-3339-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3339-1 advisory. Karthikeyan Bhargavan and Gatan Leurent discovered that 64-bit block ciphers are vulnerable to a birthday attack. A remote attacker could...

USN-3339-1: OpenVPN vulnerabilities

Karthikeyan Bhargavan and Gaëtan Leurent discovered that 64-bit block ciphers are vulnerable to a birthday attack. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to recover cleartext data. Fixing this issue requires a configuration change to switch to a different cipher. This update adds a warni...

USN-3339-1 openvpn vulnerabilities

Karthikeyan Bhargavan and Gaëtan Leurent discovered that 64-bit block ciphers are vulnerable to a birthday attack. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to recover cleartext data. Fixing this issue requires a configuration change to switch to a different cipher. This update adds a warni...

CVE-2017-3090

Adobe Digital Editions versions 4.5.4 and earlier contain an insecure library loading vulnerability. The vulnerability is due to unsafe library loading of browser related library extensions in the installer plugin. A successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution...

My first working week with Opera Reborn

So, last Monday I changed my Chrome to the new Opera. It was an experiment to feel how is it “really” different from Chrome. I should mention before writing this post two important things about my background: 1. I was an Opera user since 2003 to 2010 and then moved to Chrome because of the many...

GnuTLS Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability

GnuTLS is an open source implementation of SSL, TLS and DTLS. A security vulnerability exists in GnuTLS decoding stateful responses to TLS extensions, which allows remote attackers to exploit the vulnerability by submitting a special request that crashes the GnuTLS server...

Information disclosure

Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1607 and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to read data not intended to be disclosed when Edge allows JavaScript XML DOM objects to detect installed browser extensions, aka "Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique fro...

CVE-2017-8498

Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1607 and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to read data not intended to be disclosed when Edge allows JavaScript XML DOM objects to detect installed browser extensions, aka "Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique fro...

chromium-browser: extension verification bypass

Lack of verification of an extension's locale folder in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android, allowed an attacker with local write access to modify extensions by modifying extension files...

CVE-2017-9443

BigTree CMS through 4.2.18 allows remote authenticated users to conduct SQL injection attacks via a crafted tables object in manifest.json in an uploaded package. This issue exists in core\admin\modules\developer\extensions\install\process.php and...

The Journey to Hijacking a Country’s TLD – The Hidden Risks of Domain Extensions

I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock. The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock. Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be… Read More...

Debian DSA-3866-1 : strongswan - security update

Two denial of service vulnerabilities were identified in strongSwan, an IKE/IPsec suite, using Google's OSS-Fuzz fuzzing project. - CVE-2017-9022 RSA public keys passed to the gmp plugin aren't validated sufficiently before attempting signature verification, so that invalid input might lead to a...

[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: chicken-4.12.0-2.fc25

CHICKEN is a compiler for the Scheme programming language. CHICKEN produces portable, efficient C, supports almost all of the R5RS Scheme language standard, and includes many enhancements and extensions...

HideMyAss Pro VPN Client for OS X 2.2.7.0 - Local Privilege Escalation

HideMyAss Pro VPN Client for OS X 2.2.7.0 - Local Privilege Escalation Source: https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20170402/multiplelocalprivilegeescalationvulnerabilitiesinhidemyassprovpnclientv2xforosx.html Abstract Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities were found in the helper...

CVE-2017-8288

gnome-shell 3.22 through 3.24.1 mishandles extensions that fail to reload, which can lead to leaving extensions enabled in the lock screen. With these extensions, a bystander could launch applications but not interact with them, see information from the extensions e.g., what applications you have...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8288

gnome-shell 3.22 through 3.24.1 mishandles extensions that fail to reload, which can lead to leaving extensions enabled in the lock screen. With these extensions, a bystander could launch applications but not interact with them, see information from the extensions e.g., what applications you have...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8288

gnome-shell 3.22 through 3.24.1 mishandles extensions that fail to reload, which can lead to leaving extensions enabled in the lock screen. With these extensions, a bystander could launch applications but not interact with them, see information from the extensions e.g., what applications you have...

PT-2017-18261 · Gnome +3 · Gnome Shell +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: gnome-shell versions 3.22 through 3.24.1 Description: The issue arises from the mishandling of extensions that fail to reload, potentially leaving them enabled on the lock screen. This could allow a bystander to launch applications, although...

CVE-2017-5038

Chrome Apps in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Linux, Windows, and Mac had a use after free bug in GuestView, which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted Chrome extension...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8106

The handleinvept function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel 3.12 through 3.15 allows privileged KVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash via a single-context INVEPT instruction with a NULL EPT pointer...