Google Fixes Three High-Risk Flaws in Chrome OS

Google has fixed a series of serious vulnerabilities in its Chrome OS, including three high-risk bugs that could be used for code execution on vulnerable machines. As part of its reward program, Google paid out more than $30,000 to a researcher who found three of the vulnerabilities. All of the...

Hackers Probably Can't Hijack an Airplane with Software

An alarming dispatch from the Hack In The Box security conference in Amsterdam arrived on Wednesday: a hacker says he's found a way to take over airplane controls. That's probably not true. At least according to the Federal Aviation Administration FAA, the European Aviation Safety Administration...

Hackers Probably Can't Hijack an Airplane with Software

An alarming dispatch from the Hack In The Box security conference in Amsterdam arrived on Wednesday: a hacker says he's found a way to take over airplane controls. That's probably not true. At least according to the Federal Aviation Administration FAA, the European Aviation Safety Administration...

flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB13-11)

Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.75 and 11.x before 11.7.700.169 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.75 and 11.x before 11.2.202.280 on Linux, before 11.1.111.50 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.54 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.7.0.1530; and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before...

SuSE 10 Security Update : Apache (ZYPP Patch Number 8530)

Apache2 has been updated to fix multiple XSS flaws. - Multiple cross-site scripting XSS vulnerabilities in the balancerhandler function in the manager interface in modproxybalancer.c in the modproxybalancer module in the Apache HTTP Server potentially allowed remote attackers to inject arbitrary...

Firefox 20 Fixes 11 Critical Flaws, Adds Per-Tab Private Browsing

Mozilla has added a new privacy feature to Firefox that enables users to begin a new private browsing session in a separate tab while still running a normal session in other tabs. Firefox 20 also includes patches for 11 critical security vulnerabilities. The new version of Firefox expands the...

MiniUPnPd 1.4 Denial of Service (DoS) Exploit

This module allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service DoS in MiniUPnP 1.0 server via a specifically crafted UDP request. Module Options msf use auxiliary/dos/upnp/miniupnpd/dos msf undefineddos show actions ...actions... msf undefineddos set ACTION msf undefineddos show options ...show...

MiniUPnPd 1.0 Stack Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution

This module exploits the MiniUPnP 1.0 SOAP stack buffer overflow vulnerability present in the SOAPAction HTTP header handling. Module Options msf use exploit/linux/upnp/miniupnpd/soapbof msf undefinedsoapbof show actions ...actions... msf undefinedsoapbof set ACTION msf undefinedsoapbof show...

[waraxe-2013-SA#099] - Update Spoofing Vulnerability in LibreOffice 4.0.1.2

waraxe-2013-SA099 - Update Spoofing Vulnerability in LibreOffice 4.0.1.2 =============================================================================== Author: Janek Vind "waraxe" Date: 21. March 2013 Location: Estonia, Tartu Web: http://www.waraxe.us/advisory-99.html Description of vulnerable...

USN-1778-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

Andrew Jones discovered a flaw with the xeniret function in Linux kernel's Xen virtualizeation. In the 32-bit Xen paravirt platform an unprivileged guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service crash the system or gain guest OS privilege. CVE-2013-0228 A flaw was reported in...

Apple iOS 6.1.3 Fixes Evasion Jailbreak Bug, WebKit Flaw

Apple has patched a handful of security vulnerabilities in iOS, including a bug that was used for the latest iPhone jailbreak tool, called Evasion. Apple iOS 6.1.3 has patches for six vulnerabilities, including the screen lock bypass bug and a flaw in WebKit that can be used to execute arbitrary...

GAO: Flaws in IRS Network Could Put Taxpayer Information in Jeopardy

The United States Government Accountability Office GAO believes that “serious weaknesses remain” in the ways that the Internal Revenue Service handles its internal network, problems that could directly implicate taxpayer data according to a report the regulatory group released on Friday. The...

flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB13-09)

Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.68 and 11.x before 11.6.602.180 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.68 and 11.x before 11.2.202.275 on Linux, before 11.1.111.44 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.48 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.6.0.6090; Adobe AIR SDK before 3.6.0.6090; and...

Microsoft OneNote Information Disclosure Vulnerability (2816264)

This host is missing an important security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS13-025. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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...

Critical IE, Windows Kernel Flaws Patched

For the second month in a row, Microsoft has released a cumulative update for Internet Explorer, patching a number of critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in the browser, including one previously disclosed. It also patched a serious kernel mode driver vulnerability that could enable...

Wireshark Multiple Dissector Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities - March 13 (Windows)

This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbwiresharkmultdosvulnmar13win.nasl 6093 2017-05-10 09:03:18Z teissa $ Wireshark Multiple Dissector Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities - March 13 Windows Authors: Arun Kalla...

Scientific Linux Security Update : dovecot on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130221)

Two flaws were found in the way some settings were enforced by the script-login functionality of Dovecot. A remote, authenticated user could use these flaws to bypass intended access restrictions or conduct a directory traversal attack by leveraging login scripts. CVE-2011-2166, CVE-2011-2167 A...

CVE-2013-0908

CVE-2013-0908 affects Google Chrome up to version 25.0.1364.152 (pre-update). The vulnerability is due to improper binding management for extension processes, with unspecified impact and attack vectors stated in the initial description. OpenVAS/GLSA entries corroborate multiple chrome/v8 issues f...

hpijs, hplip, libsane security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2013:0500 Updated hplip packages that fix several security issues, multiple bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. Common...

Software Security Programs May Not Be Worth the Investment for Many Companies

SAN FRANCISCO–The discipline of software security has been gaining traction in a lot of organizations both large and small in recent years, thanks in part to the success that vendors such as Microsoft, Adobe and others have had with it. However, for many companies, the time and money spent on...