glibc: Buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator

The glob function in glob.c in the GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.27 contains a buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the operator...

glibc: Buffer overflow in glob with GLOB_TILDE

The GNU C Library aka glibc or libc6 before 2.27 contains an off-by-one error leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the glob function in glob.c, related to the processing of home directories using the operator followed by a long string...

Search and Dump System Configuration: otseca

The main assumption of creating this tool was easier and faster delivery of commands sets to be performed on customer environments. As a result of such a scan I wanted to get the most useful information about system components that will be subjected to penetration tests and audits at a later time...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: libgcrypt-1.8.3-1.fc28

Libgcrypt is a general purpose crypto library based on the code used in GNU Privacy Guard. This is a development version...

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in emacs affects PowerKVM

Summary PowerKVM is affected by a vulnerability in emacs. IBM has now addressed this vulnerability. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2017-14482 DESCRIPTION: GNU Emacs could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper validation of user request. By sending a...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in GNU Bash affect PowerKVM

Summary PowerKVM is affected by vulnerabilities in GNU Bash. IBM has now addressed these vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-9401 DESCRIPTION: GNU Bash could allow a local attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a use-after-free error. An attacker could exploit this...

Security Bulletin: IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) is affected by tar vulnerabilities (CVE-2010-0624 CVE-2016-6321)

Summary Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in the tar command that is embedded in IBM FSM. This bulletin addresses these vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2010-0624 DESCRIPTION: GNU Tar and GNU Cpio are vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by...

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in wget affects PowerKVM

Summary PowerKVM is affected by a vulnerability in wget. IBM has now addressed this vulnerability. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-4971 DESCRIPTION: GNU wget could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted HTTP redirect message...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in the GNU C Library (glibc) affect PowerKVM

Summary PowerKVM is affected by several vulnerabilities in GNU glibc. These vulnerabilities are now fixed. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-7547 DESCRIPTION: GNU C Library glibc is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the nssdns backend for the...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in GNU Grep affects PowerKVM (CVE-2015-1345)

Summary PowerKVM is affected by a vulnerability in GNU Grep. This vulnerability is now fixed. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-1345 DESCRIPTION: GNU grep is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by an error in kwset.c. A remote attacker could overflow...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Gnu binutils affect PowerKVM

Summary PowerKVM is affected by several vulnerabilities in Gnu binutils. These vulnerabilities are now fixed. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2014-8737 DESCRIPTION: GNU Binutils could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in cpio affects PowerKVM (CVE-2014-9112)

Summary A vulnerability in GNU cpio CVE-2014-9112 affects PowerKVM. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2014-9112 DESCRIPTION: GNU cpio is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the processcopyin function. By persuading a victim to extract a specially-craft...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in the GNU C Libraries (glibc) affect IBM Flex System Manager(FSM) (CVE-2013-2207, CVE-2014-8121, CVE-2015-1781)

Summary Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the GNU C Library glibc that is embedded in the IBM FSM. These vulnerabilities are addressed in this bulletin. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2013-2207 DESCRIPTION: The GNU C Library glibc could allow a local attacker to bypass...

Security Bulletin: GNU C library (glibc) vulnerability affects IBM SDN-VE Unified Controller and IBM SDN-VE Service Appliance (CVE-2015-0235)

Summary GNU C library glibc vulnerability that has been referred to as GHOST affects IBM SDN VE Unified Controller and IBM SDN VE Service Appliance. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-0235 DESCRIPTION:The gethostbyname functions of the GNU C Library glibc are vulnerable to a buffer overflow. B...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in GNU Bash affect the IBM FlashSystem model V840

Summary There are vulnerabilities in GNU Bash to which the IBM FlashSystem™ V840 is susceptible. An exploit of these vulnerabilities CVE-2016-0634, CVE-2016-7543, CVE-2016-9401 could make the system susceptible to an attack which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code and commands on t...

Security Bulletin: GNU C library (glibc) vulnerability affects <TS4500> (CVE-2015-7547)

Summary A GNU C library glibc stack-based buffer overflow in getaddrinfo vulnerability affects TS4500. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2015-7547 DESCRIPTION: GNU C Library glibc is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the nssdns backend for the...

Security Bulletin: Open Source GNU (glibc) vulnerability affects IBM SONAS (CVE-2017-1000366 )

Summary IBM SONAS is shipped with GNU glibc, for which a fix is available for a security vulnerability. Vulnerability Details A GNU local memory corruption vulnerability affects IBM SONAS. CVEID: CVE-2017-1000366 DESCRIPTION: Glibc could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the...

Security Bulletin: GNU C library (glibc) vulnerability affects IBM SONAS (CVE-2013-7423)

Summary IBM SONAS is shipped with GNU glibc, for which a fix is available for a security vulnerability. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2013-7423 DESCRIPTION: GNU glibc could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an issue that could occur under high load. An attacker...

Security Bulletin: Open Source GNU glibc vulnerabilities on IBM SONAS (CVE-2014-7817, CVE-2014-9087)

Summary IBM SONAS is shipped with GNU glibc, for which fixes are available for two security vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2014-7817 DESCRIPTION: Provide sufficient details for someone to tell if they have the problem, but not enough detail that someone with malicious intent...

Security Bulletin: Open Source GNU glibc vulnerabilities on IBM Storwize V7000 Unified (CVE-2014-7817, CVE-2014-9087)

Summary IBM Storwize V7000 Unified is shipped with GNU glibc, for which fixes are available for two security vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2014-7817 DESCRIPTION: GNU C Library glibc could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system. An attacker could...