Man-in-the-Middle (MitM)

ansible is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle MitM attacks. The vulnerability exists because it does not perform ample validation of HTTPS certificate using geturl and uri modules. Therefore, it fails to catch the mismatch between server hostname and a domain name in the subject's Common Name CN or...

Lenovo Tells Users to Uninstall Vulnerable Updater

Lenovo has waved the white flag on a vulnerable component of its pre-installed software updater and recommends that users uninstall it from more than 110 notebook and desktop models running Windows 10. The decision to have users yank the Lenovo Accelerator Application comes days after a Duo Labs...

SUSE-SU-2015:1344-1 Security update for python

This update to python 2.7.9 fixes the following issues: python-2.7-libffi-aarch64.patch: Fix argument passing in libffi for aarch64 From the version update to 2.7.9: contains full backport of ssl module from Python 3.4 PEP466 HTTPS certificate validation enabled by default PEP476 SSLv3 disabled b...

USN-1464-1: Ubuntu Single Sign On Client vulnerability

It was discovered that the Ubuntu Single Sign On Client incorrectly validated server certificates when using HTTPS connections. If a remote attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to alter or compromise confidential information...