Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel regression (USN-3871-2)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3871-2 advisory. USN-3871-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Unfortunately, that update introduced regressions with docking station displays and...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3880-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3880-1 advisory. It was discovered that the CIFS client implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle setup negotiation during session recovery, leading to a...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3879-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3879-1 advisory. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could possibly perform an out of bounds write when updating the journal fo...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel (AWS, GCP, KVM, OEM, Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities (USN-3871-3)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3871-3 advisory. Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to...

USN-3880-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3880-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. It was discovered that the CIFS client implementation in the Linux kernel did not...

USN-3871-2: Linux kernel regression

USN-3871-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Unfortunately, that update introduced regressions with docking station displays and mounting ext4 file systems with the metabg option enabled. This update fixes the problems. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original...

CVE-2019-6111

An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to the scp implementation being derived from 1983 rcp, the server chooses which files/directories are sent to the client. However, the scp client only performs cursory validation of the object name returned only directory traversal attacks are prevented...

CVE-2019-6111

An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to the scp implementation being derived from 1983 rcp, the server chooses which files/directories are sent to the client. However, the scp client only performs cursory validation of the object name returned only directory traversal attacks are prevented...

CVE-2019-6111

An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to the scp implementation being derived from 1983 rcp, the server chooses which files/directories are sent to the client. However, the scp client only performs cursory validation of the object name returned only directory traversal attacks are prevented...

CVE-2019-5754

Implementation error in QUIC Networking in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker running or able to cause use of a proxy server to obtain cleartext of transport encryption via malicious network proxy...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3872-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3872-1 advisory. It was discovered that a race condition existed in the vsock address family implementation of the Linux kernel that could lead to a use-after-free...

Researchers Allege 'Systemic' Privacy, Security Flaws in Popular IoT Devices

Researchers are highlighting the insecure nature of Internet of Things devices in a report released Tuesday alleging a bevy of popular consumer connected devices sold at major retailers such as Walmart and Best Buy are riddled with security holes and privacy issues. In analyzing 12 different IoT...

USN-3871-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code...

PDF Signer 3.0 Template Injection / CSRF / Code Execution

Exploit Title: PDF Signer v3.0 - SSTI to RCE via CSRF Cookie Dork: N/A Date: 2019-01-28 Exploit Author: dd [email protected] Vendor Homepage: https://codecanyon.net/user/simcycreative Software Link:...

PDF Signer 3.0 - Server-Side Template Injection leading to Remote Command Execution (via Cross-Site Request Forgery Cookie)

Exploit Title: PDF Signer v3.0 - SSTI to RCE via CSRF Cookie Dork: N/A Date: 2019-01-28 Exploit Author: dd [email protected] Vendor Homepage: https://codecanyon.net/user/simcycreative Software Link:...

What is a vulnerability and what is not?

It looks like a pretty simple question. I used it to started my MIPT lecture. But actually the answer is not so obvious. There are lots of formal definitions of a vulnerability. For example in NIST Glossary there are 17 different definitions. The most popular one used in 13 documents is:...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:0065-1 Rating: important References: 1024718 1046299 1050242 1050244 1051510 1055121 1055186 1058115 1060463 1065729 1078248 1079935 1082387 1083647 1086282 1086283 1086423 1087978 1088386 1090888...

CVE-2018-5737

CVE-2018-5737 concerns ISC BIND 9.12.x. The issue arises from the implementation of the new serve-stale feature, which can trigger an assertion failure in rbtdb.c even when stale-answer-enable is off. Additionally, interaction between serve-stale and NSEC aggressive negative caching can, in some ...

CVE-2019-3557

The implementations of streams for bz2 and php://output improperly implemented their readImpl functions, returning -1 consistently. This behavior caused some stream functions, such as streamgetline, to trigger an out-of-bounds read when operating on such malformed streams. The implementations wer...

CVE-2019-3557

The implementations of streams for bz2 and php://output improperly implemented their readImpl functions, returning -1 consistently. This behavior caused some stream functions, such as streamgetline, to trigger an out-of-bounds read when operating on such malformed streams. The implementations wer...