[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-31.4.0esr-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.1 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-31.3.0esr-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see:...

THC-SmartBrute - Finds undocumented and secret commands implemented in a smartcard

This tool finds undocumented and secret commands implemented in a smartcard. An instruction is divided into Class CLA, Instruction-Number INS and the parameters or arguments P1, P2, P3. THC-SMARTBRUTE iterates through all the possible values of CLA and INS to find a valid combination. Furthermore...

[slackware-security] mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-31.3.0-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[USN-2422-1] Squid vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2422-1 November 25, 2014 squid3 vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: -...

[USN-2412-1] Ruby vulnerability

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2412-1 November 20, 2014 ruby1.8, ruby1.9.1, ruby2.0, ruby2.1 vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8595

arch/x86/x86emulate/x86emulate.c in Xen 3.2.1 through 4.4.x does not properly check privileges, which allows local HVM guest users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service crash via a crafted 1 CALL, 2 JMP, 3 RETF, 4 LCALL, 5 LJMP, or 6 LRET far branch instruction...

linux: local denial of service, privilege escalation

CVE-2014-3610: The WRMSR processing functionality in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel does not properly handle the writing of a non-canonical address to a model-specific register, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service host OS crash by leveraging guest OS privileges, relate...

MS14-069: Description of the security update for Microsoft Word Viewer: November 11, 2014

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Null pointer dereference

The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2 lacks intended decoder-table flags for certain RIP-relative instructions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash via a crafted...

CVE-2014-8480

The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2 lacks intended decoder-table flags for certain RIP-relative instructions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash via a crafted...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8481

The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2 does not properly handle invalid instructions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash via a crafted application that triggers 1 a...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-31.2.0esr-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[USN-2390-1] Pidgin vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2390-1 October 28, 2014 pidgin vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: -...

Koler Android Ransomware Learns to Spread via SMS

Users of Android operating system are warned of a new variant of Android malware Koler that spreads itself via text message and holds the victim’s infected mobile phone hostage until a ransom is paid. Researchers observed the Koler Android ransomware Trojan, at the very first time, in May when th...

CVE-2014-4326 Remote command execution in Logstash zabbix and nagios_nsca outputs.

Vendor: Elasticsearch Product: Logstash CVE: CVE-2014-4326 Affected versions: Logstash 1.0.14 through 1.4.1 Recommendations: All affected users should upgrade to Logstash 1.4.2. We also provide patch instructions for Logstash 1.3.x at the bottom of this note. The vulnerability impacts deployments...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: mediawiki-1.23.4-1.fc20

MediaWiki is the software used for Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia Foundation websites. Compared to other wikis, it has an excellent range of features and support for high-traffic websites using multiple servers This package supports wiki farms. Read the instructions for creating wiki instances...

[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: mediawiki-1.23.4-1.fc21

MediaWiki is the software used for Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia Foundation websites. Compared to other wikis, it has an excellent range of features and support for high-traffic websites using multiple servers This package supports wiki farms. Read the instructions for creating wiki instances...

[slackware-security] seamonkey

New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/seamonkey-2.29.1-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more information,...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-24.8.1esr-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...