BSA-2017-248

Security Advisory ID : BSA-2017-248 Component : IPV6 Revision : 1.0: Interim An issue was discovered in the IPv6 protocol specification, related to ICMP Packet Too Big PTB messages. The scope of this CVE is all affected IPv6 implementations from all vendors. The security implications of IP...

The State of Mobile App Performance

In our previous blog, we saw how a new generation of users are increasing the expectations of a mobile app like never before and identified the three key success criteria for mobile apps: 1 increase customer conversions, 2 drive installs and 3 increase customer loyalty. For this blog we profiled...

CVE-2017-8289

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ipv6addrfromstr function in sys/net/networklayer/ipv6/addr/ipv6addrfromstr.c in RIOT prior to 2017-04-25 allows local attackers, and potentially remote attackers, to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed IPv6 address...

CVE-2017-8289

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ipv6addrfromstr function in sys/net/networklayer/ipv6/addr/ipv6addrfromstr.c in RIOT prior to 2017-04-25 allows local attackers, and potentially remote attackers, to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed IPv6 address...

Stack overflow

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ipv6addrfromstr function in sys/net/networklayer/ipv6/addr/ipv6addrfromstr.c in RIOT prior to 2017-04-25 allows local attackers, and potentially remote attackers, to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed IPv6 address...

CVE-2017-8289

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ipv6addrfromstr function in sys/net/networklayer/ipv6/addr/ipv6addrfromstr.c in RIOT prior to 2017-04-25 allows local attackers, and potentially remote attackers, to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed IPv6 address...

CVE-2017-8289

CVE-2017-8289 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in RIOT OS, specifically in the ipv6_addr_from_str.c module (ipv6_addr_from_str function). The vulnerability affects RIOT builds prior to 2017-04-25 and can allow a local attacker, and potentially remote attackers, to cause a denial of service...

USN-3265-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3265-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. It was discovered that a use-after-free flaw existed in the filesystem encryption...

USN-3265-2 linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities

USN-3265-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. It was discovered that a use-after-free flaw existed in the filesystem encryption...

Solarwinds LEM 6.3.1 Hardcoded Credentials Vulnerability

The Postgres database on Solarwinds Log and Event Manager Virtual Appliance version 6.3.1 has default hardcoded credentials. While some security measures were taken to ensure that network connectivity to the Postgres database wouldn't be possible using IPv4, the same measures were not taken for...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3265-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3265-1 advisory. It was discovered that a use-after-free flaw existed in the filesystem encryption subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause...

Design/Logic Flaw

On Juniper Networks devices running Junos OS affected versions and with LDP enabled, a specific LDP packet destined to the RE Routing Engine will consume a small amount of the memory allocated for the rpd routing protocol daemon process. Over time, repeatedly receiving this type of LDP packets wi...

CVE-2017-2340

On Juniper Networks Junos OS 15.1 releases from 15.1R3 to 15.1R4, 16.1 prior to 16.1R3, on M/MX platforms where Enhanced Subscriber Management for DHCPv6 subscribers is configured, a vulnerability in processing IPv6 ND packets originating from subscribers and destined to M/MX series routers can...

CVE-2017-2315

On Juniper Networks EX Series Ethernet Switches running affected Junos OS versions, a vulnerability in IPv6 processing has been discovered that may allow a specially crafted IPv6 Neighbor Discovery ND packet destined to an EX Series Ethernet Switch to cause a slow memory leak. A malicious...

Code injection

On Juniper Networks Junos OS 15.1 releases from 15.1R3 to 15.1R4, 16.1 prior to 16.1R3, on M/MX platforms where Enhanced Subscriber Management for DHCPv6 subscribers is configured, a vulnerability in processing IPv6 ND packets originating from subscribers and destined to M/MX series routers can...

Design/Logic Flaw

On Juniper Networks EX Series Ethernet Switches running affected Junos OS versions, a vulnerability in IPv6 processing has been discovered that may allow a specially crafted IPv6 Neighbor Discovery ND packet destined to an EX Series Ethernet Switch to cause a slow memory leak. A malicious...

CVE-2017-2340

On Juniper Networks Junos OS 15.1 releases from 15.1R3 to 15.1R4, 16.1 prior to 16.1R3, on M/MX platforms where Enhanced Subscriber Management for DHCPv6 subscribers is configured, a vulnerability in processing IPv6 ND packets originating from subscribers and destined to M/MX series routers can...

CVE-2017-2315

On Juniper Networks EX Series Ethernet Switches running affected Junos OS versions, a vulnerability in IPv6 processing has been discovered that may allow a specially crafted IPv6 Neighbor Discovery ND packet destined to an EX Series Ethernet Switch to cause a slow memory leak. A malicious...

CVE-2017-2315

On Juniper Networks EX Series Ethernet Switches running affected Junos OS versions, a vulnerability in IPv6 processing has been discovered that may allow a specially crafted IPv6 Neighbor Discovery ND packet destined to an EX Series Ethernet Switch to cause a slow memory leak. A malicious...

CVE-2017-2315

The CVE-2017-2315 issue affects Juniper Networks EX Series switches running various Junos OS versions, where IPv6 Neighbor Discovery processing can be exploited by a specially crafted IPv6 NDP packet to trigger a slow memory leak and eventual resource exhaustion, leading to DoS. Affected Junos OS...