CVE-2017-14057

In FFmpeg 3.3.3, a DoS in asfreadmarker due to lack of an EOF End of File check might cause huge CPU and memory consumption. When a crafted ASF file, which claims a large "namelen" or "count" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the loops over the name an...

freeradius: Infinite loop and memory exhaustion with 'concat' attributes

A denial of service flaw was found in the way FreeRADIUS server handled certain attributes in request packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause the FreeRADIUS server to enter an infinite loop, consume increasing amounts of memory resources, and ultimately crash by sending a speciall...

tcpdump: multiple overflow issues in protocol decoding

Multiple out of bounds read and integer overflow vulnerabilities were found in tcpdump affecting the decoding of various protocols. An attacker could create a crafted pcap file or send specially crafted packets to the network segment where tcpdump is running in live capture mode without -w which...

tcpdump: multiple overflow issues in protocol decoding

Multiple out of bounds read and integer overflow vulnerabilities were found in tcpdump affecting the decoding of various protocols. An attacker could create a crafted pcap file or send specially crafted packets to the network segment where tcpdump is running in live capture mode without -w which...

MGASA-2017-0174 Updated libytnef packages fix security vulnerabilities

Several issues were discovered in libytnef, a library used to decode application/ms-tnef e-mail attachments. Multiple heap overflows, out-of-bound writes and reads, NULL pointer dereferences and infinite loops could be exploited by tricking a user into opening a maliciously crafted winmail.dat fi...

openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2017-674)

This update for wireshark fixes minor vulnerabilities that could be used to trigger dissector crashes, infinite loops, or cause excessive use of CPU resources by making Wireshark read specially crafted packages from the network or a capture file : - CVE-2017-9352: Bazaar dissector infinite loop...

openSUSE Security Update : java-1_7_0-openjdk (openSUSE-2017-629)

This update for java-170-openjdk fixes the following issues : - Update to 2.6.10 - OpenJDK 7u141 bsc1034849 - Security fixes - S8163520, CVE-2017-3509: Reuse cache entries - S8163528, CVE-2017-3511: Better library loading - S8165626, CVE-2017-3512: Improved window framing - S8167110, CVE-2017-351...

SUSE-SU-2017:1317-1 Security update for bash

This update for bash fixes an issue that could lead to syntax errors when parsing scripts that use expr1 inside loops. Additionally, the popd build-in now ensures that the normalized stack offset is within bounds before trying to free that stack entry. This fixes a segmentation fault...

Breaking down a notably sophisticated tech support scam M.O.

Note: Our Tech support scams FAQ page has the latest info on this type of threat, including scammer tactics, fake error messages, and the latest scammer hotlines. You can also read our latest blog, New tech support scam launches communication or phone call app. The cornerstone of tech support sca...

ytnef 1.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits Multiple Vulnerabilities in ytnef ================================= Overview -------- Severity Rating: High Confirmed Affected Versions: 1.9 and earlier Confirmed Patched Versions: 1.9.1 Vendor: Yerase Vendor URL: https://github.com/Yeraze/ytn...

CVE-2016-6131

The demangler in GNU Libiberty allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service infinite loop, stack overflow, and crash via a cycle in the references of remembered mangled types...

CVE-2017-5341

Multiple out of bounds read and integer overflow vulnerabilities were found in tcpdump affecting the decoding of various protocols. An attacker could create a crafted pcap file or send specially crafted packets to the network segment where tcpdump is running in live capture mode without -w which...

CVE-2016-7992

Multiple out of bounds read and integer overflow vulnerabilities were found in tcpdump affecting the decoding of various protocols. An attacker could create a crafted pcap file or send specially crafted packets to the network segment where tcpdump is running in live capture mode without -w which...

Fedora 24 : 2:qemu (2017-12394e2cc7)

CVE-2016-6836: vmxnet: Information leakage in vmxnet3completepacket bz 1366370 - CVE-2016-7909: pcnet: Infinite loop in pcnetrdraaddr bz 1381196 - CVE-2016-7994: virtio-gpu: memory leak in resourcecreate2d bz 1382667 - CVE-2016-8577: 9pfs: host memory leakage in v9fsread bz 1383286 -...

CVE-2016-9303

Multiple buffer overflows in the Autodesk FBX-SDK before 2017.1 can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause an infinite loop condition when reading or converting malformed FBX format files...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libXi (SUSE-SU-2016:3047-1)

libXi was updated to fix two security issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2016-7945: Integer overflows in libXI can cause out of boundary memory access or endless loops Denial of Service bsc1002998. - CVE-2016-7946: Insufficient validation of data in libXI can cause out of boundary...

Wireshark 'Profinet I/O dissector' Denial of Service Vulnerability - Mac OS X

Wireshark is prone to a denial of service DoS vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only CPE = "cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark"...

[slackware-security] x11

New x11 packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libX11-1.6.4-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Insufficient validation of data from the X server can cause o...

Debian DLA-686-1 : libxtst security update

Tobias Stoeckmann from the OpenBSD project discovered the following vulnerability in libXtst, the X Record extension : Insufficient validation of data from the X server can cause out of boundary memory access or endless loops Denial of Service. For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixe...

openSUSE Security Update : X Window System client libraries (openSUSE-2016-1214)

This update for the X Window System client libraries fixes a class of privilege escalation issues. A malicious X Server could send specially crafted data to X clients, which allowed for triggering crashes, or privilege escalation if this relationship was untrusted or crossed user or permission...