Internet Bug Bounty: Multiple issues in looking-glass software (aka from web to BGP injections)

During the month of May 2014 we performed an offensive security analysis, trying to find how hard would it be for a low-to-medium skilled attacker to disrupt the core of the Internet ie. achieve the largest possible impact at the lowest common layer, with minimal resource. This is a confidential...

CVE-2014-3812

The CVE-2014-3812 issue affects Juniper Junos Pulse Secure Access Service (SSL VPN) IVE OS (<7.4r5) and 8.x (<8.0r1) and Junos Pulse Access Control Service (UAC) (<4.4r5) / 5.x (

openSUSE Security Update : filezilla (openSUSE-SU-2013:1347-1)

FileZilla was updated to version 3.7.3 to add various features, fix bugs and also security issues in the embedded putty ssh client. Full changelog: https://filezilla-project.org/changelog.php - Noteworthy changes : - Apply a fix for a security vulnerability in PuTTY as used in FileZilla to handle...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 13.10 : libav vulnerability (USN-2244-1)

It was discovered that Libav incorrectly handled certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted media file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. Not...

Microsoft Lync Server CVE-2014-1823 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Lync Server is prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to obtain sensitive information that may aid in further attacks. Technologies Affected Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Recommendations Run all software as ...

Fedora 20 : mingw-icu-50.1.2-3.fc20 (2014-6828)

Fix CVE-2013-2924 RHBZ 1015595 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

Fedora 19 : mingw-curl-7.37.0-1.fc19 (2014-6921)

Update to 7.37.0 - Fixes CVE-2014-0138 and CVE-2014-0139 RHBZ 1080880 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing...

Fedora 19 : mingw-gnutls-3.1.25-1.fc19 (2014-6963)

Version 3.1.25 released 2014-05-30 - libgnutls: Eliminated memory corruption issue in Server Hello parsing. Issue reported by Joonas Kuorilehto of Codenomicon. - libgnutls: Increased the maximum certificate size buffer in the PKCS 11 subsystem. - libgnutls: Check the return code of getpwuidr...

Fedora 20 : check-mk-1.2.4p2-2.fc20 (2014-6810)

Install the mk-job binary on /usr/bin. - Make sure the proper permissions are given to /var/lib/checkmkagent/job to prevent any hard or symlink to be created by a normal user and pointing to any file on the filesystem exposing it on the check-mk-agent output being run as root. Note that Tenable...

ICS-CERT Alert on Easily Hackable Road Signs

A new, remotely exploitable vulnerability in Daktronics’ Vanguard software could make it even easier for attackers to hack electronic road signs, a task that was reportedly never very difficult to begin with. Daktronics’ Vanguard dynamic highway message sign configuration software was initially...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-raring vulnerabilities (USN-2238-1)

Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-3153 A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's IPC reference counting. An unprivileged loc...

Dan Farmer Presents Research on IPMI Vulnerabilities

If enterprises are indeed moving services off premises and into the cloud, there are four letters those companies’ IT organizations should be aware of: IPMI. Short for Intelligent Platform Management Interface, these tiny computers live as an embedded Linux system attached to the motherboards of...

New OpenSSL MITM Flaw Affects All Clients, Some Server Versions

There is a new, remotely exploitable vulnerability in OpenSSL that could enable an attacker to intercept and decrypt traffic between vulnerable clients and servers. The flaw affects all versions of the OpenSSL client and versions 1.0.1 and 1.0.2-beta1 of the server software. The new vulnerability...

Vulnerability Management: Think Like an Attacker to Prioritize Risks

Attackers care about ROI – they want to accomplish their objective with the least investment of time and resources possible. The same is true for you - to most effectively manage vulnerabilities, you need to think like an attacker. Ask yourself: How would you go about compromising systems,...

Phishing Campaign Sending Dropbox Links to Zeus Downloads

With more enterprises sharing documents through Dropbox, the free online storage service is popping up in more spam and phishing scams. The latest doesn’t necessarily target data stored by individuals and companies on Dropbox, but instead preys on the trust users have in the service. Researchers ...

Bro - Passive Open-Source Network Traffic Analyzer

While focusing on network security monitoring, Bro provides a comprehensive platform for more general network traffic analysis as well. Well grounded in more than 15 years of research, Bro has successfully bridged the traditional gap between academia and operations since its inception. Today, it ...

Sendmail < 8.14.9 close-on-exec SMTP Connection Manipulation

The remote mail server is running a version of Sendmail prior to 8.14.9. It is, therefore, affected by a flaw related to file descriptors and the 'close-on-exec' flag that may allow a local attacker to cause unspecified impact on open SMTP connections. C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: smb4k-1.1.2-1.fc20

Smb4K is an SMB/CIFS share browser for KDE. It uses the Samba software suit e to access the SMB/CIFS shares of the local network neighborhood. Its purpose i s to provide a program that's easy to use and has as many features as possible...

[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: smb4k-1.1.2-1.fc19

Smb4K is an SMB/CIFS share browser for KDE. It uses the Samba software suit e to access the SMB/CIFS shares of the local network neighborhood. Its purpose i s to provide a program that's easy to use and has as many features as possible...

San Diego State Warns of Possible Data Breach

San Diego State University has notified some of its current and former enrollees that some of their personal information may have been accessed by unauthorized users, after a database containing the information was found to be accessible by anyone on the affected department’s wired network. The...