Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4185-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4185-1 advisory. Stephan van Schaik, Alyssa Milburn, Sebastian sterlund, Pietro Frigo, Kaveh Razavi, Herbert Bos, Cristiano Giuffrida, Giorgi Maisuradze, Mori...

Pwn2Own Tokyo Roundup: Amazon Echo, Routers and Smart TVs Fall to Hackers

Another Pwn2Own has drawn to a close, with Team Fluoroacetate researchers Amat Cama and Richard Zhu taking home the Master of Pwn title for the third year in a row. Overall, contestants in the Tokyo 2019 event earned more than $315,000 over the two-day hacking contest, for uncovering 18 different...

CVE-2018-9518

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in nfcllcpbuildsdreqtlv in net/nfc/llcpcommands.c that lack of size check may lead to an out of bounds write...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:2392-1 Rating: important References: 1046299 1046303 1046305 1050244 1050536 1050545 1051510 1055186 1061840 1064802 1065600 1066129 1073513 1086323 1087092 1089644 1093205 1097583 1097584 1097585...

News Wrap: Hotel Robot Hacks, FTC Stalkerware Crackdown

Threatpost editors break down the top news stories for the week ended Oct. 25. The biggest stories include: An unsecured NFC tag opening a door to trivial exploitation of robots that are used inside Japanese hotels. The FTC has banned the sale of three apps – marketed to monitor children and...

Bedside Hotel Robot Hacked to Stream In-Room Video

A Japanese hotel chain called “Henn na” that uses robots in lieu of human staff is wrestling with bedside bots that researchers hacked to view video footage from guest rooms. The chain’s parent, HIS Group, owns 10 locations throughout Japan that leverage robots with facial recognition capability...

Google Android Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CNVD-2019-36406)

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system jointly developed by Google Inc. and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA for short. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Google Android 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1, 9, and 10. The vulnerability stems from an out-of-bounds read issue caused ...

Google Android elevation of privilege vulnerability (CNVD-2019-37955)

Android is a Linux-based open source operating system jointly developed by Google Inc. and the Open Handheld Alliance OHA for short. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Google Android 8.0, 8.1, and 9. The vulnerability stems from a package installation local user interaction...

CVE-2019-2114

In the default privileges of NFC, there is a possible local bypass of user interaction requirements on package installation due to a default permission. This could lead to local escalation of privilege by installing an application with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction i...

CVE-2019-2114

In the default privileges of NFC, there is a possible local bypass of user interaction requirements on package installation due to a default permission. This could lead to local escalation of privilege by installing an application with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction i...

Design/Logic Flaw

In the default privileges of NFC, there is a possible local bypass of user interaction requirements on package installation due to a default permission. This could lead to local escalation of privilege by installing an application with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction i...

CVE-2019-2114

CVE-2019-2114 describes a local elevation-of-privilege issue in Android related to NFC default privileges that can bypass part of the user-interaction requirement during package installation. The result could allow a local attacker to install a malicious application and gain higher privileges, wi...

CVE-2019-2114

In the default privileges of NFC, there is a possible local bypass of user interaction requirements on package installation due to a default permission. This could lead to local escalation of privilege by installing an application with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction i...

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17056

llcpsockcreate in net/nfc/llcpsock.c in the AFNFC network module in the Linux kernel through 5.3.2 does not enforce CAPNETRAW, which means that unprivileged users can create a raw socket, aka CID-3a359798b176...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17056

llcpsockcreate in net/nfc/llcpsock.c in the AFNFC network module in the Linux kernel through 5.3.2 does not enforce CAPNETRAW, which means that unprivileged users can create a raw socket, aka CID-3a359798b176...

Code injection

llcpsockcreate in net/nfc/llcpsock.c in the AFNFC network module in the Linux kernel through 5.3.2 does not enforce CAPNETRAW, which means that unprivileged users can create a raw socket, aka CID-3a359798b176...

CVE-2019-17056

llcpsockcreate in net/nfc/llcpsock.c in the AFNFC network module in the Linux kernel through 5.3.2 does not enforce CAPNETRAW, which means that unprivileged users can create a raw socket, aka CID-3a359798b176...

CVE-2019-9383

In NFC server, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10Android ID: A-120843827...

CVE-2019-9386

In NFC server, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege in the system server with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10Android ID:...

CVE-2019-9386

In NFC server, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege in the system server with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10Android ID:...