sudo security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2015:1409 Updated sudo packages that fix one security issue, three bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability...

Apple OS X DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE Privilege Escalation

In Apple OS X 10.10.4 and prior, the DYLDPRINTTOFILE environment variable is used for redirecting logging data to a file instead of stderr. Due to a design error, this feature can be abused by a local attacker to write arbitrary files as root via restricted, SUID-root binaries. This module requir...

RedHat Update for sudo RHSA-2015:1409-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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 ifdescription...

Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: It was found that the Linux kernel's implementation of vectored pipe read and write functionality did not take into account the I/O vectors that were already processed when retrying after a failed atomic access operation, potentially resulting in memory corruption due to an I/O...

Micro:bit — A Pocket-sized Programmable Computer

The BBC has unveiled the final design of the Micro:bit — a pocket-sized computer board designed to lure U.K. school children to embedded electronics. The Micro:bit is essentially a codeable computer that lets kids get creative with technology. It measures 5cm by 4cm and will be available in...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Long Life. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2015:1137 Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: virtio-win security and bug fix update

An updated virtio-win package that fixes one security issue and two bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed...

CVE-2015-1805

The 1 piperead and 2 pipewrite implementations in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 3.16 do not properly consider the side effects of failed copytouserinatomic and copyfromuserinatomic calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly gain privileges via a...

Google Brillo OS — New Android-based OS for Internet of Things

Internet of Things is the future, and every big tech companies are trying to become an integral part of this upcoming trend. Keeping this in mind, Google is developing an operating system for connecting all devices via the Internet. Google is expected to launch a new Android-based operating syste...

Google to Introduce New Photo-Sharing Platform to Kill Instagram

Google is reportedly going to launch a new online photo-sharing service and storage option at its developer conference later this month, which Bloomberg says, will not be a part of its Google+ social network. At the moment, Google offers a photo sharing service known as "Google+ Photos," which...

Android M — Latest Google Android OS to be Unveiled This Month

While majority of smartphone users are waiting for Android 5.0 Lollipop update for their devices, Google is soon going to launch the next version of Android at its official Google I/O 2015 developer event May 28 in San Francisco. Android M — The name of the latest version of Android mobile...

Cannot restore to the backup repository host when storage VSP is enabled

Article Applicability Starting in Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1, this error will no longer occur due to internal coding changes. Challenge A Hyper-V Instant Recovery or SureBackup Job fails with the error message: Cannot restore to the backup repository host when storage VSP is enabled. Cause T...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2015-301)

The Linux kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues. Following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2014-8173: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Linux kernels madvise MADVWILLNEED functionality handled page table locking. A local, unprivileged user could have...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The Linux kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues. Following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2014-8173: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Linux kernels madvise MADVWILLNEED functionality handled page table locking. A local, unprivileged user could have...

xen: Insufficient bounding of "REP MOVS" to MMIO emulated inside the hypervisor (xsa112)

An insufficient bound checking flaw was found in the Xen hypervisor's implementation of acceleration support for the "REP MOVS" instructions. A privileged HVM guest user could potentially use this flaw to crash the host...

Unmediated PCI command register access in qemu

ISSUE DESCRIPTION HVM guests are currently permitted to modify the memory and I/O decode bits in the PCI command register of devices passed through to them. Unless the device is an SR-IOV virtual function, after disabling one or both of these bits subsequent accesses to the MMIO or I/O port range...

CVE-2015-0290

The multi-block feature in the ssl3writebytes function in s3pkt.c in OpenSSL 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a on 64-bit x86 platforms with AES NI support does not properly handle certain non-blocking I/O cases, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service pointer corruption and application crash...

CVE-2015-0290

CVE-2015-0290 affects OpenSSL 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a on 64-bit x86 with AES-NI; the multiblock SSL write path in s3_pkt.c can cause pointer corruption/DoS in non-blocking I/O. IBM IBM i/DataPower and related SBs document concrete remediation paths (update to fixed OpenSSL versions; e.g., patches lis...