Google Patches Android 'Custom Boot Mode' Vulnerability

A high-risk Android custom boot mode vulnerability was one of many bugs patched by Google as part of its January Android Security Bulletin released earlier this week. On Thursday, the IBM security team that discovered the vulnerability disclosed details about the flaw which leaves Nexus 6 and 6P...

Parrot Security 3.3 - Security GNU/Linux distribution designed with cloud pentesting and IoT security in mind

Security GNU/Linux distribution designed with cloud pentesting and IoT security in mind. It includes a full portable laboratory for security and digital forensics experts, but it also includes all you need to develop your own softwares or protect your privacy with anonymity and crypto tools...

XenDesktop Setup Wizard fails on a Hyper-V Environment

The XenDesktop Setup Wizard might fail when creating Targets on a Hyper-V Environment under the following Scenarios: The vDisk is set to any kind of Write Cache that includes a Local Hard disk BDM Partition is selected as the Boot method for the Targets The XenDesktop Setup Wizard might present t...

openSUSE Security Update : util-linux (openSUSE-2016-1446)

This update for util-linux fixes the following issues : - Consider redundant slashes when comparing paths bsc982331, util-linux-libmount-ignore-redundant-slashes.patch, affects backport of util-linux-libmount-cifs-ismounted.patch. - Use upstream compatibility patches for --show-pt-geometry with...

Fedora 24 : phpMyAdmin (2016-2424eeca35)

phpMyAdmin 4.6.5.1 2016-11-26 =============================== A patch-level release fixing two small issues : - an issue affecting a small number of users using $cfg'Servers'$i'hidedb' or $cfg'Servers'$i'onlydb'. - an issue affecting the create table dialog where the partition selection tool was...

phpMyAdmin Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-12350)

phpmyadmin is an online management tool for MySQL databases. A denial of service vulnerability exists in version 4.6.x of phpMyAdmin. A denial of service can be caused by a larger table partition request...

Fedora 23 : phpMyAdmin (2016-7fc142da66)

phpMyAdmin 4.6.5.1 2016-11-26 =============================== A patch-level release fixing two small issues : - an issue affecting a small number of users using $cfg'Servers'$i'hidedb' or $cfg'Servers'$i'onlydb'. - an issue affecting the create table dialog where the partition selection tool was...

Fedora 25 : phpMyAdmin (2016-6576a8536b)

phpMyAdmin 4.6.5.1 2016-11-26 =============================== A patch-level release fixing two small issues : - an issue affecting a small number of users using $cfg'Servers'$i'hidedb' or $cfg'Servers'$i'onlydb'. - an issue affecting the create table dialog where the partition selection tool was...

Fedora 25 : calamares (2016-561a937494)

A security update that fixes Calamares bug CAL-405: https://calamares.io/bugs/browse/CAL-405 When installing with a LUKS-encrypted / partition, Calamares was always creating a keyfile to decode / and storing it in the initramfs. It did that even with an unencrypted separate /boot partition. As a...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : util-linux (SUSE-SU-2016:2954-1)

This update for util-linux fixes the following issues : - Consider redundant slashes when comparing paths bsc982331, util-linux-libmount-ignore-redundant-slashes.patch, affects backport of util-linux-libmount-cifs-ismounted.patch. - Use upstream compatibility patches for --show-pt-geometry with...

libblkid, libmount, libuuid, util, uuidd security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2016:2605 An update for util-linux is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : util-linux (SUSE-SU-2016:2764-1)

This update for util-linux fixes a number of bugs and one minor security issue. The following minor vulnerability was fixed : - CVE-2016-5011: Infinite loop DoS in libblkid while parsing DOS partition bsc988361 The following bugs were fixed : - bsc987176: When mounting a subfolder of a CIFS share...

Actiontec WCB3000N 0.16.2.5 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Exploit for hardware platform in category remote exploits Device Details Vendor: Actiontec Telus Branded Model: WCB3000N Affected Firmware: v0.16.2.5 Device Manual: http://static.telus.com/common/cms/files/internet/wifiplusextender.pdf Reported: November 2015 Status: Fixed on newest pushed firmwa...

Actiontec WCB3000N 0.16.2.5 Privilege Escalation

Device Details Vendor: Actiontec Telus Branded Model: WCB3000N Affected Firmware: v0.16.2.5 Device Manual: http://static.telus.com/common/cms/files/internet/wifiplusextender.pdf Reported: November 2015 Status: Fixed on newest pushed firmware version CVE: Update is handled by the vendor, therefore...

RecuperaBit - A Tool For Forensic File System Reconstruction

A software which attempts to reconstruct file system structures and recover files. Currently it supports only NTFS. RecuperaBit attempts reconstruction of the directory structure regardless of: missing partition table unknown partition boundaries partially-overwritten metadata quick format You ca...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: util-linux security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update for util-linux is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

util-linux: Extended partition loop in MBR partition table leads to DOS

It was found that util-linux's libblkid library did not properly handle Extended Boot Record EBR partitions when reading MS-DOS partition tables. An attacker with physical USB access to a protected machine could insert a storage device with a specially crafted partition table that could, for...

XenServer Syslog Rotation and Tuning

Disk space on XenServer's root partition is almost at or is at capacity perdf -h There are numerous compressed "gz" files in /var/log/ from Syslog rotation...

Unable to Back Up Disk X: Due to Invalid Partition Table

Challenge The backup job fails with the following error: Unable to back up disk X: due to invalid partition table Cause The error is caused by a volume type with no partition table and is not supported by Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows. In Windows Disk Management, the volume looks like a commo...

CVE-2016-1278

Juniper Junos OS before 12.1X46-D50 on SRX Series devices reverts to "safe mode" authentication and allows root CLI logins without a password after a failed upgrade to 12.1X46, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging use of the "request system software" command with the...