FreeBSD : FreeBSD -- pam_ssh improperly grants access when user account has unencrypted SSH private keys (eda151d8-4638-11e1-9f47-00e0815b8da8)

The OpenSSL library call used to decrypt private keys ignores the passphrase argument if the key is not encrypted. Because the pamssh module only checks whether the passphrase provided by the user is null, users with unencrypted SSH private keys may successfully authenticate themselves by providi...

Encrypt!

The EFF are huge proponents of full-disk encryption with strong cryptography on every device you own. This is especially true if you’re concerned about having your mobile device seized at the border. A government forensics expert can easily crack any password or bypass it altogether for example, ...

Attack Tool Released for WPS PIN Vulnerability

Just a day after security researcher Stefan Viehbock released details of a vulnerability in the WiFi Protected Setup WPS standard that enables attackers to recover the router PIN, a security firm has published an open-source tool capable of exploiting the vulnerability. The tool, known as Reaver,...

ecryptfs: multiple flaws to mount/umount arbitrary locations and possibly disclose confidential information

The encrypted private-directory setup process in utils/ecryptfs-setup-private in ecryptfs-utils before 90 does not properly ensure that the passphrase file is created, which might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions at a certain time in the new-user creation steps...

[TEHTRI-Security] Security and iPhone iOS 4.3 Personal Hotspot feature

Gents, Here is a tiny mail dealing with the new feature of the iPhone 4 with iOS 4.3, which turns it into a Wireless Hotspot in order to share your 3G session through a WLAN. We wanted to share a quick geeky and security overview of this awesome functionality. Basically, we only found one tiny...

Cloud Computing Used to Hack Wireless Passwords ?

German security researcher Thomas Roth has found an innovative use for cloud computing: cracking wireless networks that rely on pre-shared key passphrases, such as those found in homes and smaller businesses. Roth has created a program that runs on Amazon's Elastic Cloud Computing EC2 system. It...

[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: gnupg2-2.0.13-2.fc12

GnuPG is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage. It can be used to encrypt data and to create digital signatures. It includes an advanced key management facility and is compliant with the proposed OpenPGP Internet standard as described in RFC2440 and the S/MIME standard as described...

PuTTY private key passphrase stealing attack

No description provided by source. PuTTY, a SSH client for Windows, requests the passphrase to the ssh key in the console window used for the connection. This could allow a malicious server to gain access to a user's passphrase by spoofing that prompt. We assume that the user is using key-bases s...

SLAD Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer OS run

This script connects to SLAD on a remote host to run remote the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer. To work properly, this script requires to be provided with a valid SSH login by means of an SSH key with pass- phrase if the SSH public key is passphrase-protected, or a password to log in. OpenV...

SLAD Netstat -natcp run

This script connects to SLAD on a remote host to run remote the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer. To work properly, this script requires to be provided with a valid SSH login by means of an SSH key with pass- phrase if the SSH public key is passphrase-protected, or a password to log in. OpenV...

SLAD Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer Updates run

This script connects to SLAD on a remote host to run remote the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer. To work properly, this script requires to be provided with a valid SSH login by means of an SSH key with pass- phrase if the SSH public key is passphrase-protected, or a password to log in. OpenV...

SLAD Microsoft (R) Windows (R) Resource Checker run

This script connects to SLAD on a remote host to run remote the Microsoft R Windows R Resource Checker. To work properly, this script requires to be provided with a valid SSH login by means of an SSH key with pass- phrase if the SSH public key is passphrase-protected, or a password to log in...

Design/Logic Flaw

The QNAP TS-239 Pro and TS-639 Pro with firmware 2.1.7 0613, 3.1.0 0627, and 3.1.1 0815 create an undocumented recovery key and store it in the ENCK variable in flash memory, which allows local users to bypass the passphrase requirement and decrypt the hard drive by reading this variable,...

CVE-2009-3200

The QNAP TS-239 Pro and TS-639 Pro with firmware 2.1.7 0613, 3.1.0 0627, and 3.1.1 0815 create an undocumented recovery key and store it in the ENCK variable in flash memory, which allows local users to bypass the passphrase requirement and decrypt the hard drive by reading this variable,...

CVE-2009-3200

The QNAP TS-239 Pro and TS-639 Pro with firmware 2.1.7 0613, 3.1.0 0627, and 3.1.1 0815 create an undocumented recovery key and store it in the ENCK variable in flash memory, which allows local users to bypass the passphrase requirement and decrypt the hard drive by reading this variable,...

CVE-2009-3200

The CVE-2009-3200 entry describes a vulnerability in QNAP TS-239 Pro and TS-639 Pro devices running firmware 2.1.7 0613, 3.1.0 0627, and 3.1.1 0815. An undocumented recovery key is created and stored in the ENCK variable in flash memory, allowing local users to bypass the passphrase and decrypt t...

ecryptfs-utils security, bug fix, and enhancement update

75-4 - fix EOF handling 499367 - add icon to gui desktop file 75-3 - ask for password confirmation when creating openssl key 500850 - removed executable permission from ecryptfs-dot-private 500817 - ecryptfs-rewrite-file: improve of progress output 500813 - dont error out when unwrapping and addi...

Netgear WNR2000 FW 1.2.0.8 - Information Disclosure

Dere is several mino' vulnerabilities on de Netgear WNR2000 wireless routa' runnin' firmware 1.2.0.8. 1. Unaudenticated disclosho' man uh WPA/WPA2 passwo'd, dig dis: Simply request widout audenticashun: http://netgear/router-info.htm http://netgear/cgi-bin/router-info.htm De routa' gots'ta respon...

Netgear WNR2000 FW 1.2.0.8 Information Disclsoure Vulnerabilities

Exploit for hardware platform in category remote exploits ================================================================= Netgear WNR2000 FW 1.2.0.8 Information Disclsoure Vulnerabilities ================================================================= Dere is several mino' vulnerabilities on ...

DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1296

The eCryptfs support utilities ecryptfs-utils 73-0ubuntu6.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 stores the mount passphrase in installation logs, which might allow local users to obtain access to the filesystem by reading the log files from disk. NOTE: the log files are only readable by root...