Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2475-1)

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...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : GTK+ update (USN-2475-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2475-1 advisory. Clemens Fries discovered that GTK+ allowed bypassing certain screen locks by using the menu key. An attacker with physical access could possibly use this flaw to...

Design/Logic Flaw

GTK+ 3.10.9 and earlier, as used in cinnamon-screensaver, gnome-screensaver, and other applications, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by pressing the menu button...

CVE-2014-1949

GTK+ 3.10.9 and earlier, as used in cinnamon-screensaver, gnome-screensaver, and other applications, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by pressing the menu button...

CVE-2014-1949

GTK+ 3.10.9 and earlier, as used in cinnamon-screensaver, gnome-screensaver, and other applications, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by pressing the menu button...

USN-2475-1: GTK+ update

Clemens Fries discovered that GTK+ allowed bypassing certain screen locks by using the menu key. An attacker with physical access could possibly use this flaw to gain access to a locked session...

USN-2475-1 gtk+3.0 update

Clemens Fries discovered that GTK+ allowed bypassing certain screen locks by using the menu key. An attacker with physical access could possibly use this flaw to gain access to a locked session...

ICS-CERT Advisory Warns of Schneider, Emerson Vulnerabilities

Industrial HMI software from Schneider Electric has been updated to patch a buffer overflow vulnerability that could be exploited by a remote attacker. The buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Wonderware InTouch Access Anywhere Server v10.6 and v11. The server is human machine interface...

FTC Urges IoT Privacy, Security at Consumer Electronics Show

In her keynote address yesterday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez imagined the dystopic convergence of big data conglomerates and a ceaseless information gathering machine fueled by the constant connectivity ushered in by the so-call...

UEFI implementations do not properly secure the EFI S3 Resume Boot Path boot script

Overview Some UEFI systems fail to properly restrict access to the boot script used by the EFI S3 Resume Boot Path, allowing an authenticated, local attacker to bypass various firmware write protections. Description According to Rafal Wojtczuk of Bromium and Corey Kallenberg of The MITRE...

Thunderstrike — Infecting Apple MacBooks with EFI Bootkit via Thunderbolt Ports

A security researcher has discovered an easy way to infect Apple’s Macintosh computers with an unusual kind of malware using its own Thunderbolt port. The hack was presented by programming expert Trammell Hudson at the annual Chaos Computer Congress 30C3 in Hamburg Germany. He demonstrated that i...

CVE-2014-7300

GNOME Shell 3.14.x before 3.14.1, when the Screen Lock feature is used, does not limit the aggregate memory consumption of all active PrtSc requests, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands on an unattended workstation by making many PrtSc requests and leveraging...

CVE-2014-7995

Cisco-Meraki MS, MR, and MX devices with firmware before 2014-09-24 allow physically proximate attackers to obtain shell access by opening a device's case and connecting a cable to a serial port, aka Cisco-Meraki defect ID 00302077...

Design/Logic Flaw

Cisco-Meraki MS, MR, and MX devices with firmware before 2014-09-24 allow physically proximate attackers to obtain shell access by opening a device's case and connecting a cable to a serial port, aka Cisco-Meraki defect ID 00302077...

CVE-2014-7995

Cisco-Meraki MS, MR, and MX devices with firmware before 2014-09-24 allow physically proximate attackers to obtain shell access by opening a device's case and connecting a cable to a serial port, aka Cisco-Meraki defect ID 00302077...

CVE-2014-7995

CVE-2014-7995 concerns Cisco Meraki MS, MR, and MX devices. The documented issue: firmware released before 2014-09-24 allows physically proximate attackers to obtain shell access by opening the device case and connecting a cable to a serial port (Cisco-Meraki defect ID 00302077). The effect is lo...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2014:1669-1)

The openSUSE 12.3 kernel was updated to fix security issues : This will be the final kernel update for openSUSE 13.2 during its lifetime, which ends January 4th 2015. CVE-2014-9322: A local privilege escalation in the x8664 32bit compatibility signal handling was fixed, which could be used by loc...

kernel: udf: Avoid infinite loop when processing indirect ICBs

A stack overflow flaw caused by infinite recursion was found in the way the Linux kernel's Universal Disk Format UDF file system implementation processed indirect Information Control Blocks ICBs. An attacker with physical access to the system could use a specially crafted UDF image to crash the...

Kernel: HID: memory corruption via OOB write

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the Minibox PicoLCD driver handled Human Interface Device HID reports with an invalid size. An attacker with physical access to the system could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system...

Kernel: HID: OOB write in magicmouse driver

An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the way the Apple Magic Mouse/Trackpad multi-touch driver handled Human Interface Device HID reports with an invalid size. An attacker with physical access to the system could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on...