January 31, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Explorer 1” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! January 31, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Beyond 100 Days - BBC...

The vulnerability of the hdpvr_probe function (drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c) in the Linux kernel allows a hacker to cause a service failure or exert other effects.

The vulnerability of the hdpvrprobe function drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c in the Linux kernel is related to improper error handling. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a local attacker to cause service failures or other effects through a specially crafted USB device...

Linux kernel memory misreference vulnerability

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the 'the usbtvprobe' function in the drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c file in Linux kernel 4.14.10 and earlier. An attacker can...

PiKarma - Detects Wireless Network Attacks

Detects wireless network attacks performed by KARMA module fake AP. Starts deauthentication attack for fake access points Working Principle for PiKarma Collects all the packets from Wireless Network. Probe Response Analyses all the packets in real time. If PiKarma finds more than one SSID info fr...

CVE-2017-6136

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM and WebSafe software version 13.0.0 and 12.0.0 - 12.1.2, undisclosed traffic patterns sent to BIG-IP virtual servers, with the TCP Fast Open and Tail Loss Probe options enabled in the associated TCP profile, may cause...

The vulnerability of the cx231xx_usb_probe function in the Linux operating system allows a hacker to cause a service failure or exert other effects.

The vulnerability of the cx231xxusbprobe function in the Linux kernel’s drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-cards.c file is related to pointer arithmetic errors. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause system failures or other adverse effects through a specially crafted USB...

Information disclosure

In android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, the probe requests originated from user's phone contains the information elements which specifies the supported wifi features. This shall impact the user's privacy if someone sniffs the...

CVE-2017-11022

In android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android, with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, the probe requests originated from user's phone contains the information elements which specifies the supported wifi features. This shall impact the user's privacy if someone sniffs the...

CVE-2017-11022

CVE-2017-11022 affects Android-based MSM platforms (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) with CAF Linux kernel. The issue is that probe requests from a user’s device may reveal information elements that specify supported Wi‑Fi features, creating a potential privacy exposure if sniffe...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15102

The towerprobe function in drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.1 allows local users who are physically proximate for inserting a crafted USB device to gain privileges by leveraging a write-what-where condition that occurs after a race condition and a NULL pointer...

CVE-2017-16644

The hdpvrprobe function in drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service improper error handling and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device...

Linux kernel local denial of service vulnerability (CNVD-2017-33098)

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A local denial of service vulnerability exists in the 'cx231xxusbprobe' function in the drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-cards.c file in Linux kernel version 4.13.11 and...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16536

The cx231xxusbprobe function in drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-cards.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16537

The imonprobe function in drivers/media/rc/imon.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16537

The imonprobe function in drivers/media/rc/imon.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device...

openSUSE Security Update : hostapd (openSUSE-2017-1201) (KRACK)

This update for hostapd fixes the following issues : - Fix KRACK attacks on the AP side boo1063479, CVE-2017-13078, CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, CVE-2017-13081, CVE-2017-13087, CVE-2017-13088 : Hostap was updated to upstream release 2.6 - fixed EAP-pwd last fragment validation...

Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to 4.4.92 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-13080: Wi-Fi Protected Access WPA and WPA2 allowed reinstallation of the Group Temporal Key GTK during the group key handshake, allowing an attacker...

UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7377

The codem-transcode module before 0.5.0 for Node.js, when ffprobe is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a POST request to /probe...

CVE-2014-0997

WiFiMonitor in Android 4.4.4 as used in the Nexus 5 and 4, Android 4.2.2 as used in the LG D806, Android 4.2.2 as used in the Samsung SM-T310, Android 4.1.2 as used in the Motorola RAZR HD, and potentially other unspecified Android releases before 5.0.1 and 5.0.2 does not properly handle...

Design/Logic Flaw

WiFiMonitor in Android 4.4.4 as used in the Nexus 5 and 4, Android 4.2.2 as used in the LG D806, Android 4.2.2 as used in the Samsung SM-T310, Android 4.1.2 as used in the Motorola RAZR HD, and potentially other unspecified Android releases before 5.0.1 and 5.0.2 does not properly handle...