Javascript: URLs run in privileged context on New Tab page — Mozilla

Security researcher [email protected] reported that if a javascript: URL is selected from the list of Firefox "new tab" page, the script will inherit the privileges of the privileged "new tab" page. This allows for the execution of locally installed programs if a user can be convinced to save a...

Secunia launches Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence Manager 4.0

78% of vulnerabilities are found in third-party programs. Security teams cannot monitor all of them manually or determine which ones are critical to their organization. Secunia, the leading provider of IT security solutions that enables businesses and private individuals to manage and control...

Cyber threats a major risk to business

When it comes to security, small and midsize businesses are largely unaware of the risks they face. Cybercrime is a serious problem which affects businesses of all sizes and can have devastating consequences. U.S. small businesses should understand they cannot completely remain safe from...

[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: hostapd-1.0-3.fc18

hostapd is a user space daemon for access point and authentication servers. It implements IEEE 802.11 access point management, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticators and RADIUS authentication server. hostapd is designed to be a "daemon" program that runs in the back- ground and acts as the backe...

CVE-2012-4425

libgio, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in spice-gtk and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUSSYSTEMBUSADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a vulnerability in the applications that do...

Code injection

libgio, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in spice-gtk and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUSSYSTEMBUSADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a vulnerability in the applications that do...

Code injection

libdbus 1.5.x and earlier, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in X.org and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUSSYSTEMBUSADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: libdbus maintainers state that this is a vulnerability in the...

CVE-2012-4425

libgio, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in spice-gtk and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUSSYSTEMBUSADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a vulnerability in the applications that do...

CVE-2012-3524

libdbus 1.5.x and earlier, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in X.org and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUSSYSTEMBUSADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: libdbus maintainers state that this is a vulnerability in the...

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3524

libdbus 1.5.x and earlier, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in X.org and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUSSYSTEMBUSADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: libdbus maintainers state that this is a vulnerability in the...

CVE-2012-4425

The CVE affects spice-gtk (and possibly other products) where libgio is used in setuid/privileged contexts. The root cause is inadequate sanitization of the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable, enabling a local attacker to gain escalated privileges and execute arbitrary code. Evidence in...

dbus: privilege escalation when libdbus is used in setuid/setgid application

libdbus 1.5.x and earlier, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in X.org and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUSSYSTEMBUSADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: libdbus maintainers state that this is a vulnerability in the...

Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2004-140-01)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDKSA-2000:045-1)

A bug was discovered in ld.so that could allow local users to obtain root privileges. The dynamic loader, ld.so, is responsible for making shared libraries available within a program at run-time. Normally, a user is allowed to load additional shared libraries when executing a program; they can be...

Fedora Update for samba FEDORA-2012-6981

Check for the Version of samba OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for samba FEDORA-2012-6981 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms ...

Fedora Update for samba4 FEDORA-2012-7317

Check for the Version of samba4 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for samba4 FEDORA-2012-7317 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the term...

[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: postgresql-9.1.5-1.fc17

PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system DBM S. The base postgresql package contains the client programs that you'll need to access a PostgreSQL DBMS server, as well as HTML documentation for the whole system. These client programs can be located on the same machine ...

CVE-2012-4177

The web browser plugin for Ubisoft Uplay PC before 2.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via the -orbitexepath command line argument...

Information disclosure

The C handler plug-in in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool ABRT, possibly 2.0.8 and earlier, does not properly set the group GID permissions on core dump files for setuid programs when the sysctl fs.suiddumpable option is set to 2, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information...

Hacker charged for hacking into U.S. Energy Department

Hacker charged for hacking into U.S. Energy Department Andrew James Miller, a 23-year-old resident of Devon, Pennsylvania, was arrested on Thursday and charged with one count of conspiracy, two counts of computer fraud, and one count of access device fraud, according to a statement issued by the...