gnutls -- MD5 downgrade in TLS signatures

Karthikeyan Bhargavan reports: GnuTLS does not by default support MD5 signatures. Indeed the RSA-MD5 signature-hash algorithm needs to be explicitly enabled using the priority option VERIFYALLOWSIGNRSAMD5. In the NORMAL and SECURE profiles, GnuTLS clients do not offer RSA-MD5 in the signature...

iOS 8 vulnerability can be caused by the wifi coverage range of any iPhone iPad constantly restarts-bug warning-the black bar safety net

On Tuesday, San Francisco's RSA Security Conference, researchers presented their latest research results-iOS 8 of 0day vulnerabilities“non-iOS”. As the name suggests, to be able to make a WiFi range of Apple iPhones, iPads, iPods devices to constantly restart, the victim caught after can do only...

PODCAST: News from RSA 2015

Dennis Fisher, Mike Mimoso and Brian Donohue discuss the news of the week from the RSA Conference. Download: digitalunderground198.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves Flickr photo via @jf10...

Important: java-1.6.0-openjdk

Issue Overview: An off-by-one flaw, leading to a buffer overflow, was found in the font parsing code in the 2D component in OpenJDK. A specially crafted font file could possibly cause the Java Virtual Machine to execute arbitrary code, allowing an untrusted Java application or applet to bypass Ja...

'Fully Secure Systems Don't Exist'

SAN FRANCISCO–The more things change, the more they stay the same. Thirty years ago, Adi Shamir, one of the inventors of the RSA algorithm, was asked to do a keynote speech at a conference and spoke about his laws of computer security. They were a set of principles that he developed over the year...

Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server 4.0 < 4.0.25 NSS Signature Verification Vulnerability

According to its self-reported version, the Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server installed on the remote host is version 4.0 prior to 4.0.25. It is, therefore, affected by a flaw in the Network Security Services NSS library due to improper parsing of ASN.1 values in an RSA signature. A man-in-the-midd...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS : openjdk-6 vulnerabilities (USN-2573-1)

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure, data integrity and availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive data over the network. CVE-2015-0460, CVE-2015-0469 Alexander Cherepanov discovered that...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2573-1)

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...

Oracle iPlanet Web Server 7.0.x < 7.0.21 NSS Signature Verification Vulnerability

According to its self-reported version, the Oracle iPlanet Web Server formerly known as Sun Java System Web Server running on the remote host is 7.0.x prior to 7.0.21. It is, therefore, affected by a flaw in the Network Security Services NSS library due to improper parsing of ASN.1 values in an R...

DHS Secretary on Recruiting Trip at RSA Conference

SAN FRANCISCO – Homeland Security secretary Jeh C. Johnson was apparently on a recruiting trip today at RSA Conference. During his 30-minute keynote, amid dozens of “cyber” references, the 57-year-old Johnson put out the help-wanted sign for able-bodied security professionals who a may want to jo...

USN-2574-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure, data integrity and availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive data over the network. CVE-2015-0460, CVE-2015-0469 Alexander Cherepanov discovered that...

USN-2574-1 openjdk-7 vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure, data integrity and availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive data over the network. CVE-2015-0460, CVE-2015-0469 Alexander Cherepanov discovered that...

USN-2573-1: OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the OpenJDK JRE related to information disclosure, data integrity and availability. An attacker could exploit these to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive data over the network. CVE-2015-0460, CVE-2015-0469 Alexander Cherepanov discovered that...

Jeremiah Grossman on Adapting to a Changing Market

Dennis Fisher talks with Jeremiah Grossman of WhiteHat Security about his RSA Conference talk on the coming change in the security industry regarding guarantees, security insurance and how it will all affect customers. Download: digitalunderground197.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

OpenJDK: insufficient hardening of RSA-CRT implementation (JCE, 8071726)

It was found that the RSA implementation in the JCE component in OpenJDK did not follow recommended practices for implementing RSA signatures...

Previewing RSA 2015 with Brian Donohue

Dennis Fisher talks with Brian Donohue in advance of Brian’s first visit to the RSA Conference this week. They discuss what to expect in terms of the content, the chaos and the suit-to-civilian ratio at the show. Download: digitalunderground196.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

OpenJDK: insufficient hardening of RSA-CRT implementation (JCE, 8071726)

It was found that the RSA implementation in the JCE component in OpenJDK did not follow recommended practices for implementing RSA signatures...

jre7-openjdk: multiple issues

CVE-2005-1080 CVE-2015-0480 directory traversal A directory traversal flaw was found in the way the jar tool extracted JAR archive files. A specially crafted JAR archive could cause jar to overwrite arbitrary files writable by the user running jar when the archive was extracted. - CVE-2015-0460...

jre8-openjdk: multiple issues

CVE-2005-1080 CVE-2015-0480 directory traversal A directory traversal flaw was found in the way the jar tool extracted JAR archive files. A specially crafted JAR archive could cause jar to overwrite arbitrary files writable by the user running jar when the archive was extracted. - CVE-2015-0460...

jdk7-openjdk: multiple issues

CVE-2005-1080 CVE-2015-0480 directory traversal A directory traversal flaw was found in the way the jar tool extracted JAR archive files. A specially crafted JAR archive could cause jar to overwrite arbitrary files writable by the user running jar when the archive was extracted. - CVE-2015-0460...