Experts Call for Change in Thinking on Federal Cybersecurity

The powers that be in Washington are not known for getting things done quickly, and the current power vacuum in information security in the capital is a painful case in point. The well-documented failure to find a coordinator to oversee security for the country is only one piece of the puzzle, an...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (kernel-951)

This kernel update for openSUSE 11.0 fixes some bugs and several security problems. The following security issues are fixed: A local denial of service problem in the splice2 system call. CVE-2009-1630: The nfspermission function in fs/nfs/dir.c in the NFS client implementation in the Linux kernel...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (kernel-111)

The openSUSE 11.0 kernel was updated to 2.6.25.11. It fixes following security problems: CVE-2008-2812: Various tty / serial devices did not check functionpointers for NULL before calling them, leading to potential crashes or code execution. The devices affected are usually only accessible by the...

openSUSE Security Update : gvim (gvim-561)

The VI Improved editor vim was updated to version 7.2.108 to fix various security problems and other bugs. CVE-2008-4677: The netrw plugin sent credentials to all servers. CVE-2009-0316: The python support used a search path including the current directory, allowing code injection when python cod...

SuSE Update for opera SUSE-SA:2007:009

Check for the Version of opera OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbsuse2007009.nasl 8050 2017-12-08 09:34:29Z santu $ SuSE Update for opera SUSE-SA:2007:009 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; y...

SuSE Update for IBMJava2 SUSE-SA:2007:010

Check for the Version of IBMJava2 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbsuse2007010.nasl 8050 2017-12-08 09:34:29Z santu $ SuSE Update for IBMJava2 SUSE-SA:2007:010 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free...

SuSE Update for samba SUSE-SA:2007:031

Check for the Version of samba OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbsuse2007031.nasl 8050 2017-12-08 09:34:29Z santu $ SuSE Update for samba SUSE-SA:2007:031 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; y...

SuSE Security Advisory SUSE-SA:2009:004 (kernel)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory SUSE-SA:2009:004. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: susesa2009004.nasl 6668 2017-07-11 13:34:29Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory SUSE-SA:2009:004 kernel Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2009 E-Soft Inc...

Debian DSA-1652-1 : ruby1.9 - several vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for the Ruby language, which may lead to denial of service and other security problems. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2008-3655 Keita Yamaguchi discovered that several safe...

DSA-1651-1 ruby1.8 - several vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200702-10 (ufo2000)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200702-10. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200702-10 (ufo2000)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200702-10. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc. 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...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-5339)

This kernel update fixes the following security problems: CVE-2008-2136: A problem in SIT IPv6 tunnel handling could be used by remote attackers to immediately crash the machine. CVE-2008-1615: On x8664 a denial of service attack could be used by local attackers to immediately panic / crash the...

Crash in JavaScript garbage collector — Mozilla

Fixes for security problems in the JavaScript engine described in MFSA 2008-15 CVE-2008-1237 introduced a stability problem, where some users experienced crashes during JavaScript garbage collection. This is being fixed primarily to address stability concerns. We have no demonstration that this...

openSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-4970)

This kernel update is a respin of a previous one that broke CPUFREQ support bug 357598. Previous changes : This kernel update fixes the following security problems : CVE-2008-0007: Insufficient range checks in certain fault handlers could be used by local attackers to potentially read or write...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 039-1 (glibc)

The remote host is missing an update to glibc announced via advisory DSA 039-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb0391.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 039-1 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2007 E-Soft Inc...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 788-1 (kismet)

The remote host is missing an update to kismet announced via advisory DSA 788-1. Several security related problems have been discovered in kismet, a wireless 802.11b monitoring tool. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2005-2626 Insecure handlin...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 047-1 (various kernel packages)

The remote host is missing an update to various kernel packages announced via advisory DSA 047-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb0471.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 047-1 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2007 E-Soft Inc...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 047-1 (various kernel packages)

The remote host is missing an update to various kernel packages announced via advisory DSA 047-1. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc. 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-onl...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-967-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 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...