SUSE-SU-2018:0575-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 10 for SLE 12 SP2)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.74-9229 fixes several issues. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-18075: crypto/pcrypt.c in the Linux kernel mishandled freeing instances, allowing a local user able to access the AFALG-based AEAD interface CONFIGCRYPTOUSERAPIAEAD and pcrypt...

openSUSE Security Update : systemd (openSUSE-2018-216)

This update for systemd fixes the following issues : Security issue fixed : - CVE-2017-18078: tmpfiles: refuse to chown/chmod files which are hardlinked, unless protectedhardlinks sysctl is on. This could be used by local attackers to gain privileges bsc1077925 Non Security issues fixed : - core:...

Fedora 27 : seamonkey (2018-c6cb18d057)

Update to 2.49.2 Based on the Firefox/Thunderbird ESR extension support release code version 52.6.1 Fixes various security issues, see https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-e sr/ and https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbi rd/ for more...

Fedora 26 : seamonkey (2018-b2d76ba048)

Update to 2.49.2 Based on the Firefox/Thunderbird ESR extension support release code version 52.6.1 Fixes various security issues, see https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-e sr/ and https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbi rd/ for more...

Windows: NPFS Symlink Security Feature Bypass/Elevation of Privilege/Dangerous Behavior(CVE-2018-0823)

Windows: NPFS Symlink Security Feature Bypass/Elevation of Privilege/Dangerous Behavior Platform: Windows 10 1709 functionality not present prior to this version Class: Security Feature Bypass/Elevation of Privilege/Dangerous Behavior Summary: It’s possible to create NPFS symlinks as a low IL or...

Security update for postgresql95 (important)

This update for postgresql95 fixes the following issues: Upate to PostgreSQL 9.5.11: Security issues fixed: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/release-9-5-11.html CVE-2018-1053, boo1077983: Ensure that all temporary files made by pgupgrade are non-world-readable. boo1079757: Rename...

wireshark -- multiple security issues

wireshark developers reports: wnpa-sec-2018-05. IEEE 802.11 dissector crash. CVE-2018-7335 wnpa-sec-2018-06. Large or infinite loops in multiple dissectors. CVE-2018-7321 through CVE-2018-7333 wnpa-sec-2018-07. UMTS MAC dissector crash. CVE-2018-7334 wnpa-sec-2018-08. DOCSIS dissector crash...

FreeBSD : quagga -- several security issues (e15a22ce-f16f-446b-9ca7-6859350c2e75)

Quagga reports : The Quagga BGP daemon, bgpd, does not properly bounds check the data sent with a NOTIFY to a peer, if an attribute length is invalid. Arbitrary data from the bgpd process may be sent over the network to a peer and/or it may crash. The Quagga BGP daemon, bgpd, can double-free memo...

VIDEO: Unfiltered Endpoint Data – Building Better Detection

BUILDING BETTER DETECTION In our previous post, Carbon Black’s Founder and CTO Mike Viscuso talked about how we can tilt the advantage back to the defenders with a “surveillance camera” for endpoints. By collecting endpoint activity and continuously storing it in a centralized location — without...

Thanks to the researchers 2018

News Thanks to the researchers 2018 Share February 13th, 2018 Every year, researchers offer us their assistance to help enhance the security of our websites. We would like to thank those who discovered and reported security issues in 2018. EDIT: The list of researchers was moved to our new site,t...

USN-3544-2: Firefox regressions

USN-3544-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused a web compatibility regression and a tab crash during printing in some circumstances. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. I...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : freetype2 (SUSE-SU-2018:0414-1)

This update for freetype2 fixes the following security issues : - CVE-2016-10244: Make sure that the parsecharstrings function in type1/t1load.c does ensure that a font contains a glyph name to prevent a DoS through a heap-based buffer over-read or possibly have unspecified other impact via a...

WordPress Update Breaks Automatic Update Feature—Apply Manual Update

WordPress administrators are once again in trouble. WordPress version 4.9.3 was released earlier this week with patches for a total 34 vulnerabilities, but unfortunately, the new version broke the automatic update mechanism for millions of WordPress websites. WordPress team has now issued a new...

openSUSE Security Update : flatpak (openSUSE-2018-139)

This update for flatpak to version 0.8.9 fixes security issues and bugs. The following vulnerabilities were fixed : - CVE-2018-6560: sandbox escape in the flatpak dbus proxy boo1078923 - CVE-2017-9780: Malicious apps could have included inappropriate permissions boo1078989 - old-style eavesdroppi...

openSUSE Security Update : mariadb (openSUSE-2018-146)

This update for mariadb to version 10.0.33 fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-10378: Vulnerability in subcomponent: Server: Optimizer. Easily exploitable vulnerability allowed low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL...

Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-1118-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2018:0350-1)

This update for ImageMagick fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2018-5685: Prevent infinite loop and application hang in the ReadBMPImage function. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via an image file with a crafted bit-field...

Slackware 14.1 / 14.2 : mariadb (SSA:2018-032-01)

New mariadb packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and 14.2 to fix security issues. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2018-032-01. The text itself is copyright C Slackware Linux, Inc...

[slackware-security] mariadb

New mariadb packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and 14.2 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mariadb-10.0.34-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues. For more information, see:...

SUSE-SU-2018:0340-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 2 for SLE 12 SP3)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.82-66 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2017-17712: The rawsendmsg function had a race condition that lead to uninitialized stack pointer usage. This allowed a local user to execute code and gain privileges bsc1073230. -...