VMware Releases Security Updates

VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in vSphere, Workstation, Fusion, and Virtual Appliances. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain sensitive information. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review VMware Security Advisories VMSA-2018-0020,...

Security Updates for Windows Server 2008 (August 2018) (Foreshadow)

The remote Windows host is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Errors exist related to microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and L1 data cache that could allow information disclosure. CVE-2018-3615, CVE-2018-3620, CVE-2018-3646 - A remote...

Analysis and mitigation of L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF)

In January 2018, Microsoft released an advisory and security updates for a new class of hardware vulnerabilities involving speculative execution side channels known as Spectre and Meltdown. In this blog post, we will provide a technical analysis of a new speculative execution side channel...

Analysis and mitigation of L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF)

In January 2018, Microsoft released an advisory and security updates for a new class of hardware vulnerabilities involving speculative execution side channels known as Spectre and Meltdown. In this blog post, we will provide a technical analysis of a new speculative execution side channel...

August 2018 Security Releases

August 2018 Security Releases Update 16-August-2018 Security releases available Summary Updates are now available for all active Node.js release lines. These include upgrades for OpenSSL and fixes for the vulnerabilities identified in the initial announcement below. We recommend that all users...

FreeBSD : MySQL -- multiple vulnerabilities (909be51b-9b3b-11e8-add2-b499baebfeaf)

Oracle reports : Multiple vulnerabilities have been disclosed by Oracle without further detail. CVSS scores 7.1 - 2.7 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : Copyright 2003-2019 Jacques Vidrine and...

Black Hat 2018: Google’s Tabriz Talks Complex Security Landscapes

LAS VEGAS – The complexity of the cybersecurity landscape is at an all-time high, with security researchers, vendors, third-party ecosystems and even governments all trying to come to a consensus for making the cyber-world a safer place. For security experts, navigating these choppy and crowded...

VMware Releases Security Updates

VMware has released security updates to address a vulnerability in Horizon 6, 7, and Horizon Client for Windows. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review the VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2018-0019 and apply...

FreeBSD : FreeBSD -- Resource exhaustion in TCP reassembly (3c2eea8c-99bf-11e8-8bee-a4badb2f4699)

One of the data structures that holds TCP segments uses an inefficient algorithm to reassemble the data. This causes the CPU time spent on segment processing to grow linearly with the number of segments in the reassembly queue. Impact : An attacker who has the ability to send TCP traffic to a...

Security News: Bluetooth Bug Triggers Patch Frenzy, as Ransomware Attack Hits Global Shipper

A scary Bluetooth bug. A crippling ransomware attack. A cyber threat to the U.S. electrical grid. A data leak of trade secrets from major car makers such as Tesla and GM. These were some of the security industry news that caught our eye last week. Bluetooth vulnerability rattles vendors, end user...

FreeBSD : Gitlab -- multiple vulnerabilities (2da838f9-9168-11e8-8c75-d8cb8abf62dd)

Gitlab reports : Markdown DoS Information Disclosure Prometheus Metrics CSRF in System Hooks Persistent XSS Pipeline Tooltip Persistent XSS in Branch Name via Web IDE Persistent XSS in Branch Name via Web IDE C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin...

Google Chrome Security Updates (stable-channel-update-for-desktop-2018-07) - Mac OS X

Google Chrome is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. 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 CPE = "cpe:/a:google:chrome"; ifdescription...

Apache Tomcat Patches Important Security Vulnerabilities

The Apache Software Foundation ASF has released security updates to address several vulnerabilities in its Tomcat application server, one of which could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. Apache Tomcat is an open source web server and servlet system, which uses several Java ...

Apache Releases Security Updates for Apache Tomcat

The Apache Software Foundation has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M9 to 9.0.9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.31, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.51, and 7.0.28 to 7.0.86. A remote attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to obtain sensitive information. NCCIC...

Wireshark Security Updates (wnpa-sec-2018-42_wnpa-sec-2018-43) - Mac OS X

Wireshark is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. 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 CPE = "cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark"; ifdescripti...

Wireshark Security Updates (wnpa-sec-2018-34_wnpa-sec-2018-41) - Mac OS X

Wireshark is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. 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 CPE = "cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark"; ifdescripti...

Wireshark Security Updates (wnpa-sec-2018-34 to wnpa-sec-2018-41) - Windows

Wireshark is prone to multiple vulnerabilities. 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 CPE = "cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark"; ifdescripti...

Oracle Java SE Security Updates-04 (jul2018-4258247) - Linux

Oracle Java SE is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. 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...

Oracle Java SE Security Updates-04 (jul2018-4258247) - Windows

Oracle Java SE is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. 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 CPE = "cpe:/a:oracle:jre";...

Oracle Java SE Security Updates-06 (jul2018-4258247) - Windows

Oracle Java SE is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. 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 CPE = "cpe:/a:oracle:jre";...