[slackware-security] openssh

New openssh packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/openssh-7.4p1-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This is primarily a bugfix release, and also addresses...

OpenSSH 7.4 - UsePrivilegeSeparation Disabled Forwarded Unix Domain Sockets Privilege Escalation Exp

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1010 This issue affects OpenSSH if privilege separation is disabled config option UsePrivilegeSeparation=no. While privilege separation is enabled by default, it is documented a...

CVE-2016-10012

It was found that the boundary checks in the code implementing support for pre-authentication compression could have been optimized out by certain compilers. An attacker able to compromise the privilege-separated process could possibly use this flaw for further attacks against the privileged...

Security update for MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nss (important)

Mozilla Firefox was updated to 48.0 to fix security issues, bugs, and deliver various improvements. The following major changes are included: - Process separation e10s is enabled for some users - Add-ons that have not been verified and signed by Mozilla will not load - WebRTC enhancements - The...

openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox / mozilla-nss (openSUSE-2016-960)

Mozilla Firefox was updated to 48.0 to fix security issues, bugs, and deliver various improvements. The following major changes are included : - Process separation e10s is enabled for some users - Add-ons that have not been verified and signed by Mozilla will not load - WebRTC enhancements - The...

Security update for MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nss (important)

Mozilla Firefox was updated to 48.0 to fix security issues, bugs, and deliver various improvements. The following major changes are included: - Process separation e10s is enabled for some users - Add-ons that have not been verified and signed by Mozilla will not load - WebRTC enhancements - The...

openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox / mozilla-nss (openSUSE-2016-937)

Mozilla Firefox was updated to 48.0 to fix security issues, bugs, and deliver various improvements. The following major changes are included : - Process separation e10s is enabled for some users - Add-ons that have not been verified and signed by Mozilla will not load - WebRTC enhancements - The...

OWASP Offensive Web Testing Framework: OWFT

The purpose of this tool is to automate the manual and uncreative parts of pen testing. For example, Figuring out how to call “tool X” then parsing results of “tool X” manually to feed “tool Y” and so on is time consuming. OWASP OWTF is a project focused on penetration testing efficiency and...

Security update for ntp (important)

ntp was updated to fix five security issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2016-4953: Bad authentication demobilizes ephemeral associations bsc982065. - CVE-2016-4954: Processing spoofed server packets bsc982066. - CVE-2016-4955: Autokey association reset bsc982067. - CVE-2016-4956:...

Scientific Linux Security Update : openssh on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20160510)

Security Fixes : - It was found that the OpenSSH client did not properly enforce the ForwardX11Timeout setting. A malicious or compromised remote X application could possibly use this flaw to establish a trusted connection to the local X server, even if only untrusted X11 forwarding was requested...

openssh, pam_ssh_agent_auth security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2016:0741 An update for openssh is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

RHEL 6 : openssh (RHSA-2016:0741)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2016:0741 advisory. - openssh: XSECURITY restrictions bypass under certain conditions in ssh1 CVE-2015-5352 - openssh: Privilege separation weakness related to...

openssh: Privilege separation weakness related to PAM support

A flaw was found in the way OpenSSH handled PAM authentication when using privilege separation. An attacker with valid credentials on the system and able to fully compromise a non-privileged pre-authentication process using a different flaw could use this flaw to authenticate as other users...

Cisco NX-OS Software Locator/ID Separation Protocol Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160323-lisp)

A vulnerability in the Locator/ID Separation Protocol LISP of Cisco NX-OS Software running on the Cisco Nexus 7000 and Nexus 7700 Series Switches with an M1 Series Gigabit Ethernet Module could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of the vulnerable device. Copyright C 2016...

Cisco IOS Software LISP Denial of Service Vulnerability (Cisco-SA-20140514-CVE-2014-3262)

A vulnerability in Locator/ID Separation Protocol LISP control message processing in Cisco IOS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a vulnerable device to disable Cisco Express Forwarding and eventually drop traffic passing through. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016...

Cisco NX-OS Malformed LISP Packet DoS (CSCuv11993)

The version of Cisco NX-OS software running on the remote device is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the implementation of the Locator/ID Separation Protocol LISP due to improper input validation when a malformed LISP packet is received. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can...

Design/Logic Flaw

The Locator/ID Separation Protocol LISP implementation in Cisco IOS 15.1 and 15.2 and NX-OS 4.1 through 6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service device reload via a crafted header in a packet, aka Bug ID CSCuu64279...

Cisco IOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software Locator/ID Separation Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability

Cisco IOS and Cisco NX-OS are network operating systems that run in Cisco's switch products. A denial of service vulnerability exists in the LISP of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software running on multiple Cisco devices. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial ...

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to create a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the following Cisco Security Advisories and apply...

WAGO IO PLC 758-870 / 750-849 Credential Management / Privilege Separation

WAGO IO PLC 758-870, 750-849, 750-849 vulnerabilities Background According to WAGO’s Web site, WAGO is an international company based in Germany. They operate production facilities in Germany, Switzerland, Poland, China, and India. WAGO maintains offices worldwide. According to WAGO, its products...