[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: rubygem-rack-1.4.0-4.fc17

Rack provides a common API for connecting web frameworks, web servers and layers of software in between...

Dovecot with Exim sender_address Parameter - Remote Command Execution

Exploit for linux platform in category remote exploits Exim with Dovecot: Typical Misconfiguration Leads to Remote Command Execution During a penetration test a typical misconfiguration was found in the way Dovecot is used as a local delivery agent by Exim. A common use case for the Dovecot IMAP...

nginx -- multiple vulnerabilities

The nginx project reports: A stack-based buffer overflow might occur in a worker process process while handling a specially crafted request, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution. CVE-2013-2028 A security problem related to CVE-2013-2028 was identified, affecting some previous nginx...

OPC UA Find Servers Response Command

...

CVE-2013-0945

EMC Avamar Client before 6.1.101-89 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name CN or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate...

CVE-2012-5657

The 1 ZendFeedRss and 2 ZendFeedAtom classes in ZendFeed in Zend Framework 1.11.x before 1.11.15 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, and possibly cause a denial of service CPU and memory consumption via an XML External...

20 Years On, the Open Web Faces Challenges

For people of a certain age in the technology industry, one of the ways of establishing a connection with someone is by asking some version of the following question: How long have you been online? Depending upon how you define “online”, the answer can vary from 15 to 25 or even 30 years. But...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : apache-mod_security (MDVSA-2013:156)

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in apache-modsecurity : ModSecurity before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or cause a denial of service CPU and memory consumption via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with...

Attack Using Backdoored Apache Binaries to Lead to Blackhole Kit

There is a newly identified ongoing attack campaign in which attackers are using compromised Apache HTTP binaries to redirect users to malicious sites serving various flavors of malware, including the Blackhole exploit kit. Rather than going the traditional route of simply injecting malicious cod...

New Apache backdoor serving Blackhole exploit kit

A new sophisticated and stealthy Apache backdoor meant to drive traffic to malicious websites serving Blackhole exploit kit widely has been detected by Sucuri recently. Researchers claimed that this backdoor affecting hundreds of web servers right now. Dubbed Linux/Cdorked.A, one of the most...

[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: haproxy-1.4.23-2.fc19

HA-Proxy is a TCP/HTTP reverse proxy which is particularly suited for high availability environments. Indeed, it can: - route HTTP requests depending on statically assigned cookies - spread the load among several servers while assuring server persistence through the use of HTTP cookies - switch t...

CVE-2013-1915

ModSecurity before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or cause a denial of service CPU and memory consumption via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, aka an XML External Entity XXE vulnerability...

CVE-2013-1915

ModSecurity before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or cause a denial of service CPU and memory consumption via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, aka an XML External Entity XXE vulnerability...

[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: mediawiki-1.20.4-1.fc19

MediaWiki is the software used for Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia Foundation websites. Compared to other wikis, it has an excellent range of features and support for high-traffic websites using multiple servers This package supports wiki farms. Read the instructions for creating wiki i nstance...

Who Needs a Botnet when you have a 4 Gbps DDoS Cannon?

In recent months the DDoS world has shifted from complex small scale Botnet attacks to much larger network based DDoS attacks, perpetrated largely by hijacked web servers. How many of these hijacked servers are out there remains to be seen. However, Incapsula recently got a very good idea of just...

HD Moore: Hackable Serial Port Servers Lack Authentication

Serial port servers are admittedly old school technology that you might think had been phased out as new IT, SCADA and industrial control system equipment has been phased in. Metasploit creator HD Moore cautions you to think again. Moore recently revealed that through his Critical IO project...

Who Needs a Botnet when you have a 4 Gbps DDoS Cannon?

In recent months the DDoS world has shifted from complex small scale Botnet attacks to much larger network based DDoS attacks, perpetrated largely by hijacked web servers. How many of these hijacked servers are out there remains to be seen. However, Incapsula recently got a very good idea of just...

Malware More Globally Distributed, Still Made in China

In an attempt to better evade detection, cybercriminals are increasingly configuring their command and control infrastructure in such a way that initial malware callbacks communicate with a server located in the same country as the newly infected machines. This emerging trend is among the vast an...

'BadNews' Android Malware downloaded up to 9 million times

It appears as if another malware scare has come to Android. Lookout Security said on Friday that it has discovered a new family of malware called BadNews. Malware that avoided detection and made its way onto the Google Play store has been downloaded around 9 million times by users from all over t...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : stunnel (MDVSA-2013:130)

Updated stunnel packages fix security vulnerability : stunnel 4.21 through 4.54, when CONNECT protocol negotiation and NTLM authentication are enabled, does not correctly perform integer conversion, which allows remote proxy servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request that triggers a...