Scientific Linux Security Update : dhcp on SL4.x, SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP is a protocol that allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information, including an IP address, a subnet mask, and a broadcast address. Two denial of service flaws were found in the way the dhcpd daemon handle...

Scientific Linux Security Update : curl on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

David Kierznowski discovered a flaw in libcurl where it would not differentiate between different target URLs when handling automatic redirects. This caused libcurl to follow any new URL that it understood, including the 'file://' URL type. This could allow a remote server to force a local...

Scientific Linux Security Update : pidgin on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-3026 pidgin: ignores SSL/TLS requirements with old jabber servers CVE-2009-2703 Pidgin: NULL pointer dereference by handling IRC topics DoS CVE-2009-3083 Pidgin: NULL pointer dereference by processing incomplete MSN SLP invite DoS CVE-2009-3085 Pidgin: NULL pointer dereference by...

CentOS Update for curl CESA-2011:0918 centos4 x86_64

Check for the Version of curl OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for curl CESA-2011:0918 centos4 x8664 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under...

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Remote Code Execution

Exploit for windows platform in category remote exploits This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit web site for more information on licensing and terms of use. http://metasploit.com/ require 'msf/core'...

RedHat Update for perl-DBD-Pg RHSA-2012:1116-01

Check for the Version of perl-DBD-Pg OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for perl-DBD-Pg RHSA-2012:1116-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it und...

CentOS 5 / 6 : perl-DBD-Pg (CESA-2012:1116)

An updated perl-DBD-Pg package that fixes two security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

FreeBSD : dns/bind9* -- Heavy DNSSEC Validation Load Can Cause a 'Bad Cache' Assertion Failure (0bc67930-d5c3-11e1-bef6-0024e81297ae)

ISC reports : High numbers of queries with DNSSEC validation enabled can cause an assertion failure in named, caused by using a 'bad cache' data structure before it has been initialized. BIND 9 stores a cache of query names that are known to be failing due to misconfigured name servers or a broke...

Grum Botnet Briefly Revived, Now Dead Again

Botnets are a lot like dandelions; you think they’re dead and then when you’re not looking they pop right back up. It’s happened time and again in the malware ecosystem and the latest member of the undead botnet society is Grum, which was only just taken down last week. Over the weekend several o...

dns/bind9* -- Heavy DNSSEC Validation Load Can Cause a 'Bad Cache' Assertion Failure

ISC reports: High numbers of queries with DNSSEC validation enabled can cause an assertion failure in named, caused by using a 'bad cache' data structure before it has been initialized. BIND 9 stores a cache of query names that are known to be failing due to misconfigured name servers or a broken...

Researchers Pull the Plug on Remaining Grum Botnet C&C Servers

Just a couple of days after authorities in the Netherlands pulled the plug on two of the four command-and-control servers behind the Grum spam botnet, the remaining C&C servers have been taken offline as well, thanks to a cooperative effort among researchers. As a result, the number of...

CVE-2012-1963

The Content Security Policy CSP functionality in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 does not properly restrict the strings placed into the blocked-uri parameter of a violatio...

CVE-2012-1963

The Content Security Policy CSP functionality in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 does not properly restrict the strings placed into the blocked-uri parameter of a violatio...

Microsoft IIS Tilde Character Information Disclosure Vulnerability (HTTP)

The Microsoft IIS Webserver is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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 =...

CVE-2012-3128

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle SPARC T-Series Servers running System Firmware 8.2.0 and 8.1.4.e or earlier allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Integrated Lights Out Manager...

CVE-2012-3128

CVE-2012-3128 affects Oracle SPARC T-Series Servers running System Firmware 8.2.0 and 8.1.4.e or earlier. The vulnerability is related to the Integrated Lights Out Manager and allows local users to impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. The NVD entry lists a LOW ...

CVE-2012-3128

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle SPARC T-Series Servers running System Firmware 8.2.0 and 8.1.4.e or earlier allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Integrated Lights Out Manager...

Dutch Authorities Knock Out Grum Botnet C&C Servers

Dutch authorities have knocked out two of the command-and-control servers for one of the top spam-producing botnets, known as Grum. The action was not a complete knockout though, as there are still two other C&C servers at work, but researchers are optimistic that the volume of spam will drop as ...

Fedora Update for clamav FEDORA-2012-9577

Check for the Version of clamav OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for clamav FEDORA-2012-9577 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the term...

XSS, Redirector and CSRF vulnerabilities in WordPress

Hello 3APA3A! After seven previous vulnerabilities in Akismet, here are new holes. They take place in plugin Akismet for WordPress and it's core-plugin since version WP 2.0, so these vulnerabilities concern WordPress itself. This is the second in series of advisories concerning vulnerabilities in...