MGASA-2017-0009 Updated subversion packages fix security vulnerability

Subversion's moddontdothat module and clients using https:// are vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack caused by exponential XML entity expansion. The attack, otherwise known as the "billion laughs attack", targets XML parsers and can cause the targeted process to consume an excessive amount o...

CVE-2016-9863

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a very large request to table partitioning function, it is possible to invoke a Denial of Service DoS attack. All 4.6.x versions prior to 4.6.5 are affected...

CVE-2016-6618

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. The transformation feature allows a user to trigger a denial-of-service DoS attack against the server. All 4.6.x versions prior to 4.6.4, 4.4.x versions prior to 4.4.15.8, and 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.10.17 are affected...

Debian DLA-731-2 : imagemagick regression update

The update for imagemagick issued as DLA-731-1 caused regressions when decoding properties of certain images. Updated packages are now available to address this problem. For reference, the original advisory text follows. Several issues have been discovered in ImageMagick, a popular set of program...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : bind (SUSE-SU-2016:2697-1)

This update for bind fixes the following issues : - A defect in BIND's handling of responses containing a DNAME answer had the potential to trigger assertion errors in the server remotely, thereby facilitating a denial-of-service attack. CVE-2016-8864, bsc1007829. - Fix BIND to return a valid...

Ian Dunn: No CAPTCHA ia exist in pages

No CAPTCHA is exist in the "Wordpress-backup-options" and "contact" pages. Due to the fact that the webpage has no CAPTCHA mechanism any attacker can perform DOS/DDOS attack and perform Daniel of Service attack to the server. Links: Wordpress-backup-options page:...

Security update for systemd (important)

This update for systemd fixes the following security issue: - CVE-2016-7796: A zero-length message received over systemd's notification socket could make managerdispatchnotifyfd return an error and, as a side effect, disable the notification handler completely. As the notification socket is...

CVE-2016-7907

The imxfecdotx function in hw/net/imxfec.c in QEMU aka Quick Emulator does not properly limit the buffer descriptor count when transmitting packets, which allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service infinite loop and QEMU process crash via vectors involving a buffer descript...

DLA-626-1 phpmyadmin - security update

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PHP 5.0.0 'xmldocfile()' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

PHP is a new language for writing CGI programs. A local denial of service vulnerability exists in PHP 5.0.0 'xmldocfile', which can be exploited by an attacker to launch a denial of service attack...

[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-7.3p1-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This is primarily a bugfix release, and also addresses...

New HTTPS URL Leakage Attack Leaves PCs, Macs, Linux Systems Vulnerable

LAS VEGAS — Researchers have found flaws in the Web Proxy AutoDiscovery protocol tied to DHCP and DNS servers that allow hackers spy on HTTPS-protected URLs and launch a myriad of different malicious attacks against Linux, Windows or Mac computers. According to the security firm SafeBreach, this...

Compal CH7465LG-LC Modem/Router CH7465LG-NCIP-4.50.18.13-NOSH - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Compal CH7465LG-LC modem/router multiple vulnerabilities -------------------------------------------------------- The following vulnerabilities are the result of a quick check 3 hours of the Mercury modem. We performed a systematic and deeper evaluation of this device also, which result will be...

DSA-3625-1 squid3 - security update

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openSUSE Security Update : dhcp (openSUSE-2016-887)

This update for dhcp fixes the following issues : Security issue fixed : - CVE-2016-2774: Fixed a denial of service attack against the DHCP server over the OMAPI TCP socket, which could be used by network adjacent attackers to make the DHCP server non-functional bsc969820. Non security issues fix...

CVE-2016-5706

js/getscripts.js.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.16, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7, and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large array in the scripts parameter...

MGASA-2016-0187 Updated libxml2 packages fix security vulnerability

When running in recovery mode, certain invalid XML documents would trigger an infinite recursion in libxml2 that ran until all stack space was exhausted. This vulnerability could have been used to facilitate a denial-of-sevice attack CVE-2016-3627. libxml2 limits the number of recursions an XML...

SUSE-SU-2016:1204-1 Security update for libxml2

This update for libxml2 fixes two security issues: - libxml2 limits the number of recursions an XML document can contain so to protect against the 'Billion Laughs' denial-of-service attack. Unfortunately, the underlying counter was not incremented properly in all necessary locations. Therefore,...

CVE-2016-4078

The IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly restrict element lists, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service deep recursion and application crash via a crafted packet, related to epan/dissectors/packet-capwap.c and...

Silk Road 2.0 Dark-Web Admin Pleads Guilty

An admin of Silk Road 2, named Brian Farrell, who helped maintain the notorious dark web site by providing customer and technical support, approving and suspending vendors, and promoting staff members, has pleaded guilty and could face 8 years in prison. The 28-year-old man, who used the moniker...