Vulnerability Spotlight: VMWare Workstation DoS Vulnerability

Today, Cisco Talos is disclosing a vulnerability in VMware Workstation that could result in denial of service. VMware Workstation is a widely used virtualization platform designed to run alongside a normal operating system, allowing users to use both virtualized and physical systems concurrently...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday — October 18: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage

Microsoft released its monthly security update today, disclosing a variety of vulnerabilities in several of its products. The latest Patch Tuesday covers 49 vulnerabilities, 12 of which are rated "critical," 34 that are rated "important,” two that are considered to have “moderate” severity and on...

CVE-2018-0455

A vulnerability in the Server Message Block Version 2 SMBv2 and Version 3 SMBv3 protocol implementation for the Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to run low on system memory, possibly preventing the device from forwarding traffic. ...

Cisco Firepower System Software Detection Engine Denial of Service Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Server Message Block Version 2 SMBv2 and Version 3 SMBv3 protocol implementation for the Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to run low on system memory, possibly preventing the device from forwarding traffic. ...

Vulnerability Spotlight: Google PDFium JBIG2 Image ComposeToOpt2WithRect Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos Overview Cisco Talos is releasing details of a new vulnerability in Google PDFium's JBIG2 library. An exploitable out-of-bounds read on the heap vulnerability exists in the JBIG2-parsing code in Google Chrome, version 67.0.3396.99. A specially craft...

Vulnerability Spotlight: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Collab reviewServer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos Overview Today, Cisco Talos is releasing details of a new vulnerability within Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most popular and most feature-rich PDF reader. It has a large user base, is usually a default PDF reader on systems a...

Vulnerability Spotlight: Epee Levin Packet Deserialization Code Execution Vulnerability

This vulnerability was discovered by Lilith of Cisco Talos. Overview The Epee library, which is leveraged by a large number of cryptocurrencies, contains an exploitable code execution vulnerability in the Levin deserialization functionality. An attacker can send a specially crafted network packet...

Beers with Talos EP 37: Snort 3 Beta Uses Multithreading. It’s Super Effective!

Beers with Talos BWT Podcast Ep. 37 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing: www.talosintelligence.com/podcast. Ep. 37 show notes: Recorded Sept. 7, 2018 — We have Joel back this week and he is very happy to have himse...

Vulnerability Spotlight: TALOS-2018-0560 - ERPNext SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities discovered by Yuri Kramar from the Cisco Security Advisor Team Overview Talos is disclosing multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the Frappe ERPNext Version 10.1.6 application. Frappe ERPNext is an open-source enterprise resource planning ERP cloud application. These...

Apache Struts Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Affecting Cisco Products: August 2018

A vulnerability in Apache Struts could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a targeted system. The vulnerability exists because the affected software insufficiently validates user-supplied input, allowing the use of results with no namespace value and the use of...

The Official Talos Guide to Security Summer Camp 2018

It is once again time for the week in the summer when many of us descend on Las Vegas for Black Hat, DEF CON, and B-Sides LasVegas. This is your official guide to what the Cisco Talos Threat Intelligence team is doing at these shows and what some of our colleagues around Cisco Security are doing,...

Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Sony IPELA E Series Camera

Vulnerabilities discovered by Cory Duplantis and Claudio Bozzato of Cisco Talos. Overview Today, Cisco Talos is disclosing several vulnerabilities discovered with the Sony IPELA E Series Network Camera. Sony IPELA Cameras are network-facing cameras used for monitoring and surveillance...

CVE-2018-0385

A vulnerability in the detection engine parsing of Security Socket Layer SSL protocol packets for Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service DoS condition due to the Snort process unexpectedly restarting. The vulnerability is due t...

CVE-2018-0370

A vulnerability in the detection engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause one of the detection engine processes to run out of memory and thus slow down traffic processing. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of traffic when the...

Design/Logic Flaw

A vulnerability in the detection engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause one of the detection engine processes to run out of memory and thus slow down traffic processing. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of traffic when the...

CVE-2018-0370

A vulnerability in the detection engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause one of the detection engine processes to run out of memory and thus slow down traffic processing. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of traffic when the...

CVE-2018-0385

CVE-2018-0385 affects Cisco Firepower System Software: the detection engine’s SSL packet parsing can be mishandled, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a DoS via Snort process restart. The issue stems from improper input handling of SSL traffic, with exploitation by sending craft...

CVE-2018-0385

A vulnerability in the detection engine parsing of Security Socket Layer SSL protocol packets for Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service DoS condition due to the Snort process unexpectedly restarting. The vulnerability is due t...

CVE-2018-0370

Cisco Firepower System Software contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the detection engine when SSL inspection is enabled. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send crafted traffic to cause a single Snort detection engine process to consume excessive memory, degrading traffic processing...

CVE-2018-0370

A vulnerability in the detection engine of Cisco Firepower System Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause one of the detection engine processes to run out of memory and thus slow down traffic processing. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of traffic when the...