SUSE-SU-2018:3609-1 Security update for ffmpeg

This update for ffmpeg fixes the following issues: - CVE-2018-13300: An improper argument passed to the avprivrequestsample function may have triggered an out-of-array read while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4, leading to a denial of service and possibly an information disclosure bsc11003...

CVE-2018-0735 vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities for packages: mysql...

SUSE-SU-2018:2530-2 Security update for openssh

This update for openssh fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2016-10708: Prevent DoS due to crashes caused by out-of-sequence NEWKEYS message bsc1076957...

CVE-2018-3285 vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities for packages: mysql...

CVE-2018-3161 vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities for packages: mysql...

CVE-2018-3143 vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities for packages: mysql...

2018 Has Been Open Season on Open Source Supply Chains

As the number of open source components used in software supply chains shoot up, hackers are going along for the ride. Increasingly threat actors are planting bad code in open-source repositories in the hopes to harvest the flaws later when used in larger banking, manufacturing and healthcare Dev...

Intel® Driver & Support Assistant and Intel® Software Asset Manager Advisory

Summary: Potential security vulnerabilities in Intel® Driver & Support Assistant, Intel® Software Asset Manager and Intel® Computing Improvement Program may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing Intel® Driver & Support Assistant updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities...

CVE-2003-1605

curl 7.x before 7.10.7 sends CONNECT proxy credentials to the remote server...

MGASA-2018-0326 Updated mp3gain packages fix security vulnerabilities

A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in syncbuffer in interface.c in mpglibDBL, as used in MP3Gain version 1.5.2. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to remote denial of service CVE-2017-14406. A stack-based buffer over-read was discovered in...

CVE-2018-3056 vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities for packages: mysql...

A week in security (July 9 – July 15)

Last week, we talked about domestic abuse fuelled by IoT, doing threat intel programs right, blocking ICO fraud, and man-in-the-middle attacks. We also explained why we block shady ad blockers and provided tips to online shoppers for Prime Day. Other news: Reports revealed that low-end Android...

Information disclosure

The TIBCO Spotfire Client and TIBCO Spotfire Web Player Client components of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Analyst, TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace, TIBCO Spotfire Deployment Kit, TIBCO Spotfire Desktop, and TIBCO Spotfire Desktop Language Packs contain multiple...

PYSEC-2018-131

Exiv2 0.26 has integer overflows in LoaderTiff::getData in preview.cpp, leading to an out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::ValueType::setDataArea in value.hpp...

Why bad coding habits die hard—and 7 ways to kill them

Developers are usually the focus of blame when software vulnerabilities cause organizational breaches. Sometimes, quality assurance engineers are included in the flame. Interestingly, though, hardly anyone looks at why bad coding habits form in the first place. We're talking about the culture, th...

Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in Eaton ELCSoft Programming Software

Eaton ELCSoft Programming Software is a suite of software for configuring programmable logic controllers. Multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in Eaton ELCSoft Programming Software, which stem from a failure to perform sufficient boundary checks before copying user data into an undersiz...

SUSE-SU-2018:0811-1 Security update for wireshark

This update for wireshark fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed bsc1082692: - CVE-2018-7335: The IEEE 802.11 dissector could crash wnpa-sec-2018-05 - CVE-2018-7321: thrift long dissector loop dissectthriftmap - CVE-2018-7322: DICOM: inifinite loop dissectdcmtag - CVE-2018-7323: WCCP:...

Reported Critical Vulnerabilities In Microsoft Software On the Rise

The number of reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft software has mounted from 325 in 2013 to 685 last year, a rise of 111 percent, according to new research. Moreover, there has also been a 54 percent increase in critical Microsoft vulnerabilities since 2016, researchers at Avecto said in their...

SUSE-SU-2018:0129-1 Security update for mercurial

This update for mercurial fixes the following issues: - CVE-2017-17458: In Mercurial before 4.4.1, it is possible that a specially malformed repository can cause Git subrepositories to run arbitrary code in the form of a .git/hooks/post-update script checked into the repository. Typical use of...

OPENSUSE-SU-2018:0057-1 Security update for irssi

This update for irssi to version 1.0.6 fixes several issues that may affect the stability of irssi: - CVE-2018-5205: Data access beyond the end of the string when using incomplete escape codes - CVE-2018-5206: NULL pointer dereference when the channel topic is set without specifying a sender -...