BIOS Info (SSH)

Using SMBIOS and UEFI, it was possible to get BIOS info. TRUSTED...

Solaris 10 (x86) : 138071-03

SunOS 5.10x86: nfssrv and rpcsec patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Aug/20/08 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a recommended security fix. Disabled on 2011/09/17. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. if !...

PowerDNS Version Detection

The remote host is running PowerDNS, an open source DNS server. It was possible to extract the version number of the remote installation by sending a special DNS request for the text 'version.pdns' in the domain 'chaos'. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description...

Remote host has a compromised Red Hat OpenSSH package installed

The remote host contains a compromised version of an OpenSSH-related package installed. Even though this package has been signed with the Red Hat public key, this package is considered malicious, and the remote host should be reinstalled. TRUSTED...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : postfix vulnerability (USN-636-1)

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that Postfix was not correctly handling mailbox ownership when dealing with Linux's implementation of hardlinking to symlinks. In certain mail spool configurations, a local attacker could exploit this to append data to arbitrary files as the root user. The default...

Solaris 10 (x86) : 138084-01

SunOS 5.10x86: snoop patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Aug/04/08 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a recommended security fix. Disabled on 2011/10/24. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. if ! definedfunc"bnrandom"...

ZDI-08-053: Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation Scheduler Service NULL Session Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

ZDI-08-053: Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation Scheduler Service NULL Session Authentication Bypass Vulnerability http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-053 August 14, 2008 -- Affected Vendors: Symantec -- Affected Products: Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation -- Vulnerability Detail...

Fedora 8 : httpd-2.2.9-1.fc8 (2008-6314)

This update includes the latest release of httpd 2.2. A security issue is fixed in this update: A flaw was found in the handling of excessive interim responses from an origin server when using modproxyhttp. In a forward proxy configuration, if a user of the proxy could be tricked into visiting a...

Fedora 9 : httpd-2.2.9-1.fc9 (2008-6393)

This update includes the latest release of httpd 2.2. Two security issues are fixed in this update: A flaw was found in the handling of excessive interim responses from an origin server when using modproxyhttp. In a forward proxy configuration, if a user of the proxy could be tricked into visitin...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : devhelp, epiphany-browser, midbrowser, yelp update (USN-626-2)

USN-626-1 fixed vulnerabilities in xulrunner-1.9. The changes required that Devhelp, Epiphany, Midbrowser and Yelp also be updated to use the new xulrunner-1.9. A flaw was discovered in the browser engine. A variable could be made to overflow causing the browser to crash. If a user were tricked...

Solaris 10 (sparc) : 138068-01

SunOS 5.10: picld patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Jul/23/08 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a recommended security fix. Disabled on 2011/09/17. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. if ! definedfunc"bnrandom"...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : python2.4, python2.5 vulnerabilities (USN-632-1)

It was discovered that there were new integer overflows in the imageop module. If an attacker were able to trick a Python application into processing a specially crafted image, they could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. CVE-2008-1679 Justin Ferguson discovered that the zlib module di...

Solaris 8 (sparc) : 112169-07

SunOS 5.8: platmod patch for Volume System H/W Series Products. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Jul/23/08 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text in this plugin was extracted from the Oracle SunOS Patch Updates. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc';...

Fedora 8 : filezilla-3.1.0.1-1.fc8 (2008-6812)

According to the NEWS in this release: ---------------- ! Do not report success on SSL/TLS transfers if server did not perform orderly SSL/TLS shutdown. Previously, an attacker could cause truncated files with FileZilla thinking the transfer was successful. All versions prior to this were affecte...

Fedora 9 : trac-0.10.5-1.fc9 (2008-6833)

Update to 0.10.5 to fix two non-critical security issues: CVE-2008-2951: Open redirect vulnerability in the search script in Trac before 0.10.5 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary websites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the q parameter. CVE-2008-3328: Cross-site...

Fedora 9 : pdns-recursor-3.1.7-2.fc9 (2008-6893)

Fri Jul 25 2008 Ruben Kerkhof - 3.1.7-2 - Exclude ppc and ppc64 for now, the build fails randomly - Fri Jul 25 2008 Ruben Kerkhof - 3.1.7-1 - Upstream released new version, now with Lua support Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the...

Fedora 8 : trac-0.10.5-1.fc8 (2008-6830)

Update to 0.10.5 to fix two non-critical security issues: CVE-2008-2951: Open redirect vulnerability in the search script in Trac before 0.10.5 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary websites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the q parameter. CVE-2008-3328: Cross-site...

Ubuntu 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : poppler vulnerability (USN-631-1)

Felipe Andres Manzano discovered that poppler did not correctly initialize certain page widgets. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious PDF file, a remote attacker could exploit this to crash applications linked against poppler, leading to a denial of service. Note that Tenable Network...

Slackware 10.2 / 11.0 / 12.0 / 12.1 / current : mozilla-thunderbird (SSA:2008-210-05)

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2008-210-05. The te...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS : firefox-3.0, xulrunner-1.9 vulnerabilities (USN-626-1)

A flaw was discovered in the browser engine. A variable could be made to overflow causing the browser to crash. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious web page, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the...