SUSE SLED12 Security Update : drm (SUSE-SU-2018:0509-1)

This update for drm provides the following fixes: This security issue was fixed : - CVE-2017-10810: Memory leak in the virtiogpuobjectcreate function in drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpuobject.c allowed attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption by triggering object-initialization...

Tenable University: Nessus Certificate of Proficiency

Yesterday I finished "Nessus Certificate of Proficiency" learning plan at Tenable University and passed the final test. Here I would like to share my impressions. First of all, few words about my motivation. I use Nessus literally every day at work. So, it was fun to check my knowledge. I already...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : quagga (SUSE-SU-2018:0457-1)

This update for quagga fixes the following issues : - The Quagga BGP daemon contained a bug in the ASPATH size calculation that could have been exploited to facilitate a remote denial-of-service attack via specially crafted BGP UPDATE messages. CVE-2017-16227, bsc1065641 - The Quagga BGP daemon d...

Dell EMC Patches Critical Flaws in VMAX Enterprise Storage Systems

Dell EMC fixed two critical flaws in its management interfaces for its VMAX enterprise storage systems. One of the vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to use a hard-coded password to a default account to gain unauthorized access to systems. The company issued updates that address the tw...

Debian DLA-1281-1 : advancecomp security update

Joonun Jang discovered that the advzip tool in advancecomp, a collection of recompression utilities, was prone to a heap-based buffer overflow. This might allow an attacker to cause a denial of service application crash or other unspecified impact via a crafted file. For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Exim vulnerability (USN-3565-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3565-1 advisory. Meh Chang discovered that Exim incorrectly handled memory in certain decoding operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Exim to cras...

Fedora 26 : kernel (2018-57e732b89f)

The 4.14.18 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree, including some additional spectre mitigation. ---- The 4.14.17 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description bloc...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : PostgreSQL vulnerability (USN-3564-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3564-1 advisory. It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain temp files. An attacker could possibly use this to access sensitive information. Tenable...

ProFTPD < 1.3.4rc2 client-hostname restriction bypass

The remote host is using ProFTPD, a free FTP server for Unix and Linux. According to its banner, the version of ProFTPD installed on the remote host is earlier than 1.3.4rc2 and is affected by a Denial of Service vulnerability in the modsftp module. C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2018:0407-1)

This update for ghostscript fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-9835: The gsallocrefarray function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service heap-based buffer overflow and application crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted...

ProFTPD < 1.3.5b / 1.3.6x < 1.3.6rc2 weak Diffie-Hellman key

The remote host is using ProFTPD, a free FTP server for Unix and Linux. According to its banner, the version of ProFTPD installed on the remote host is prior to 1.3.5b or 1.3.6x prior to 1.3.6rc2 and is affected by an issue in the modtls module, which might cause a weaker than intended...

Debian DLA-1275-1 : uwsgi security update

It was discovered that the uwsgiexpandpath function in utils.c in Unbit uWSGI, an application container server, has a stack-based buffer overflow via a large directory length that can cause a denial of service application crash or stack corruption. For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Mailman vulnerability (USN-3563-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3563-1 advisory. It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled certain web scripts. An attacker could possibly use this to inject arbitrary code. Tenable has...

Debian DLA-1272-1 : mailman security update

The mailman package has a Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in the web UI before 2.1.26 which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a user-options URL For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1:2.1.15-1+deb7u3 We recommend that you upgrade...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libvirt (SUSE-SU-2018:0385-1)

This update for libvirt provides several fixes. This security issue was fixed : - CVE-2018-5748: Prevent resource exhaustion via qemuMonitorIORead method which allowed to cause DoS bsc1076500. These security issues were fixed : - Add a qemu hook script providing functionality similar to Xen's...

Ubuntu 17.10 : python-django vulnerabilities (USN-3559-1)

It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this to access sensitive information. CVE-2017-12794, CVE-2018-6188. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : QEMU update (USN-3560-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3560-1 advisory. It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : MiniUPnP vulnerabilities (USN-3562-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3562-1 advisory. It was discovered that MiniUPnP incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : systemd vulnerabilities (USN-3558-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3558-1 advisory. Karim Hossen & Thomas Imbert and Nelson William Gamazo Sanchez independently discovered that systemd- resolved incorrectly handled certain DN...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : Recommended update for libsndfile (SUSE-SU-2018:0351-1)

This update for libsndfile fixes a memory leak in an error path.bsc1038856 - CVE-2017-16942: A divide-by-zero error exists in the function wavw64readfmtchunk in wavw64.c, which may lead to DoS when playing a crafted audio file. bsc1069874 - CVE-2017-14634: In libsndfile 1.0.28, a divide-by-zero...