Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 13.10 : libav vulnerability (USN-2244-1)

It was discovered that Libav incorrectly handled certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted media file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. Not...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (ELSA-2014-0741)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0741 advisory. 24.6.0-1.0.1.el65 - Add firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js and remove the corresponding Red Hat one 24.6.0-1 - Update to 24.6.0 ESR 24.5.0-2 -...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : libxml2 regression (USN-2214-2)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2214-2 advisory. USN-2214-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libxml2. The upstream fix introduced a regression when using xmllint with the --postvalid option. This update fixes the proble...

Fedora 19 : mingw-curl-7.37.0-1.fc19 (2014-6921)

Update to 7.37.0 - Fixes CVE-2014-0138 and CVE-2014-0139 RHBZ 1080880 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing...

Fedora 19 : mingw-gnutls-3.1.25-1.fc19 (2014-6963)

Version 3.1.25 released 2014-05-30 - libgnutls: Eliminated memory corruption issue in Server Hello parsing. Issue reported by Joonas Kuorilehto of Codenomicon. - libgnutls: Increased the maximum certificate size buffer in the PKCS 11 subsystem. - libgnutls: Check the return code of getpwuidr...

Fedora 20 : check-mk-1.2.4p2-2.fc20 (2014-6810)

Install the mk-job binary on /usr/bin. - Make sure the proper permissions are given to /var/lib/checkmkagent/job to prevent any hard or symlink to be created by a normal user and pointing to any file on the filesystem exposing it on the check-mk-agent output being run as root. Note that Tenable...

Oracle Linux 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3037)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2014-3037 advisory. - futex: Make lookuppistate more robust Thomas Gleixner Orabug: 18918552 CVE-2014-3153 - futex: Always cleanup owner tid in unlockpi Thomas Gleixner Orabug:...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-2240-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2240-1 advisory. Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service syste...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-raring vulnerabilities (USN-2238-1)

Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or gain administrative privileges. CVE-2014-3153 A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's IPC reference counting. An unprivileged loc...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : chkrootkit vulnerability (USN-2230-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2230-1 advisory. Thomas Stangner discovered that chkrootkit incorrectly quoted certain values. A local attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code when chkrootkit is r...

Sendmail < 8.14.9 close-on-exec SMTP Connection Manipulation

The remote mail server is running a version of Sendmail prior to 8.14.9. It is, therefore, affected by a flaw related to file descriptors and the 'close-on-exec' flag that may allow a local attacker to cause unspecified impact on open SMTP connections. C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

Fedora 20 : libtiff-4.0.3-15.fc20 (2014-6583)

Add upstream patches for CVE-2013-4243 996832 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-saucy vulnerabilities (USN-2225-1)

Matthew Daley reported an information leak in the floppy disk driver of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. CVE-2014-1738 Matthew Daley reported a flaw in the handling of ioctl commands by the floppy...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-2220-1)

Matthew Daley reported an information leak in the floppy disk driver of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. CVE-2014-1738 Matthew Daley reported a flaw in the handling of ioctl commands by the floppy...

Fedora 20 : python-django14-1.4.13-1.fc20 (2014-6442)

fix for CVE-2014-1418 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Adobe ColdFusion HTTP Response Splitting (APSB12-15) (credentialed check)

The version of Adobe ColdFusion running on the remote host is affected by an HTTP response splitting vulnerability. The coldfusion.filter.ComponentFilter class does not properly sanitize input used in the Location header of an HTTP response. A remote attacker could exploit this by tricking a user...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : lxml vulnerability (USN-2217-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2217-1 advisory. It was discovered that the lxml.html.clean module incorrectly stripped control characters. An attacked could potentially exploit this to conduct cross-site...

Fedora 20 : python-fmn-web-0.2.4-3.fc20 (2014-5972)

Fix for Covert Redirect. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Solaris 10 (x86) : 151266-03 (deprecated)

SunVTS 7.0x86: Patch Set 18 consolidation. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Aug/15/14 This plugin has been deprecated and either replaced with individual 151266 patch-revision plugins, or deemed non-security related. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. @DEPRECATED@...

iTunes < 11.2.1 User Directory Insecure Permissions Vulnerability (Mac OS X)

The version of iTunes installed on the remote Mac OS X host is older than 11.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by an insecure permissions vulnerability. An insecure permissions vulnerability exists where the '/Users' and '/Users/Shared' directories have world-writable permissions. This could allow ...