Fedora 16 : rt3-3.8.15-1.fc16 (2012-17218)

---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ChangeLog : - Sun Oct 28 2012 Ralf Corsepius - 3.8.15-1 - Upstream update RH BZ 870407, CVE-2012-4730, CVE-2012-4732, CVE-2012-4734, CVE-2012-4735, CVE-2012-4884. - Sat Oct 6 2012 Ralf Corsepius - 3.8.14-1 - Upstrea...

Vm86 - Syscall Task Switch Kernel Panic Denial of Service / Privilege Escalation

Source: http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2013/Vm86SyscallTaskSwitchKernelPanic/ Introduction Problem description: The initial observation was, that the linux vm86 syscall, which allows to use the virtual-8086 mode from userspace for emulating of old 8086 software as done with dosemu, was prone to...

Open Source Web Server Scanner: NIkto

Nikto is an Open Source GPL web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items, including over 6500 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, checks for outdated versions of over 1250 servers, and version specific problems on over 270 servers. It also checks for...

libguestfs security, bug fix, and enhancement update

1:1.16.19-1 - Rebase to libguestfs 1.16.19 resolves: rhbz719879 - Rebuild against augeas 0.9.0-3.el6 related: rhbz808662 - Fix: Don't abort inspection if mdadm.conf ARRAY doesn't have a uuid. - Switch back to git for patch management. 1:1.16.18-2 - Rebase to libguestfs 1.16.18 resolves: rhbz71987...

CVE-2012-3565

Opera before 12.00 Beta allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via crafted characters in domain names, as demonstrated by "IDNA2008 tests."...

CVE-2012-3565: Undefined Security Weakness

Opera before 12.00 Beta allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via crafted characters in domain names, as demonstrated by "IDNA2008 tests."...

Months After A Patch, Targeted Attacks Still Using Adobe Flash Bug

More than three months after it was patched, attackers are still using a vulnerability in Adobe’s Flash product in targeted, ‘APT-style’ attacks. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2012-0754 was patched in February and linked to targeted attacks weeks later. But new attacks targeting unpatched...

Penetration Testers Get Ready - BackBox Linux 2.05 released !

The BackBox team has announce the release 2.05 of BackBox Linux. The new release include features such as Ubuntu 11.04, Linux Kernel 2.6.38 and Xfce 4.8.0. BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It has been developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. Designed to be...

dns-check-zone NSE Script

Checks DNS zone configuration against best practices, including RFC 1912. The configuration checks are divided into categories which each have a number of different tests. Script Arguments dns-check-zone.domain the dns zone to check Example Usage nmap -sn -Pn ns1.example.com --script dns-check-zo...

[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: sectool-0.9.5-7.fc16

sectool is a security tool that can be used both as a security audit and intrusion detection system. It consists of set of tests, library and command line interface tool. Tests are sorted into groups and security levels. Admins can run certain tests, groups or whole security levels. The library a...

Fedora Update for mongoose FEDORA-2011-11636

Check for the Version of mongoose OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for mongoose FEDORA-2011-11636 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...

Fedora 16 : php-pear-CAS-1.3.0-2.fc16 (2012-4119)

Upstream changelog Changes in version 1.3.0 Bug Fixes : - the saml logout url should be parsed urlencoded 24 dlineate - fix a proxy mode bug introduced in a previous comitt 16 Adam Franco - Fix includepath order so that the phpCAS path takes precedence 13 Adam Franco - fix invalid characters in t...

Polycom Web Management Interface Command Injection

===== Tempest Security Intelligence - Advisory 02 / 2012 ================== Polycom Web Management Interface O.S. Command Injection ------------------------------------------------------- Authors: - Joao Paulo Caldas Campello: - @jpcampello - http://linkedin.com/in/jpcampello - - Heyder Andrade: ...

Proof of Concept : PuttyHijack – Hijack SSH/PuTTY Sessions

Proof of Concept : PuttyHijack - Hijack SSH/PuTTY Sessions PuttyHijack is a POC tool that injects a dll into the Putty process to hijack an existing, or soon to be created, connection. This can be useful during penetration tests when a windows box that has been compromised is used to SSH/Telnet...

CVE-2011-3744

HTML Purifier 4.2.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php file, which reveals the installation path in an error message, as demonstrated by tests/PHPT/Reporter/SimpleTest.php and certain other files...

CVE-2011-3699

John Lim ADOdb Library for PHP 5.11 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php file, which reveals the installation path in an error message, as demonstrated by tests/test-active-record.php and certain other files...

CVE-2011-3730: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Drupal 7.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php file, which reveals the installation path in an error message, as demonstrated by modules/simpletest/tests/upgrade/drupal-6.upload.database.php and certain other files...

CGI Generic Tests Load Estimation (quick tests, text injection)

This script computes the maximum number of requests that would be done by the generic web tests, depending on miscellaneous options. It does not perform any test by itself. It adjusts the mode of each script if it is unable to run in the given time. The results can be used to estimate the duratio...

CGI Generic Tests Load Estimation (full tests)

This script computes the maximum number of requests that would be done by the generic web tests, depending on miscellaneous options. It does not perform any test by itself. It adjusts the mode of each script if it is unable to run in the given time. The results can be used to estimate the duratio...

WAVSEP 1.0.3 – Web Application Vulnerability Scanner Evaluation Project

WAVSEP 1.0.3 – Web Application Vulnerability Scanner Evaluation Project A vulnerable web application designed to help assessing the features, quality and accuracy of web application vulnerability scanners. This evaluation platform contains a collection of unique vulnerable web pages that can be...