nfs-utils: mount.nfs fails to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE

The nfsaddmntent function in support/nfs/nfsmntent.c in the mount.nsf tool in nfs-utils before 1.2.4 attempts to append to the /etc/mtab file without first checking whether resource limits would interfere, which allows local users to corrupt this file via a process with a small RLIMITFSIZE value,...

USN-1276-1: KDE Utilities vulnerability

Tim Brown discovered that Ark did not properly perform input validation when previewing archive files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted archive file, an attacker could remove files via directory traversal...

Fedora Update for wireshark FEDORA-2011-15328

Check for the Version of wireshark OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for wireshark FEDORA-2011-15328 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under t...

Fedora Update for wireshark FEDORA-2011-15338

Check for the Version of wireshark OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for wireshark FEDORA-2011-15338 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under t...

[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: wireshark-1.4.10-1.fc14

Wireshark is a network traffic analyzer for Unix-ish operating systems. This package lays base for libpcap, a packet capture and filtering library, contains command-line utilities, contains plugins and documentation for wireshark. A graphical user interface is packaged separately to GTK+ package...

New 'Nice Pack' Exploit Kit Found, Thousands of Owned Sites Redirecting Users to Attack Site

A new exploit pack has appeared on the scene in the last week or so and it already is causing trouble for users, with thousands of compromised Web sites redirecting users to a page that is hosting the pack and exploiting vulnerabilities on their machines to install malware. The attackers behind t...

Samba 'mtab' Lock File Handling Local DoS Vulnerability

Samba is prone to a local denial of service DoS vulnerability that affects the mounting utilities SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-on...

PT-2011-1098 · Samba Team +2 · Cifs-Utils +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Samba versions prior to 3.5.15 Samba version 3.5.6 Samba version 3.5.10 and earlier cifs-utils version 4.8.1 Description: The issue affects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. It can be exploited remotel...

California Approves Data Security Rules for Smart Meters

The state of California has approved new rules to protect the data stored on so-called “smart meters,” in an effort to protect customer consumption data as household utilities are wired and connected to an IP-enabled “smart grid.” The California Public Utilities Commission CPUC, which regulates...

FireCAT 2.0 Released - Firefox Catalog of Auditing Extensions

FireCAT 2.0 Released - Firefox Catalog of Auditing Extensions FireCAT Firefox Catalog of Auditing exTensions is a mindmap collection of the most efficient and useful Firefox extensions oriented application security auditing and assessment. FireCAT is not a replacement of other security utilities...

FireCAT 2.0 Released - Firefox Catalog of Auditing Extensions

FireCAT 2.0 Released - Firefox Catalog of Auditing Extensions FireCAT Firefox Catalog of Auditing exTensions is a mindmap collection of the most efficient and useful Firefox extensions oriented application security auditing and assessment. FireCAT is not a replacement of other security utilities...

CentOS Update for perl CESA-2010:0458 centos5 i386

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

Ruby: Symlink race condition by removing directory trees in fileutils module

The FileUtils.removeentrysecure method in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-420, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-330, 1.8.8dev, 1.9.1 through 1.9.1-430, 1.9.2 through 1.9.2-136, and 1.9.3dev allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack...

Fedora Update for xorg-x11-server-utils FEDORA-2011-4879

Check for the Version of xorg-x11-server-utils OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for xorg-x11-server-utils FEDORA-2011-4879 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it...

[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: xorg-x11-server-utils-7.4-17.fc13

A collection of utilities used to tweak and query the runtime configuration of the X server...

VMWare Tools privilege escalations

Privilege escalation via mount.vmhgfs and vmware-user-suid-wrapper suid utilities...

Live Hacking DVD v1.3 Beta - Download !

Live Hacking DVD v1.3 Beta - Download ! Live Hacking DVD is a new Linux distribution packed with tools and utilities for ethical hacking, penetration testing and countermeasure verification. Based on Ubuntu this 'Live CD" runs directly from the DVD and doesn't require installation on your...

[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: wireshark-1.4.6-1.fc14

Wireshark is a network traffic analyzer for Unix-ish operating systems. This package lays base for libpcap, a packet capture and filtering library, contains command-line utilities, contains plugins and documentation for wireshark. A graphical user interface is packaged separately to GTK+ package...

Fedora Update for kdeutils FEDORA-2011-5200

Check for the Version of kdeutils OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for kdeutils FEDORA-2011-5200 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...

[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: kdeutils-4.6.2-1.fc15

Utilities for KDE 4. Includes: kcharselect: character selector kfloppy: floppy formatting tool superkaramba sweeper: clean unwanted traces the user leaves on the system...