Debian Linux Security Advisory 3311-1 – Several issues have been discovered in the MariaDB database server. The vulnerabilities are addressed by upgrading MariaDB to the new upstream version 10.0.20.
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Debian Security Advisory 3309-1
Debian Linux Security Advisory 3309-1 – Fernando Munoz discovered that invalid HTML input passed to tidy, an HTML syntax checker and reformatter, could trigger a buffer overflow. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code.
Debian Security Advisory 3310-1
Debian Linux Security Advisory 3310-1 – It was discovered that an integer overflow in freexl, a library to parse Microsoft Excel spreadsheets may result in denial of service if a malformed Excel file is opened.
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201507-20
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201507-20 – Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PostgreSQL, the worst of which could result in execution of arbitrary code or privilege escalation. Versions less than 9.4.3 are affected.
Slackware Security Advisory – php Updates
Slackware Security Advisory – New php packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues.
Slackware Security Advisory – httpd Updates
Slackware Security Advisory – New httpd packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues.
Debian Security Advisory 3308-1
Debian Linux Security Advisory 3308-1 – Several issues have been discovered in the MySQL database server. The vulnerabilities are addressed by upgrading MySQL to the new upstream version 5.5.44.
Free Tool Looks for HackingTeam Malware
UPDATE–Researchers at Rook Security have released a new tool that looks for HackingTeam malware on target systems, and also have published a set of indicators of compromise to help organizations look for signs of an infection from the intrusion software.
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Microsoft advises ‘spoofed’ Skype users to change passwords
Skype users have been advised by Microsoft to change their passwords following reports that ‘spoofed’ messages are being sent without user permission.
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