Cisco IronPort AsyncOS 9.1.2-023, 9.1.2-028, 9.1.2-036, 9.7.2-046, 9.7.2-047, 9.7.2-054, 10.0.0-124, and 10.0.0-125 on Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices, when Enrollment Client before 1.0.2-065 is installed, allows remote attackers to obtain root access via a connection to the testing/debugging interface, aka Bug ID CSCvb26017.
Monthly Archives: September 2016
CVE-2016-6414
iox in Cisco IOS, possibly 15.6 and earlier, and IOS XE, possibly 3.18 and earlier, allows local users to execute arbitrary IOx Linux commands on the guest OS via crafted iox command-line options, aka Bug ID CSCuz59223.
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3087-1
Ubuntu Security Notice 3087-1 – Shi Lei discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled the OCSP Status Request extension. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause memory consumption, resulting in a denial of service. Guido Vranken discovered that OpenSSL used undefined behaviour when performing pointer arithmetic. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue has only been addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS in this update. Various other issues were also addressed.
Debian Security Advisory 3674-1
Debian Linux Security Advisory 3674-1 – Multiple security issues have been found in the Mozilla Firefox web implementation errors may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or information disclosure.
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3073-1
Ubuntu Security Notice 3073-1 – Christian Holler, Carsten Book, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Andrew McCreight, and Phil Ringnalda discovered multiple memory safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code.
Debian Security Advisory 3673-1
Debian Linux Security Advisory 3673-1 – Several vulnerabilities were discovered in OpenSSL.
500 Million Yahoo Accounts Stolen By State-Sponsored Hackers
Yahoo confirmed that in 2014 state-sponsored hackers stole information associated with 500 million accounts from its network.
Drupal Patches Three Vulnerabilities in Core Engine
Three vulnerabilities were patched Wednesday in the Drupal content management system’s core engine, two of which were rated critical.
CVE-2014-2146
The Zone-Based Firewall (ZBFW) functionality in Cisco IOS, possibly 15.4 and earlier, and IOS XE, possibly 3.13 and earlier, mishandles zone checking for existing sessions, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended resource-access restrictions via spoofed traffic that matches one of these sessions, aka Bug IDs CSCun94946 and CSCun96847.
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3076-1
Ubuntu Security Notice 3076-1 – Atte Kettunen discovered an out-of-bounds read when handling certain Content Security Policy directives in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash. Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Gary Kwong, Nathan Froyd, Honza Bambas, Seth Fowler, Michael Smith, Andrew McCreight, Dan Minor, Byron Campen, Jon Coppeard, Steve Fink, Tyson Smith, and Carsten Book discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.