FontParser in Apple iOS before 9.1 and OS X before 10.11.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6976, CVE-2015-6977, CVE-2015-6978, CVE-2015-6990, CVE-2015-6991, CVE-2015-6993, CVE-2015-7008, CVE-2015-7009, and CVE-2015-7010.
Monthly Archives: October 2015
CVE-2015-7019
The NVIDIA driver in the Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7020.
CVE-2015-7020
The NVIDIA driver in the Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7019.
CVE-2015-7021
The Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (kernel memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2015-7023
CFNetwork in Apple iOS before 9.1 and OS X before 10.11.1 does not properly consider the uppercase-versus-lowercase distinction during cookie parsing, which allows remote web servers to overwrite cookies via unspecified vectors.
Kaspersky: Weak Passwords Persist Despite Consistent Internet Threats – The VAR Guy
Don't Underestimate Ransomware – BetaNews
Kaspersky Lab Patents New Technology to Enhance Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Security – VMBlog
NSA’s Divorce from ECC Causing Crypto Hand-Wringing
The NSA is moving away from Elliptic Curve Cryptography, and cryptographers aren’t buying their reasoning that advances in post quantum computing put ECC in jeopardy.
Safari User-Assisted Applescript Exec Attack
In versions of Mac OS X before 10.11.1, the applescript:// URL scheme is provided, which opens the provided script in the Applescript Editor. Pressing cmd-R in the Editor executes the code without any additional confirmation from the user. By getting the user to press cmd-R in Safari, and by hooking the cmd-key keypress event, a user can be tricked into running arbitrary Applescript code. Gatekeeper should be disabled from Security and Privacy in order to avoid the unidentified Developer prompt.