Ubuntu users are encouraged to update their operating systems to the latest OpenSSL package versions to address a collection of vulnerabilities.
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Over half of US citizens ‘have experienced a data breach’
A significant number of US citizens have experienced a data breach and are concerned over the security of their personal information, a study reveals.
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Is there a doctor in the phone?
Runny nose? Don’t wipe your nose – take a swipe at your smartphone.
The post Is there a doctor in the phone? appeared first on Avira Blog.
Better Exposed Filters – Less Critical – Cross Site Sscripting (XSS) – SA-CONTRIB-2017-009
- Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-CONTRIB-2017-009
- Project: Better Exposed Filters (third-party module)
- Version: 7.x
- Date: 2017-February-01
- Security risk: 7/25 ( Less Critical) AC:Complex/A:Admin/CI:None/II:Some/E:Theoretical/TD:Uncommon
- Vulnerability: Cross Site Scripting
Description
The Better Exposed Filters module gives site builders more choices for rendering Views’ exposed form elements.
The module does not sufficiently sanitize taxonomy term descriptions when the “Include the term description” option is selected.
This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with the permission “administer taxonomy”.
CVE identifier(s) issued
- A CVE identifier will be requested, and added upon issuance, in accordance with Drupal Security Team processes.
Versions affected
- Better Exposed Filters 7.x-3.x versions prior to 7.x-3.4.
Drupal core is not affected. If you do not use the contributed Better Exposed Filters module, there is nothing you need to do.
Solution
Install the latest version:
- If you use the Better Exposed Filters module for Drupal 7.x, upgrade to Better Exposed Filters 7.x-3.4 or greater.
Also see the Better Exposed Filters project page.
Reported by
Fixed by
- Henri Medot (anrikun)
- Mike Keran (mikeker) the module maintainer
Coordinated by
- Klaus Purer of the Drupal Security Team
Contact and More Information
The Drupal security team can be reached at security at drupal.org or via the contact form at https://www.drupal.org/contact.
Learn more about the Drupal Security team and their policies, writing secure code for Drupal, and securing your site.
Follow the Drupal Security Team on Twitter at https://twitter.com/drupalsecurity
Drupal version:
openldap-2.4.44-7.fc25
This update should make OpenLDAP up to date with latest NSS, notably:
– fix olcTLSProtocolMin handling
– fix TLS_CIPHER_SUITE parsing
– update a list of ciphers to fit latest NSS development
– make use of NSS global settings for `DEFAULTS’ TLS_CIPHER_SUITE keyword
Additionaly, slapd should start correctly after network is online, now.
LogicBoard CMS 3.0 / 4.0 / 4.1 Open Redirect
LogicBoard CMS versions 3.0, 4.0, and 4.1 suffer from an open redirection vulnerability.
QNAP NVR / NAS Overflows
QNAP NVR and NAS devices suffer from multiple overflows. Various makes and models are affected. Full exploitation details provided.
MailStore 10.0.1 Cross Site Scripting / Open Redirect
MailStore versions 9.2 through 10.0.1 suffer from a cross site scripting vulnerability. Additionally, versions 9.0 through 10.0.1 suffer from an open redirection vulnerability.
HP Security Bulletin HPESBGN03696 1
HP Security Bulletin HPESBGN03696 1 – A potential security vulnerability has been identified in certain HPE Helion Eucalyptus services. The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges in Eucalyptus EC2, AutoScaling, CloudWatch, and Load Balancing services. Revision 1 of this advisory.
Debian Security Advisory 3778-1
Debian Linux Security Advisory 3778-1 – Michal Marek discovered that ruby-archive-tar-minitar, a Ruby library that provides the ability to deal with POSIX tar archive files, is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a .. (dot dot) in an extracted filename.