Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201412-43 – Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MuPDF, possibly resulting in remote code execution or Denial of Service. Versions less than 1.3_p20140118 are affected.
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201412-44
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201412-44 – A vulnerability in policycoreutils could lead to local privilege escalation. Versions prior to 2.2.5-r4 are affected.
CVE-2014-1905
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in ls/vw_snapshots.php in the VideoWhisper Live Streaming Integration plugin before 4.29.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a file with a double extension, and then accessing the file via a direct request to a wp-content/plugins/videowhisper-live-streaming-integration/ls/snapshots/ pathname, as demonstrated by a .php.jpg filename.
CVE-2014-1908
The error-handling feature in (1) bp.php, (2) videowhisper_streaming.php, and (3) ls/rtmp.inc.php in the VideoWhisper Live Streaming Integration plugin before 4.29.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request, which reveals the full path in an error message.
CVE-2014-2224
Plogger 1.0 RC1 and earlier, when the Lucid theme is used, does not assign new values for certain codes, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass the CAPTCHA protection mechanism via a series of form submissions.
CVE-2014-3556
The STARTTLS implementation in mail/ngx_mail_smtp_handler.c in the SMTP proxy in nginx 1.5.x and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 and 1.7.x before 1.7.4 does not properly restrict I/O buffering, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to insert commands into encrypted SMTP sessions by sending a cleartext command that is processed after TLS is in place, related to a “plaintext command injection” attack, a similar issue to CVE-2011-0411.
mrtparse MRT Parsing Tool 1.1
mrtparse is a module to read and analyze the MRT format data. The MRT format data can be used to export routing protocol messages, state changes, and routing information base contents, and is standardized in RFC6396. Programs like Quagga / Zebra, BIRD, OpenBGPD and PyRT can dump the MRT format data. Written in Python.
Ex Libris Patron Directory Services 2.1 Open Redirect
Ex Libris Patron Directory Services version 2.1 suffers from an open redirection vulnerability.
Desktop Linux Password Stealer / Privilege Escalation
This Metasploit module steals the user password of an administrative user on a desktop Linux system when it is entered for unlocking the screen or for doing administrative actions using policykit. Then it escalates to root privileges using sudo and the stolen user password. It exploits the design weakness that there is no trusted channel for transferring the password from the keyboard to the actual password verification against the shadow file (which is running as root since /etc/shadow is only readable to the root user). Both screensavers (xscreensaver/gnome-screensaver) and policykit use a component running under the current user account to query for the password and then pass it to a setuid-root binary to do the password verification. Therefore it is possible to inject a password stealer after compromising the user account. Since sudo requires only the user password (and not the root password of the system), stealing the user password of an administrative user directly allows escalating to root privileges. Please note that you have to start a handler as a background job before running this exploit since the exploit will only create a shell when the user actually enters the password (which may be hours after launching the exploit). Using exploit/multi/handler with the option ExitOnSession set to false should do the job.
Internet Systems Consortium Site Redirects to Angler Exploit
The website of the Internet Systems Consortium, the developers of the BIND DNS software deployed all over the Web, was reportedly infected with malware last week.