Security Advisories & Alerts

CVE-2017-7874: Linux Kernel 4.8.0 UDEV < 232 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description:  udevd in udev 232, when the Linux kernel 4.8.0 is used, does not properly verify the source of a Netlink message, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging access to the NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT family, and the presence of the /lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules file, to provide a crafted REMOVE_CMD value. Impact: Local attackers may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges. Mitigation:...

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Nagios CVE-2016-8641 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description:  A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in nagios that occurs in daemon-init.in when creating necessary files and insecurely changing the ownership afterwards. It’s possible for the local attacker to create symbolic links before the files are to be created and possibly escalating the privileges with the ownership change. Impact: A local attacker may exploit this issue to gain elevated root privileges on the affected...

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Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Description:  The vulnerabilities are due to a buffer overflow condition in the SNMP subsystem of the affected software. The vulnerabilities affect all versions of SNMP – Versions 1, 2c, and 3. To exploit these vulnerabilities via SNMP Version 2c or earlier, the attacker must know the SNMP read-only community string for the affected system. To exploit these vulnerabilities via SNMP Version 3, the attacker must...

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ISC BIND CVE-2017-3143 Security Bypass Vulnerability

Description:  BIND is open source software that enables you to publish your Domain Name System (DNS) information on the Internet, and to resolve DNS queries for your users. An attacker who is able to send and receive messages to an authoritative DNS server and who has knowledge of a valid TSIG key name for the zone and service being targeted may be able to manipulate BIND...

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ISC BIND CVE-2017-3142 Security Bypass Vulnerability

Description:  BIND is open source software that enables you to publish your Domain Name System (DNS) information on the Internet, and to resolve DNS queries for your users. An attacker who is able to send and receive messages to an authoritative DNS server and who has knowledge of a valid TSIG key name may be able to circumvent TSIG authentication of AXFR requests via a carefully...

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