vulnerability

iPhone Vulnerability, Fix Coming on November 21st in Firmware 2....

MacRumors  Thu, 11/20/2008 - 15:18

German publication Spiegel.de reports an newly announced iPhone vulnerability that can force a (potentially expensive) phone call to be made simply by visiting a webpage in Safari.

The vulnerability was to be announced in ComputerBild on Monday bu...


 

Fake Unix and Linux Advisory - The /dev/null Vulnerability

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Sat, 11/15/2008 - 20:43

We all knew it was only a matter of time until the bit bucket flowed over ;)


 

[3/5] HP Service Manager Unspecified Security Bypass Vulnerabili...

Topix - Linux  Thu, 11/13/2008 - 07:07

Description : A vulnerability has been reported in HP Service Manager, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions.


 

Hackers Target Patched Adobe Reader Flaw

Topix - Linux  Fri, 11/07/2008 - 19:22

Hackers have begun exploiting a vulnerability affecting versions of Adobe Reader.


 

[2/5] HP Tru64 UNIX AdvFS "showfile" Privilege Escalation Vulner...

Topix - Unix  Fri, 11/07/2008 - 07:10

Description : A vulnerability has been reported in HP Tru64 UNIX, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.


 

SkyRecon Detects PDF Vulnerability

Topix - Unix  Fri, 11/07/2008 - 02:46

SkyRecon Systems , the premier provider of integrated, proactive endpoint security solutions, today announced that it has reported a vulnerability - CVE-2008-4814 - in the Adobe Acrobat PDF file format.


 

Trying Secunia Vulnerability Scanning

Topix - Unix  Mon, 10/27/2008 - 10:21

One feature which most Unix systems possess, and that most Windows systems lack, is a native means to manage non-base applications.


 

Security advisories for Friday

LWN.net  Fri, 10/24/2008 - 06:43

CentOS has updated ruby (multiple vulnerabilities).

Debian has updated libspf2 (buffer overflow).

Red Hat has updated IBM java 1.5 (unspecified vulnerability), IBM java 1.6 (multiple vulnerabilities).

SUSE has updated opera, java (various issues).


 

Microsoft Security Bulletin - Vulnerability in Server Service Co...

Topix - Linux  Thu, 10/23/2008 - 11:34

This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Server service.


 

rdesktop in Linux, + Ubuntu vulnerability and fix!

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Wed, 10/22/2008 - 10:21

use the famous rdesktop to connect remotely to your Window$ machine. Don't forget about security (both on the Windows and Linux side)!