vulnerability
Drupal Author Pane module security bypass weakness
A weakness has been reported in the Author Pane module for Drupal, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, according to Secunia. …
OpenSSL CRL bypass and ECDH DoS vulnerability
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in OpenSSL, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and cause a Denial of Service, according …
MantisBT multiple vulnerabilities
Vulnerabilities have been reported in MantisBT, according to Secunia. These can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks and disclose …
vAuthenticate multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in vAuthenticate, which can be exploited by malicious users and malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks, according to …
Facebook pays bug hunters $40,000 in three weeks
The recently introduced Facebook bug bounty program has proved to be a great success, says Joe Sullivan, the company’s chief security officer. “We know and have …
Slow HTTP DoS vulnerability test tool
Slow HTTP DoS attacks rely on the fact that the HTTP protocol, by design, requires requests to be completely received by the server before they are processed. If an HTTP …
“Apache Killer” tool spotted in the wild
The developers behind the open source Apache Foundation issued a warning for all users of the Apache HTTPD Web Server, as an attack tool it has been made available on the …
Skype XSS vulnerability allows malicious code injection?
According to a German researcher, a XSS bug in the latest (5.5.0.113) Skype version for Windows could allow attackers to inject malicious code into users’ phone sessions …
Critical bug found in latest PHP release, users advised against updating
PHP users are advised against upgrading to the latest (5.3.7) release of the scripting language because a critical flaw has been spotted only a day before its release. The bug …
RealPlayer multiple vulnerabilities
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in RealPlayer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system, according to Secunia. 1. A …
Researchers identify first flaws in the Advanced Encryption Standard
Researchers have found a weakness in the AES algorithm. They managed to come up with a clever new attack that can recover the secret key four times easier than anticipated by …
Adobe acknowledges the 80 Flash Player bugs found by Google
Following Adobe’s latest release of patches for a number of its products, a discussion was started by Google researcher Tavis Ormandy who claimed that he himself has …
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