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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 297 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn tcs makes linux disa compliant comments Discuss  
http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/45781-1.htmlBy Joab JacksonGCN.com02/05/08 Trusted Computer Solutions has upgraded its Security Blanket security compliance software so that it can make Red Hat Enterprise Linux compliant with the settings defined in the Defense Information Systems Agencys Security Technical Implementation Guide for that operating system.The profile also includes Linux security profiles from the SANS Institute and the Center for Internet Security, and a security profile for the LAMP stack read more »
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| Posted by Avatar Staff 297 days ago
Via: http://uninformed.org | Tags: linux improvised userland schedular virus comments Discuss  
This paper discusses the combination of a userland scheduler and runtime process infection for a virus. These two concepts complete each other. The runtime process infection opens the door to ... read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 295 days ago
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------+| LinuxSecurity.com Weekly Newsletter || February 8th, 2008 Volume 9, Number 6 || || Editorial Team: Dave Wreski <dwreski@private> || Benjamin D. Thomas <bthomas@private> |+------------------------------------------------------------------------+T read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 294 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: linux kernel vmsplice vulnerabilities comments Discuss  
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), disclose potentially sensitive information, and gain escalated privileges.Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:http://secunia.com/software_inspector/Feature Overview - The Secunia Software Inspector: * Detects insecure versions of applications installed * Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applie read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 293 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: debian update linux comments Discuss  
Debian has issued an update for linux-2.6. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), disclose potentially sensitive information, and gain escalated privileges.Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:http://secunia.com/software_inspector/Feature Overview - The Secunia Software Inspector: * Detects insecure versions of applications insta read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 290 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: critical linux kernel bugs discovered comments Discuss  
Security researchers have uncovered "critical" security flaws in a version of the Linux kernel used by a large number of popular distributions. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 290 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn major linux security glitch lets hackers claranet comments Discuss  
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/14/claranet_linux_security_hole/By Chris Williams and John Leyden The Register14th February 2008A major security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which was revealed on Sunday, has claimed its first confirmed UK victim in business ISP Claranet.Hackers used a bug in the sys_vmsplice kernel call, which handles virtual memory management, to gain root privileges and replace Claranet customers' index.html files with the hacker's calling card.The exploit was noticed at about read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 286 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: linux kernel multiple vulnerabilities comments Discuss  
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially gain escalated privileges.Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:http://secunia.com/software_inspector/Feature Overview - The Secunia Software Inspector: * Detects insecure versions of applications installed * Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied * Assists you in updating your read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 286 days ago
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------+| LinuxSecurity.com Weekly Newsletter || February 15th, 2008 Volume 9, Number 7 || || Editorial Team: Dave Wreski <dwreski@private> || Benjamin D. Thomas <bthomas@private> |+------------------------------------------------------------------------+T read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 272 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: adobe reader linux insecure temporary files comments Discuss  
A security issue has been reported in Adobe Reader, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:http://secunia.com/software_inspector/Feature Overview - The Secunia Software Inspector: * Detects insecure versions of applications installed * Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied * Assists you in updating your system and applications * Runs th read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 271 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: linux kiss server logmessage format string vulnerability comments Discuss  
vashnukad has discovered a vulnerability in Linux Kiss Server, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:http://secunia.com/software_inspector/Feature Overview - The Secunia Software Inspector: * Detects insecure versions of applications installed * Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied * Assists you in updating your system and applications * Runs thro read more »
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