https://www.esiss.ac.uk EMMAN Shared Information Security Service Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:11:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/pcanywhere-users-at-increased-security-risk/ https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/pcanywhere-users-at-increased-security-risk/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:17:03 +0000 Mohamed Imran https://www.esiss.ac.uk/?p=2358 https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/pcanywhere-users-at-increased-security-risk/feed/ 0 https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/linux-local-root-exploit-2/ https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/linux-local-root-exploit-2/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:01:30 +0000 paulwhitton https://www.esiss.ac.uk/?p=2350 =2.6.39 which can give a local user root level access. The code exploits the following vulnerability, announced on the 18th January 2012. CVE-2012-0056 kernel: proc: /proc//mem mem_write insufficient permission checking Details of the exploit and full write up can be found here: http://blog.zx2c4.com/749]]> https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/linux-local-root-exploit-2/feed/ 0 https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/screen-locking-programs-on-xorg-1-11/ https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/screen-locking-programs-on-xorg-1-11/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:19:50 +0000 paulwhitton https://www.esiss.ac.uk/?p=2340 https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/screen-locking-programs-on-xorg-1-11/feed/ 0 https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/scams-targeting-domain-name-registrants/ https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/scams-targeting-domain-name-registrants/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:08:28 +0000 paulwhitton https://www.esiss.ac.uk/?p=2318 https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/scams-targeting-domain-name-registrants/feed/ 0 https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/adobe-flash-0-day-vulnerabilities/ https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/adobe-flash-0-day-vulnerabilities/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:21:24 +0000 Mohamed Imran https://www.esiss.ac.uk/?p=2294 https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/adobe-flash-0-day-vulnerabilities/feed/ 0 https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/zero-day-vulnerability-in-adobe-reader/ https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/zero-day-vulnerability-in-adobe-reader/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:47:20 +0000 paulwhitton https://www.esiss.ac.uk/?p=2266 https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/zero-day-vulnerability-in-adobe-reader/feed/ 0 https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/bind-9-resolver-crash/ https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/bind-9-resolver-crash/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:08:39 +0000 paulwhitton https://www.esiss.ac.uk/?p=2247 https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/bind-9-resolver-crash/feed/ 0 https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/critical-alert-microsoft-windows-remote-code-execution/ https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/critical-alert-microsoft-windows-remote-code-execution/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:40:06 +0000 paulwhitton https://www.esiss.ac.uk/?p=2236 https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/critical-alert-microsoft-windows-remote-code-execution/feed/ 0 https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/oracle-releases-critical-security-updates-october-2011/ https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/oracle-releases-critical-security-updates-october-2011/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:15:34 +0000 Mohamed Imran https://www.esiss.ac.uk/?p=2233 https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/oracle-releases-critical-security-updates-october-2011/feed/ 0 https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/apache-http-security-advisory/ https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/apache-http-security-advisory/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:15:23 +0000 Mohamed Imran https://www.esiss.ac.uk/?p=2218 https://www.esiss.ac.uk/general/apache-http-security-advisory/feed/ 0