Submitted by securityadmin on
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/kill-tool-released-for-unpatched-apac...
A simple perl script run against an unpatched Apache server could lead
to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack against the server. It causes the
Apache process to spiral out of control, consuming CPU and Memory on the
Host and in some cases, stops entirely.
During the attack, web pages served by the Apache process are slow or
non existent.
Submitted by securityadmin on
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/kill-tool-released-for-unpatched-apac...
A simple perl script run against an unpatched Apache server could lead
to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack against the server. It causes the
Apache process to spiral out of control, consuming CPU and Memory on the
Host and in some cases, stops entirely.
During the attack, web pages served by the Apache process are slow or
non existent.
Submitted by securityadmin on
Submitted by securityadmin on
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/22/skype_security_bug/
"The XSS, or cross-site scripting, vulnerability in Skype 5.5.0.113 is
the result of the voice-over-IP client failing to inspect user-supplied
phone numbers for malicious code, researcher Levent Kayan said. As a
result, attackers might be able to exploit the bug to inject commands or
scripts that hijack the machine running the program.
Submitted by securityadmin on
http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-08-23-1
This release fixes two bugs:
* Fixed - crypt() returns only the salt for MD5
* Reverted a change in timeout handling restoring PHP 5.3.6 behavior,
which caused mysqlnd SSL connections to hang
The first in the list is the security alert sent out a couple of days ago
advising all to hold off on updating PHP.
Please reply back to this ticket if you found this security alert useful.
Submitted by securityadmin on
Submitted by securityadmin on
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/22/skype_security_bug/
"The XSS, or cross-site scripting, vulnerability in Skype 5.5.0.113 is
the result of the voice-over-IP client failing to inspect user-supplied
phone numbers for malicious code, researcher Levent Kayan said. As a
result, attackers might be able to exploit the bug to inject commands or
scripts that hijack the machine running the program.
Submitted by securityadmin on
http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-08-23-1
This release fixes two bugs:
* Fixed - crypt() returns only the salt for MD5
* Reverted a change in timeout handling restoring PHP 5.3.6 behavior,
which caused mysqlnd SSL connections to hang
The first in the list is the security alert sent out a couple of days ago
advising all to hold off on updating PHP.
Please reply back to this ticket if you found this security alert useful.
Submitted by securityadmin on
Submitted by securityadmin on