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IDS Evasion and Denial of Service Using RPC Design Flaws
White Paper Put simply, a protocol defines the rules a client must follow to communicate with a server (and vice-versa) for a particular type of network service offering. When an RPC call comes in from another... [25 Feb 2004]
Samba servers vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks
News The flaws, known as denial-of-service vulnerabilities, basically could be used to disconnect Samba servers from the network by either overrunning the computer's memory... [15 Sep 2004]
Further security alerts from Microsoft
News Microsoft has issued a pair of security alerts addressing potential flaws that could make its software vulnerable to attackers. However, IIS 6 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 are not affected by the... [29 May 2003]
Three open source flaws plugged
News Two of the flaws could lead to a denial-of-service attack, and a third may allow an attacker to break into a system from the Internet. Cox said that a... [02 Oct 2003]
Cisco flags flaws in VoIP and router software
News Flaws in Cisco Systems software for routers and IP telephony could be a conduit for attacks on enterprise networks, the company has warned. Two flaws exist in the software: one could allow an attacker to... [19 Jan 2006]
Two new WMF flaws emerge
News Microsoft disputes that the flaws can cause Windows to stop responding but said they may affect an application used to view a WMF image. It is no surprise that more WMF flaws are being found, said Mike... [10 Jan 2006]
Corporations riddled with security holes
News Finance, government, legal, retail and utilities sectors have all seen an increase in the number of overall vulnerabilities according to NTA, with government being the only sector to suffer from all of... [19 Jun 2008]
Security flaws found in hundreds of email filtering tools
News The National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC) alert (issued by UNIRAS - the UK equivalent of CERT) warns that flaws in the MIME internet email protocol extension could, if exploited,... [13 Sep 2004]
Creating Arbitrary Shellcode in Unicode Expanded Strings
White Paper The paper is intended to be read by the portion of the security community responsible for creating protective mechanisms to guard against “shellcode” type security flaws; the intention is to remove the... [25 Feb 2004]
Microsoft warns of further IIS server flaws
News Buffer overflow flaws occur when software cannot handle multiple identical repeat commands. The flaw could allow hackers to control websites, steal information or launch a... [14 Jun 2002]
Microsoft fixes smorgasbord of IE flaws
News One of the other flaws is also deemed critical but Microsoft said it is not aware of any malicious code that takes advantage of it. Referring to the two critical IE... [14 Dec 2005]
Windows exploit code raises threat alert
News Exploit code has been published that could take advantage of flaws in Windows XP SP1 and Windows 2000 SP4, according to a warning issued on Thursday by Microsoft. Although the exploit code could be used... [18 Nov 2005]
IE bug crashes browsers
News Although many Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerabilities such as this can lead to the discovery of more serious flaws after further research, AusCERT... [17 Apr 2003]
Cisco warns of VPN flaw
News The advisory said: "These flaws may expose denial of service conditions, format string vulnerabilities, and buffer overflows. A flaw in a key internet security protocol... [15 Nov 2005]
Apple plugs 26 holes in OS X
News Apple on Tuesday issued updates for its Mac OS X operating system to fix 26 security flaws, some serious. Other flaws were found and fixed within components such as Fetchmail, file compression features,... [03 Aug 2006]
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