Archive for October 1st, 2013

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President Obama forgets to renew SSL certificate

Oct01
by Ike on October 1, 2013 at 4:30 pm
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At the start of the first US Government shutdown since 1996, an SSL certificate used on barackobama.com has expired. Issued by Go Daddy in September 2012, the SSL certificate for *.barackobama.com and barackobama.com was used by Organizing for Action, a non-profit grassroots organisation aligned with Obama’s political policies. Whilst not directly associated with the US […]

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Most Reliable Hosting Company Sites in September 2013

Oct01
by Ike on October 1, 2013 at 2:30 pm
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Qube Managed Services had the most reliable hosting company site in September 2013, with not a single failed request throughout the whole month, and an average connection time of only 0.066 seconds.

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Ubuntu: 1976-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Oct01
by Ike on October 1, 2013 at 3:35 am
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(Sep 30) Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

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Ubuntu: 1979-1: txt2man vulnerability

Oct01
by Ike on October 1, 2013 at 3:35 am
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(Sep 30) txt2man could be made to overwrite files.

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Debian: 2766-1: linux-2.6: privilege escalation/denial

Oct01
by Ike on October 1, 2013 at 3:31 am
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(Sep 27) Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service, information leak or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: [More…]

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Debian: 2767-1: proftpd-dfsg: denial of service

Oct01
by Ike on October 1, 2013 at 3:23 am
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(Sep 29) Kingcope discovered that the mod_sftp and mod_sftp_pam modules of proftpd, a powerful modular FTP/SFTP/FTPS server, are not properly validating input, before making pool allocations. An attacker can use this flaw to conduct denial of service attacks against the system [More…]

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