Security Alert

Slowloris DoS Tool: It Can Bring Down Apache 1.x/2.x

in Categories Apache, Networking, News, PF Firewall, RedHat/Fedora Linux, Security Alert, UNIX, Windows server last updated June 19, 2009

Apache Security Update – a flaw In Apache can be used to carry out DoS. Slowloris is a new Apache DoS tool which can use slow Internet links to bring down Apache servers, rather than flooding networks. Most D/DoS tool requires faster net connections but this tool works with minimal bandwidth. This tool can lead to a DoS attack on Apache 1.x, 2.x, dhttpd, GoAhead WebServer, and Squid, while MS IIS6.0, IIS7.0, and lighttpd are confirmed not vulnerable to this attack.

Important: Openssl Security Update [CVE-2008-5077]

in Categories CentOS, Debian Linux, fedora linux, FreeBSD, GNU/Open source, Howto, Linux, News, RedHat/Fedora Linux, Security Alert, Slackware, Suse Linux, Sys admin last updated January 8, 2009

Linux / BSD and UNIX like operating systems includes software from the OpenSSL Project. The OpenSSL is commercial-grade, industry-strength, full-featured Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols as well as general purpose cryptography library.

The Google security team discovered a flaw in the way OpenSSL checked the verification of certificates. An attacker in control of a malicious server, or able to effect a “man in the middle” attack, could present a malformed SSL/TLS signature from a certificate chain to a vulnerable client and bypass validation.

This update has been rated as having important security impact on FreeBSD, all version of Ubuntu / Debian, Red Hat (RHEL), CentOS, Fedora and other open source operating system that depends upon OpenSSL.

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 Update 6 Released

in Categories Debian Linux, Linux distribution, Security, Security Alert last updated December 18, 2008

Didn’t take long to release new updated version.

The Debian project is pleased to announce the sixth update of its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codename “etch”). This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustment to serious problems. This update has been rated as having important security impact. You are advised to upgrade system ASAP.

FreeBSD Kernel Critical Update: arc4random predictable sequence vulnerability

in Categories FreeBSD, Security, Security Alert last updated November 25, 2008

FreeBSD today released a core (kernel) patched to plug “arc4random predictable sequence vulnerability” security hole in its operating systems version 6.x and 7.x stable release. When the arc4random random number generator is initialized, there may be inadequate entropy to meet the needs of kernel systems which rely on arc4random; and it may take up to 5 minutes before arc4random is reseeded with secure entropy from the Yarrow random number generator. All security-related kernel subsystems that rely on a quality random number generator are subject to a wide range of possible attacks. This update has been rated as having important security impact.

Debian Upgrade: GNU/Linux 4.0 Update 5 Available

in Categories Debian Linux, Howto, Linux, Linux distribution, Security, Security Alert last updated October 24, 2008

The industry strength community driven enterprise grade Debian GNU/Linux version 4.0 stable update 5 has been released and available for immediate downloaded as well as updates via apt-get package manager. This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustment to serious problems. All users are advised to upgrade system.