DOS

Pierluigi Paganini March 12, 2023
Cisco fixed CVE-2023-20049 DoS flaw affecting enterprise routers

Cisco fixed a high-severity DoS vulnerability (CVE-2023-20049) in IOS XR software that impacts several enterprise routers. Cisco has released security updates to address a high-severity DoS vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20049 (CVSS score of 8.6), in IOS XR software used by several enterprise-grade routers. The vulnerability resides in the bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) hardware offload feature […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2023
A critical flaw affects Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy, patch it now!

Fortinet addressed a critical heap buffer underflow vulnerability affecting FortiOS and FortiProxy, which can lead to arbitrary code execution. Fortinet addressed a critical buffer underwrite (‘buffer underflow’) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-25610 (CVSS v3 9.3), that resides in the administrative interface in FortiOS and FortiProxy. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit the vulnerability to execute arbitrary […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2023
A High-severity bug in F5 BIG-IP can lead to code execution and DoS

Experts warn of a high-severity vulnerability that affects F5 BIG-IP that can lead to arbitrary code execution or DoS condition. A high-severity vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP, tracked as CVE-2023-22374, can be exploited to cause a DoS condition and potentially lead to arbitrary code execution. “A format string vulnerability exists in iControl SOAP that allows an […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2023
Experts warn of two flaws in popular open-source software ImageMagick

Experts disclosed details of two security flaws in the open-source software ImageMagick that could potentially lead to information disclosure or trigger a DoS condition. Researchers at Metabase Q discovered a couple of security vulnerabilities in the open-source image manipulation software ImageMagick that could potentially lead to information disclosure or trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) condition (CVE-2022-44268, CVE-2022-44267). ImageMagick is […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2022
Palo Alto Networks warns of Reflected Amplification DoS issue in PAN-OS

Palo Alto Networks devices running the PAN-OS are abused to launch reflected amplification denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Threat actors are exploiting a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-0028 (CVSS score of 8.6), in Palo Alto Networks devices running the PAN-OS to launch reflected amplification denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. The vendor has learned that firewalls from multiple vendors are abused to […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 15, 2022
CVE-2022-0778 DoS flaw in OpenSSL was fixed

OpenSSL addressed a high-severity denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-0778, related to certificate parsing. OpenSSL released updates to address a high-severity denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-0778, that affects the BN_mod_sqrt() function used when certificate parsing. The flaw was discovered by the popular Google Project Zero researchers Tavis Ormandy. An attacker can trigger the vulnerability by crafting […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2022
Specially crafted emails could crash Cisco ESA devices

Cisco warns of a DoS issue affecting its Email Security Appliance (ESA) product that could be exploited using specially crafted emails. Cisco ESA products are affected by a DoS vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-20653, that resides in the DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) email verification component of Cisco AsyncOS Software for ESA. A remote, unauthenticated attacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2022
‘doorLock’ – A persistent denial of service flaw affecting iOS 15.2 – iOS 14.7 

Expert found a new persistent DoS vulnerability, dubbed ‘doorLock,’ affecting the Apple HomeKit in iOS 14.7 through 15.2. Security researchers Trevor Spiniolas discovered a new persistent DoS vulnerability, dubbed ‘doorLock,’ affecting the Apple HomeKit in iOS 14.7 through 15.2. HomeKit is a software framework by Apple, made available in iOS/iPadOS that lets users configure, communicate […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 23, 2021
Three trivial bugs in Microsoft Teams Software remain unpatched

Researchers disclosed four vulnerabilities in the Teams business communication software, but Microsoft will not address three of them. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Positive Security discovered four vulnerabilities in the Teams business communication software that could allow accessing internal Microsoft services, spoofing the link preview, and, for Android users, leaking their IP address, and triggering a […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 04, 2021
CISA warns of vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy products

CISA has released six advisories to warn organizations about security vulnerabilities affecting Hitachi Energy products The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published six advisories to inform organizations about the availability of security patches and notifications for vulnerabilities impacting Hitachi Energy products. CISA’s advisories are related to RTU500 series bidirectional communication interface, Relion protection and control […]