Entries from May 2005

Apache utility vulnerability

May 27, 2005

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-133-1 May 26, 2005
apache vulnerability
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/17413
A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog)
The following packages are affected:
apache-utils
The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to
version 1.3.31-6ubuntu0.7. In general, a standard system upgrade is
sufficient to [...]

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Firefox vulnerabilities

May 27, 2005

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-134-1 May 26, 2005
mozilla-firefox vulnerabilities
MFSA 2005-42, CAN-2005-1531, CAN-2005-1532
A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog)
The following packages are affected:
mozilla-firefox
The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to
version 1.0.2-0ubuntu5.3. After doing a standard [...]

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Programming: The Heart of Web Security

May 27, 2005

1 The Vulnerability of Web Applications
Information and data transmission system security holds a place of ever-growing
importance in todayâ€™s world. The expansion of the Web has provided businesses
with an ideal platform for introducing and promoting their products and services.
The Web is accessible to all, being both easy to use and widespread. It frequently
supplies the responsiveness [...]

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Brute Forcing – discovering weak logins

May 27, 2005

Introduction
This How To will teach someone who knows nothing at all about cracking
websites how to gain access to a website that requires membership. The
method discussed here is known as brute forcing. The idea behind brute
forcing is that the usernames and passwords that people use on many
sites are easy to guess. This is for the most [...]

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