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UNCOVERING VULNERABILITIES IN CRYPTOGRAPHIC LIBRARIES: MAYHEM, MATRIXSSL, AND WOLFSSL

ForAllSecure

As part of a recent initiative at ForAllSecure to analyze more open source software with Mayhem, a next-generation fuzzing solution, we decided to investigate some cryptographic libraries. Why Crypto Libraries? Why look at crypto libraries? Fuzzing MatrixSSL. We chose to look at parsing x509 certificates. Fuzzing WolfSSL.

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Uncovering Vulnerabilities In Cryptographic Libraries: Mayhem, MatrixSSL, And WolfSSL (CVE-2019-13470)

ForAllSecure

As part of a recent initiative at ForAllSecure to analyze more open source software with Mayhem, a next-generation fuzzing solution, we decided to investigate some cryptographic libraries. Why Crypto Libraries? Why look at crypto libraries? Fuzzing MatrixSSL. We chose to look at parsing x509 certificates. Fuzzing WolfSSL.

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Uncovering Vulnerabilities In Cryptographic Libraries: Mayhem, MatrixSSL, And WolfSSL (CVE-2019-13470)

ForAllSecure

As part of a recent initiative at ForAllSecure to analyze more open source software with Mayhem, a next-generation fuzzing solution, we decided to investigate some cryptographic libraries. Why Crypto Libraries? Why look at crypto libraries? Fuzzing MatrixSSL. We chose to look at parsing x509 certificates. Fuzzing WolfSSL.

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Golang-Based Botnet GoBruteforcer targets web servers

Security Affairs

In order to compromise a target system, the samples require special conditions on it, such as the use of specific arguments and targeted services already being installed (with weak passwords). For MySQL and Postgres services, the malware scans for open ports 3306 and 5432, then pings the host’s database with a certain username and password.

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Multiple flaws in Netgear Nighthawk R6700v3 router are still unpatched

Security Affairs

CVE-2021-20174 : Default HTTP Communication (Web Interface). CVE-2021-20175 : Default HTTP Communication (SOAP Interface). CVE-2021-45077 : Plaintext Password Storage. Below is the list of flaws discovered by the researchers: CVE-2021-20173 : Post Authentication Command Injection via SOAP Interface.

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Chinese actor ‘Unfading Sea Haze’ remained undetected for five years

Security Affairs

Attackers also manipulate local Administrator accounts to maintain persistence, they were spotted enabling the disabled local Administrator account, followed by resetting its password. Upon receiving a request, it executes the encoded JavaScript code using the Microsoft.JScript library.

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Vulnerability Recap 4/1/24: Cisco, Fortinet & Windows Server Updates

eSecurity Planet

or above March 25, 2024 Hackers Pollute Python Package Index Open-Source Libraries Type of vulnerability (or attack): Malicious library code. Checkmarx estimates over 170,000 developers use affected libraries and might possess corrupted code. The fix: Update affected versions ASAP: FortiClient EMS 7.2: Upgrade versions 7.2.0

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