---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia is proud to announce the availability of the Secunia Software Inspector. The Secunia Software Inspector is a free service that detects insecure versions of software that you may have installed in your system. When insecure versions are detected, the Secunia Software Inspector also provides thorough guidelines for updating the software to the latest secure version from the vendor. Try it out online: http://secunia.com/software_inspector/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: NX Server "nxconfigure.sh" Denial of Service SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA23993 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/23993/ CRITICAL: Not critical IMPACT: DoS WHERE: Local system SOFTWARE: NX Server 2.x http://secunia.com/product/13377/ DESCRIPTION: A security issue has been reported in NX Server, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The security issue is caused due to the "nxconfigure.sh" script not correctly checking the permissions of the invoking user. This can be exploited to cause a DoS by modifying certain configuration values within the "server.cfg" file. The security issue is reported in versions prior to 2.1.0-18. SOLUTION: Update to version 2.1.0-18. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Reported by the vendor. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://www.nomachine.com/news_read.php?idnews=190 http://www.nomachine.com/tr/view.php?id=TR01E01622 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------