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Several security issues were fixed in Intel Microcode.
raptor2 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.
An update that solves 18 vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
An update that fixes 18 vulnerabilities is now available.
Reading Time: ~ 4 min. A few years back, cryptojacking and cryptomining emerged as relatively low-effort ways to profit by hijacking another’s computing resources. Today, cloudjacking and cloud mining capitalize on similar principles, only by targeting the near infinite resources of the cloud to generate revenue for attackers. Knowing this growing threat is key to […]
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The cache of data sitting wide open on a server included full names, national ID numbers and credit card data The post Data on millions of hotel guests exposed in cloud storage leak appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
The ppp de-capsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3 can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory. The buffer should be big enough to hold the captured data, but it
It was discovered that ZeroMQ, a lightweight messaging kernel library does not properly handle connecting peers before a handshake is completed. A remote, unauthenticated client connecting to an application using the libzmq library, running with a socket
Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website.
Fabian Vogt discovered a flaw in sddm before 0.19.0. A local attacker can take advantage of a race condition when creating the Xauthority file to escalate privileges (CVE-2020-28049). References:
Lout 3.40 has a buffer overflow in the StringQuotedWord() function in z39.c. (CVE-2019-19917) Lout 3.40 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the srcnext() function in z02.c. (CVE-2019-19918)
ACL restrictions bypass. (CVE-2020-25654) References: – https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27472 – https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/27/1
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An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
It was discovered that Docker could be made to expose sensitive information when processing URLs in container image manifests. A remote attacker could use this to trick the user and obtain the user’s registry credentials (CVE-2020-15157).
An update that solves 18 vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has 35 fixes is now available.
SFD_GetFontMetaData() insufficient CVE-2020-5395 backport. (CVE-2020-25690) References: – https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27563 – https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4844
The latest release of mariadb fixes some undisclosed easily exploitable vulnerabilities. (CVE-2020-14765, CVE-2020-14776, CVE-2020-14789 and CVE-2020-14812). Additionally some bugs are fixed:
It was discovered that junit contained a local information disclosure vulnerability. On Unix like systems, the system’s temporary directory is shared between all users on that system. Because of this, when files and directories are written into this directory they are, by default, readable by other users on that same system. This vulnerability does not […]
Vaisha Bernard discovered that blueman did not properly sanitize input on the D-Bus interface to blueman-mechanism. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges and run arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (CVE-2020-15238).
The suricata package has been updated to version 4.1.9, which fixes security issues and other bugs. See the upstream announcements for details. References: – https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27475
An XSS Vulnerability exists in Webmin 1.941 and earlier affecting the Cluster Shell Commands Endpoint. A user may enter any XSS Payload into the Command field and execute it. Then, after revisiting the Cluster Shell Commands Menu, the XSS Payload will be rendered and executed. (CVE-2020-8820)
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In libexif/exif-entry.c, through libexif 0.6.21-2+deb9u4, compiler optimization could remove a buffer overflow check, making a buffer overflow possible with some EXIF tags.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has 7 fixes is now available.
It was discovered that raptor2, an RDF parser library, is prone to heap-based buffer overflow flaws, which could result in denial of service, or potentially the execution of arbitrary code, if a specially crafted file is processed.
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The developer of popular video game franchises took swift action to prevent the attack from spreading further across its systems The post Gaming company Capcom hit by cyberattack appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
Reading Time: ~ 2 min. Maze Ransomware Group Ends Operations A press release issued this week announced the end of the Maze ransomware group’s data theft operations. In the release, the Maze authors revealed their motives behind one of the most successful ransomware campaigns to date, and why they chose to finally shut down their […]
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in WordPress, a web blogging tool. They allowed remote attackers to run insecure deserialization, embed spam, perform various Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) or Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks, escalate privileges, run arbitrary
netqmail could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.
Update to CVE release 3001.3-1 for Python3 Includes fixes for CVE-2020-16846, CVE-2020-17490, CVE-2020-25592
Fix executable hardening (PIC/PIE)
Update to v2.1.4. Contains security fix for CVE-2020-15238.
Update to Chromium 86. A few big things here: 1. Upstream has made hardware accelerated video support (VAAPI) for Linux possible without patches. One key difference is that the patchset used previously in Fedora enabled it by default and upstream’s approach disables it by default. To enable Hardware accelerated video in chromium, open this link […]
