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School principal resigns after writing $100,000 check to Elon Musk impersonator

Fixes CVE-2023-1393: X.Org Server Overlay Window Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Update to ldb 2.7.2 and samba 4.18.1 Security fixes for CVE-2023-0225, CVE-2023-0922, CVE-2023-0614

Update to ldb 2.7.2 and samba 4.18.1 Security fixes for CVE-2023-0225, CVE-2023-0922, CVE-2023-0614

Fixes CVE-2023-1393: X.Org Server Overlay Window Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

xwayland 22.1.9 Security fix for CVE-2023-1393

The container suse/sle-micro/5.2/toolbox was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container suse/sle-micro/5.1/toolbox was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container bci/bci-minimal was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container bci/bci-micro was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container bci/bci-init was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container bci/bci-busybox was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

Avoiding data backup failures – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Today is World Backup Day, but maybe we also need a “did you test your backups” day? The post Avoiding data backup failures – Week in security with Tony Anscombe appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Multiple potential security vulnerabilities in some Intel® Processors have been found which may allow information disclosure or may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerabilities.

Ukrainian cops nab suspects accused of stealing $4.3m from victims across Europe

The container bci/openjdk was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

An update for the nodejs:14 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,

A security update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,

go1.19.7 (released 2023-03-07) includes a security fix to the crypto/elliptic package, as well as bug fixes to the linker, the runtime, and the crypto/x509 and syscall packages. See the [Go 1.19.7 milestone on the upstream issue tracker](https://go.dev/doc/devel/release#go1.19.7) for details.

Maintenance release with fix for CVE-2023-28686 and bug fixes.

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Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

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Red Hat Shares – Security automation
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World Backup Day: Avoiding a data disaster is a forever topic 

By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail. Make sure you’re able to bounce back if, or when, a data disaster strikes. The post World Backup Day: Avoiding a data disaster is a forever topic  appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Json-smart library. Json-smart is a performance focused, JSON processor lib written in Java. CVE-2021-31684

Pro-Russia cyber gang Winter Vivern puts US, Euro lawmakers in line of fire

The container suse/sle-micro/5.2/toolbox was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container suse/sle-micro/5.1/toolbox was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container bci/bci-minimal was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container suse/sle15 was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

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Several out of bounds memory access and buffer overflows were fixed in xrdp, an open source project which provides a graphical login to remote machines using Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)

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The container bci/bci-init was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container bci/python was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container bci/python was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container bci/nodejs was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container bci/nodejs was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

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security update

Microsoft Defender shoots down legit URLs as malicious
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EU mandated messaging platform love-in is easier said than done: Cambridge boffins

Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that a user-after-free flaw in the Composite extension of the X.org X server may result in privilege escalation if the X server is running under the root user.

Several security vulnerabilities have been discovered in unbound, a validating, recursive, caching DNS resolver. CVE-2022-3204

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The container bci/rust was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container suse/pcp was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container bci/nodejs was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container bci/golang was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

China urges Apple to improve security and privacy

security update

Apple patches all the iThings, including iOS 15 hole under attack right now
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Cops use fake DDoS services to take aim at wannabe cybercriminals

The container bci/bci-init was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container suse/sle15 was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container bci/ruby was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container bci/python was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container bci/python was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container bci/openjdk was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

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Microsoft assigns CVE to Snipping Tool bug, pushes patch to Store

The container ses/7.1/rook/ceph was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container ses/7.1/ceph/ceph was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container ses/7.1/ceph/grafana was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

The container ses/7.1/cephcsi/cephcsi was updated. The following patches have been included in this update:

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An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,

In Memoriam – Gordon Moore, who put the more in “Moore’s Law”

security update

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xen hypervisor, which could result in privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks.

3 security issues (#2180425) x86 shadow plus log-dirty mode use-after-free [XSA-427, CVE-2022-42332] x86/HVM pinned cache attributes mis-handling [XSA-428, CVE-2022-42333, CVE-2022-42334] x86: speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path [XSA-429, CVE-2022-42331]

3 security issues (#2180425) x86 shadow plus log-dirty mode use-after-free [XSA-427, CVE-2022-42332] x86/HVM pinned cache attributes mis-handling [XSA-428, CVE-2022-42333, CVE-2022-42334] x86: speculative vulnerability in 32bit SYSCALL path [XSA-429, CVE-2022-42331]

Fix for CVE-2022-48303