BIG-IP (Advanced WAF, APM, ASM) Security Vulnerabilities

Are Your SaaS Backups as Secure as Your Production Data?

Conversations about data security tend to diverge into three main threads: How can we protect the data we store on our on-premises or cloud infrastructure? What strategies and tools or platforms can reliably backup and restore data? What would losing all this data cost us, and how quickly could...

Inside Operation Diplomatic Specter: Chinese APT Group's Stealthy Tactics Exposed

Governmental entities in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia are the target of a Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group as part of an ongoing cyber espionage campaign dubbed Operation Diplomatic Specter since at least late 2022. "An analysis of this threat actor's activity reveals long-term.....

CVE-2023-52828

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Detect IP == ksym.end as part of BPF program Now that bpf_throw kfunc is the first such call instruction that has noreturn semantics within the verifier, this also kicks in dead code elimination in unprecedented ways. For...

CVE-2023-52796

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipvlan: add ipvlan_route_v6_outbound() helper Inspired by syzbot reports using a stack of multiple ipvlan devices. Reduce stack size needed in ipvlan_process_v6_outbound() by moving the flowi6 struct used for the route lookup in...

CVE-2023-52780

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mvneta: fix calls to page_pool_get_stats Calling page_pool_get_stats in the mvneta driver without checks leads to kernel crashes. First the page pool is only available if the bm is not used. The page pool is also not...

CVE-2023-52770

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: split initial and dynamic conditions for extent_cache Let's allocate the extent_cache tree without dynamic conditions to avoid a missing condition causing a panic as below. # create a file w/ a compressed flag # disable the.....

CVE-2021-47452

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: skip netdev events generated on netns removal syzbot reported following (harmless) WARN: WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 2648 at net/netfilter/core.c:468 nft_netdev_unregister_hooks net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:230...

CVE-2021-47448

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix possible stall on recvmsg() recvmsg() can enter an infinite loop if the caller provides the MSG_WAITALL, the data present in the receive queue is not sufficient to fulfill the request, and no more data is received by...

CVE-2023-52874

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/tdx: Zero out the missing RSI in TDX_HYPERCALL macro In the TDX_HYPERCALL asm, after the TDCALL instruction returns from the untrusted VMM, the registers that the TDX guest shares to the VMM need to be cleared to avoid...

A journey into forgotten Null Session and MS-RPC interfaces

A journey into forgotten Null Session and MS-RPC interfaces (PDF) It has been almost 24 years since the null session vulnerability was discovered. Back then, it was possible to access SMB named pipes using empty credentials and collect domain information. Most often, attackers leveraged null...

CVE-2024-36013

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix slab-use-after-free in l2cap_connect() Extend a critical section to prevent chan from early freeing. Also make the l2cap_connect() return type void. Nothing is using the returned value but it is ugly to...

CVE-2024-36013

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix slab-use-after-free in l2cap_connect() Extend a critical section to prevent chan from early freeing. Also make the l2cap_connect() return type void. Nothing is using the returned value but it is ugly to...

CVE-2024-36013

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix slab-use-after-free in l2cap_connect() Extend a critical section to prevent chan from early freeing. Also make the l2cap_connect() return type void. Nothing is using the returned value but it is ugly to...

CVE-2024-36013 Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix slab-use-after-free in l2cap_connect()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix slab-use-after-free in l2cap_connect() Extend a critical section to prevent chan from early freeing. Also make the l2cap_connect() return type void. Nothing is using the returned value but it is ugly to...

CVE-2024-36013 Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix slab-use-after-free in l2cap_connect()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix slab-use-after-free in l2cap_connect() Extend a critical section to prevent chan from early freeing. Also make the l2cap_connect() return type void. Nothing is using the returned value but it is ugly to...

(RHSA-2024:3313) Important: postgresql-jdbc security update

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system. The postgresql-jdbc package includes the .jar files needed for Java programs to access a PostgreSQL database. Security Fix(es): pgjdbc: PostgreSQL JDBC Driver allows attacker to inject SQL if using PreferQueryMode=SIMPLE...

The End of an Era: Microsoft Phases Out VBScript for JavaScript and PowerShell

Microsoft on Wednesday outlined its plans to deprecate Visual Basic Script (VBScript) in the second half of 2024 in favor of more advanced alternatives such as JavaScript and PowerShell. "Technology has advanced over the years, giving rise to more powerful and versatile scripting languages such as....

Frida-JIT-unPacker: An Imperva Contribution to the Security Research Community, Presented at Black Hat Asia 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, the battle against malicious bots is a critical concern for web applications. These bots, in addition to their ability to circumvent application security measures, are usually protected with advanced source code protection to prevent the...

CVE-2024-4431

The LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘id’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with...

CVE-2024-4431

The LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘id’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with...

CVE-2024-4431 LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor <= 1.3.7.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via id Parameter

The LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘id’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with...

[SECURITY] Fedora 40 Update: pgadmin4-8.6-1.fc40

pgAdmin is the most popular and feature rich Open Source administration and d evelopment platform for PostgreSQL, the most advanced Open Source database in the...

RHEL 8 : postgresql-jdbc (RHSA-2024:3313)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3313 advisory. PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system. The postgresql-jdbc package includes the .jar files needed for Java...

Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 < 8.5.51 multiple vulnerabilities

The version of Tomcat installed on the remote host is prior to 8.5.51. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the fixed_in_apache_tomcat_8.5.51_security-8 advisory. When using the Apache JServ Protocol (AJP), care must be taken when trusting incoming connections...

RHEL 8 : perl:5.32 (RHSA-2024:3128)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3128 advisory. Perl is a high-level programming language that is commonly used for system administration utilities and web programming. Security Fix(es): *...

RHEL 8 : pcp (RHSA-2024:3323)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3323 advisory. Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) is a suite of tools, services, and libraries for acquisition, archiving, and analysis of system-level performance...

RHEL 8 : traceroute (RHSA-2024:3211)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3211 advisory. The traceroute utility displays the route used by IP packets on their way to a specified network (or Internet) host. Security Fix(es): *...

RHEL 8 : frr (RHSA-2024:2981)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2981 advisory. FRRouting is free software that manages TCP/IP based routing protocols. It supports BGP4, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, ISIS, RIP, RIPng, PIM, NHRP,...

RHEL 8 : thunderbird (RHSA-2024:3338)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3338 advisory. Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 115.11.0. Security Fix(es): *...

RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2024:3318)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3318 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: nf_tables: use-after-free...

Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 < 7.0.100 multiple vulnerabilities

The version of Tomcat installed on the remote host is prior to 7.0.100. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the fixed_in_apache_tomcat_7.0.100_security-7 advisory. When using the Apache JServ Protocol (AJP), care must be taken when trusting incoming connections.....

RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2024:3319)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3319 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: netfilter: nf_tables:...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

[4.18.0-553.OL8] - Update Oracle Linux certificates (Kevin Lyons) - Disable signing for aarch64 (Ilya Okomin) - Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was added to the kernel trusted keys list (olkmod_signing_key.pem) [Orabug: 29539237] - Update x509.genkey [Orabug: 24817676] - Conflict with...

Advanced iFrame < 2024.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Description The Advanced iFrame plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘add_iframe_url_as_param_direct’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 2024.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated...

RHEL 8 : bind and dhcp (RHSA-2024:3271)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3271 advisory. The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named);.....

FooGallery < 2.4.15 - Author+ Stored XSS

Description The plugin does not validate and escape some of its Gallery settings before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as Author to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admin PoC Create a.....

CVE-2024-36013

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix slab-use-after-free in l2cap_connect() Extend a critical section to prevent chan from early freeing. Also make the l2cap_connect() return type void. Nothing is using the returned value but it is ugly to...

FooGallery < 2.4.15 - Author+ Stored XSS

Description The plugin does not validate and escape some of its Gallery settings before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as Author to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as...

RHEL 8 : glibc (RHSA-2024:3309)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3309 advisory. The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries (libm), and the...

TotalCloud Insights: Uncovering the Hidden Dangers in Google Cloud Dataproc

Summary The Apache Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) can be vulnerable to data compromise when a Compute Engine cluster is in a public-facing virtual private cloud (VPC) or shares the VPC with other Compute Engine instances. Google Cloud Platform (GCP) provides a default VPC called 'default.'.....

Criminal IP: Enhancing Security Solutions through AWS Marketplace Integration

By Cyber Newswire AI SPERA, a leader in Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) solutions, announced today that its proprietary search engine, Criminal… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Criminal IP: Enhancing Security Solutions through AWS Marketplace...

Zoom Announces Advanced Encryption for Increased Meeting Security

By Deeba Ahmed Your Zoom meetings are now more secure than ever! This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Zoom Announces Advanced Encryption for Increased Meeting...

Above - Invisible Network Protocol Sniffer

Invisible protocol sniffer for finding vulnerabilities in the network. Designed for pentesters and security engineers. Above: Invisible network protocol sniffer Designed for pentesters and security engineers Author: Magama Bazarov, &lt;[email protected]&gt; Pseudonym: Caster Version: 2.6 ...

Rockwell Advises Disconnecting Internet-Facing ICS Devices Amid Cyber Threats

Rockwell Automation is urging its customers to disconnect all industrial control systems (ICSs) not meant to be connected to the public-facing internet to mitigate unauthorized or malicious cyber activity. The company said it's issuing the advisory due to "heightened geopolitical tensions and...

From trust to trickery: Brand impersonation over the email attack vector

Cisco recently developed and released a new feature to detect brand impersonation in emails when adversaries pretend to be a legitimate corporation. Talos has discovered a wide range of techniques threat actors use to embed and deliver brand logos via emails to their victims. Talos is providing...

CVE-2021-47340

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: fix GPF in diFree Avoid passing inode with JFS_SBI(inode-&gt;i_sb)-&gt;ipimap == NULL to diFree()[1]. GFP will appear: struct inode ipimap = JFS_SBI(ip-&gt;i_sb)-&gt;ipimap; struct inomap imap = JFS_IP(ipimap)-&gt;i_imap; JFS_...

CVE-2021-47349

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mwifiex: bring down link before deleting interface We can deadlock when rmmod'ing the driver or going through firmware reset, because the cfg80211_unregister_wdev() has to bring down the link for us, ... which then grab the same...

(RHSA-2024:3271) Important: bind and dhcp security update

The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named); a resolver library (routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating correctly. The...

CVE-2021-47371

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nexthop: Fix memory leaks in nexthop notification chain listeners syzkaller discovered memory leaks [1] that can be reduced to the following commands: # ip nexthop add id 1 blackhole # devlink dev reload pci/0000:06:00.0 As part...

The Ultimate SaaS Security Posture Management Checklist, 2025 Edition

Since the first edition of _The Ultimate SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) Checklist _was released three years ago, the corporate SaaS sprawl has been growing at a double-digit pace. In large enterprises, the number of SaaS applications in use today is in the hundreds, spread across...