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SBOM support in Spring Boot 3.3

Spring Boot 3.3.0 has been released, and it contains support for SBOMs. SBOM stands for "Software Bill of Materials" and describes the components used to build a software artifact. In the context of this blog post, that's your Spring Boot application. These SBOMs are useful because they describe...

Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud

The homepage of Stark Industries Solutions. Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government.....

silverstripe/framework ReadOnly transformation for formfields exploitable

Form fields returning isReadonly() as true are vulnerable to reflected XSS injections. This includes ReadonlyField, LookupField, HTMLReadonlyField, as well as special purpose fields like TimeField_Readonly. Values submitted to through these form fields are not filtered out from the form session...

silverstripe/framework ReadOnly transformation for formfields exploitable

Form fields returning isReadonly() as true are vulnerable to reflected XSS injections. This includes ReadonlyField, LookupField, HTMLReadonlyField, as well as special purpose fields like TimeField_Readonly. Values submitted to through these form fields are not filtered out from the form session...

Apple and Google are taking steps to curb the abuse of location-tracking devices — but what about others?

Since the advent of products like the Tile and Apple AirTag, both used to keep track of easily lost items like wallets, keys and purses, bad actors and criminals have found ways to abuse them. These adversaries can range from criminals just looking to do something illegal for a range of reasons,...

Ransomware Attacks Exploit VMware ESXi Vulnerabilities in Alarming Pattern

Ransomware attacks targeting VMware ESXi infrastructure follow an established pattern regardless of the file-encrypting malware deployed, new findings show. "Virtualization platforms are a core component of organizational IT infrastructure, yet they often suffer from inherent misconfigurations and....

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 13, 2024 to May 19, 2024)

Did you know we're running a Bug Bounty Extravaganza again? Earn over 6x our usual bounty rates, up to $10,000, for all vulnerabilities submitted through May 27th, 2024 when you opt to have Wordfence handle responsible disclosure! Last week, there were 114 vulnerabilities disclosed in 88...

(RHSA-2024:3343) Important: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security update

Xwayland is an X server for running X clients under Wayland. Security Fix(es): xorg-x11-server: Heap buffer overread/data leakage in ProcXIGetSelectedEvents (CVE-2024-31080) xorg-x11-server: Heap buffer overread/data leakage in ProcXIPassiveGrabDevice (CVE-2024-31081) xorg-x11-server:...

CVE-2021-47254

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gfs2: Fix use-after-free in gfs2_glock_shrink_scan The GLF_LRU flag is checked under lru_lock in gfs2_glock_remove_from_lru() to remove the glock from the lru list in __gfs2_glock_put(). On the shrink scan path, the same flag is...

CVE-2021-47228

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/ioremap: Map EFI-reserved memory as encrypted for SEV Some drivers require memory that is marked as EFI boot services data. In order for this memory to not be re-used by the kernel after ExitBootServices(), efi_mem_reserve()...

CVE-2021-47226

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/fpu: Invalidate FPU state after a failed XRSTOR from a user buffer Both Intel and AMD consider it to be architecturally valid for XRSTOR to fail with #PF but nonetheless change the register state. The actual conditions under...

New Frontiers, Old Tactics: Chinese Espionage Group Targets Africa & Caribbean Govts

The China-linked threat actor known as Sharp Panda has expanded their targeting to include governmental organizations in Africa and the Caribbean as part of an ongoing cyber espionage campaign. "The campaign adopts Cobalt Strike Beacon as the payload, enabling backdoor functionalities like C2...

CVE-2024-35197

gitoxide is a pure Rust implementation of Git. On Windows, fetching refs that clash with legacy device names reads from the devices, and checking out paths that clash with such names writes arbitrary data to the devices. This allows a repository, when cloned, to cause indefinite blocking or the...

CVE-2024-35197

gitoxide is a pure Rust implementation of Git. On Windows, fetching refs that clash with legacy device names reads from the devices, and checking out paths that clash with such names writes arbitrary data to the devices. This allows a repository, when cloned, to cause indefinite blocking or the...

Cyber Signals: Inside the growing risk of gift card fraud

In the ever-evolving landscape of cyberthreats, staying ahead of malicious actors is a constant challenge. Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed that gift cards are attractive targets for fraud and social engineering practices. Unlike credit or debit cards, there’s no customer name or bank...

Go-Secdump - Tool To Remotely Dump Secrets From The Windows Registry

Package go-secdump is a tool built to remotely extract hashes from the SAM registry hive as well as LSA secrets and cached hashes from the SECURITY hive without any remote agent and without touching disk. The tool is built on top of the library go-smb and use it to communicate with the Windows...

QNAP Flaws Enable Remote Code Execution Under Certain Conditions

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CVE-2024-35197 gix refs and paths with reserved Windows device names access the devices

gitoxide is a pure Rust implementation of Git. On Windows, fetching refs that clash with legacy device names reads from the devices, and checking out paths that clash with such names writes arbitrary data to the devices. This allows a repository, when cloned, to cause indefinite blocking or the...

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-2023-52843

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: llc: verify mac len before reading mac header LLC reads the mac header with eth_hdr without verifying that the skb has an Ethernet header. Syzbot was able to enter llc_rcv on a tun device. Tun can insert packets without mac len...

CVE-2023-52786

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix racy may inline data check in dio write syzbot reports that the following warning from ext4_iomap_begin() triggers as of the commit referenced below: if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ext4_has_inline_data(inode))) return -ERANGE; This...

CVE-2023-52772

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: fix use-after-free in unix_stream_read_actor() syzbot reported the following crash [1] After releasing unix socket lock, u->oob_skb can be changed by another thread. We must temporarily increase skb refcount to make sur...

CVE-2022-48707

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/region: Fix null pointer dereference for resetting decoder Not all decoders have a reset callback. The CXL specification allows a host bridge with a single root port to have no explicit HDM decoders. Currently the region...

CVE-2021-47465

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix stack handling in idle_kvm_start_guest() In commit 10d91611f426 ("powerpc/64s: Reimplement book3s idle code in C") kvm_start_guest() became idle_kvm_start_guest(). The old code allocated a stack frame on...

Ivanti Patches Critical Remote Code Execution Flaws in Endpoint Manager

Ivanti on Tuesday rolled out fixes to address multiple critical security flaws in Endpoint Manager (EPM) that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution under certain circumstances. Six of the 10 vulnerabilities – from CVE-2024-29822 through CVE-2024-29827 (CVSS scores: 9.6) – relate to...

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...

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....

RHEL 8 : gstreamer1-plugins-good (RHSA-2024:3089)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3089 advisory. GStreamer is a streaming media framework based on graphs of filters which operate on media data. The gstreamer1-plugins-good packages contain a...

Important: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security update

Xwayland is an X server for running X clients under Wayland. Security Fix(es): xorg-x11-server: Heap buffer overread/data leakage in ProcXIGetSelectedEvents (CVE-2024-31080) xorg-x11-server: Heap buffer overread/data leakage in ProcXIPassiveGrabDevice (CVE-2024-31081) xorg-x11-server:...

Email Log < 2.4.9 - Unauthenticated Hook Injection

Description The Email Log plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Hook Injection in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.8 via the check_nonce function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute actions with hooks in WordPress under certain circumstances. The.....

RHEL 8 : xorg-x11-server-Xwayland (RHSA-2024:3343)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3343 advisory. Xwayland is an X server for running X clients under Wayland. Security Fix(es): * xorg-x11-server: Heap buffer overread/data leakage in...

Apache Tomcat 8.0.0.RC1 < 8.0.42

The version of Tomcat installed on the remote host is prior to 8.0.42. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the fixed_in_apache_tomcat_8.0.42_security-8 advisory. While investigating bug 60718, it was noticed that some calls to application listeners in Apache Tomcat ...

systemd security update

[239-82.0.1] - Fixed deletion issue for symlink when device is opened [Orabug: 36228608] - Fix local-fs and remote-fs targets during system boot (replaces old Orabug: 25897792) [Orabug: 35871376] - 1A) Add 'systemd-fstab-generator-reload-targets.service' file [Orabug: 35871376] - 1B) Add required.....

Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 < 8.5.12

The version of Tomcat installed on the remote host is prior to 8.5.12. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the fixed_in_apache_tomcat_8.5.12_security-8 advisory. While investigating bug 60718, it was noticed that some calls to application listeners in Apache Tomcat ...

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...

Important: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security update

Xwayland is an X server for running X clients under Wayland. Security Fix(es): xorg-x11-server: Heap buffer overread/data leakage in ProcXIGetSelectedEvents (CVE-2024-31080) xorg-x11-server: Heap buffer overread/data leakage in ProcXIPassiveGrabDevice (CVE-2024-31081) xorg-x11-server:...

Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 < 9.0.0.M18

The version of Tomcat installed on the remote host is prior to 9.0.0.M18. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the fixed_in_apache_tomcat_9.0.0.m18_security-9 advisory. While investigating bug 60718, it was noticed that some calls to application listeners in Apache...

RHEL 8 : Image builder components (RHSA-2024:2961)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2961 advisory. Image Builder is a service for building customized OS artifacts, such as VM images and OSTree commits, that uses osbuild under the hood. Security...

RHEL 8 : xorg-x11-server-Xwayland (RHSA-2024:2996)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2996 advisory. Xwayland is an X server for running X clients under Wayland. Security Fix(es): * xorg-x11-server: Out-of-bounds write in...

Silverstripe SiteTree Creation Permission Vulnerability

A vulnerability exists in the permission validation for SiteTree object creation. By default user permissions are not validated by the SiteTree::canCreate method, unless overridden by user code or via the configuration system. This vulnerability will allow users, or unauthenticated guests, to...

Silverstripe SiteTree Creation Permission Vulnerability

A vulnerability exists in the permission validation for SiteTree object creation. By default user permissions are not validated by the SiteTree::canCreate method, unless overridden by user code or via the configuration system. This vulnerability will allow users, or unauthenticated guests, to...

Up to 30X Faster PHP Malware Scans with Wordfence CLI 4.0.1

Most of our customers scan a single site or a small number of sites for PHP malware using the Wordfence Plugin, and they coordinate scanning across multiple sites with Wordfence Central. If you are responsible for securing a large hosting provider network as part of an operations or security team,....

gix refs and paths with reserved Windows device names access the devices

Summary On Windows, fetching refs that clash with legacy device names reads from the devices, and checking out paths that clash with such names writes arbitrary data to the devices. This allows a repository, when cloned, to cause indefinite blocking or the production of arbitrary message that...

gix refs and paths with reserved Windows device names access the devices

Summary On Windows, fetching refs that clash with legacy device names reads from the devices, and checking out paths that clash with such names writes arbitrary data to the devices. This allows a repository, when cloned, to cause indefinite blocking or the production of arbitrary message that...

gix traversal outside working tree enables arbitrary code execution

Summary During checkout, gitoxide does not verify that paths point to locations in the working tree. A specially crafted repository can, when cloned, place new files anywhere writable by the application. Details Although gix-worktree-state checks for collisions with existing files, it does not...

gix traversal outside working tree enables arbitrary code execution

Summary During checkout, gitoxide does not verify that paths point to locations in the working tree. A specially crafted repository can, when cloned, place new files anywhere writable by the application. Details Although gix-worktree-state checks for collisions with existing files, it does not...

CVE-2021-47392

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/cma: Fix listener leak in rdma_cma_listen_on_all() failure If cma_listen_on_all() fails it leaves the per-device ID still on the listen_list but the state is not set to RDMA_CM_ADDR_BOUND. When the cmid is eventually...

IV Collision

github.com/bincyber/go-sqlcrypter is vulnerable to IV Collision. The vulnerability is due to using a random IV, which can exceed the safe limit of encrypting plaintext above 2^32 in size under the same key as stated by NIST SP 800-38D, potentially allowing attackers to decrypt messages if IV...

GHOSTENGINE Exploits Vulnerable Drivers to Disable EDRs in Cryptojacking Attack

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new cryptojacking campaign that employs vulnerable drivers to disable known security solutions (EDRs) and thwart detection in what's called a Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attack. Elastic Security Labs is tracking the campaign under the name...