SUSE-SU-2020:0547-1 Security update for permissions

This update for permissions fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2019-3687: Fixed a privilege escalation which could allow a local user to read network traffic if wireshark is installed bsc1148788 - CVE-2020-8013: Fixed an issue where chkstat set unintended setuid/capabilities...

Hamas Ensnares Israeli Soldiers with Pretty 'Ladies'

Hamas has been caught taking a classic “catfish” approach, to tempt Israeli soldiers into installing spyware on their phones. Members posed as teen girls who are looking for quality chat time. This is the third time that the Palestinian group has used the tactic – but this time it upped its...

container-tools:ol8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

buildah 1.11.6-4.0.1 - Fixes troubles with oracle registry login Orabug: 29937283 1.11.6-4 - compile in FIPS mode - Related: RHELPLAN-25138 1.11.6-3 - be sure to use golang = 1.12.12-4 - Related: RHELPLAN-25138 1.11.6-2 - fix chroot: unmount with MNTDETACH instead of UnmountMountpoints - bug...

Building on secure productivity

Among the most common and powerful attack vectors we have seen are those that exploit the daily tradeoff users make between security and productivity. Often, this can be as simple as a document hiding an exploit or a malicious link. As an industry, we’re used to thinking of security and...

Nasty old Android malware with new capabilities gets difficult to remove

By Sudais Asif This Android malware was identified in 2016 but in 2020 the malware is back with new capabilities including... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Nasty old Android malware with new capabilities gets difficult to remove...

Rules on deepfakes take hold in the US

For years, an annual, must-pass federal spending bill has served as a vehicle for minor or contentious provisions that might otherwise falter in standalone legislation, such as the prohibition of new service member uniforms, or the indefinite detainment of individuals without trial. In 2019, that...

Computer Repair Shop < 2.0 - Authenticated Stored XSS

Computer Repair Shop is vulnerable to stored XSS. When a user has admin capabilities, malicious code can be submitted through the plugin's options. Fixed in version 2.0. PoC The plugin's options provided a basic HTML validation, which could be bypassed by copying + pasting malicious code into the...

Authentication Bypass

moodle is vulnerable to authentication bypass. The vulnerability exists as the removal of the cohort role assignment does not properly revoke the associated capabilities...

CVE-2019-14879

A vulnerability was found in Moodle versions 3.7.x before 3.7.3, 3.6.x before 3.6.7 and 3.5.x before 3.5.9. When a cohort role assignment was removed, the associated capabilities were not being revoked where applicable...

CVE-2019-14879

A vulnerability was found in Moodle versions 3.7.x before 3.7.3, 3.6.x before 3.6.7 and 3.5.x before 3.5.9. When a cohort role assignment was removed, the associated capabilities were not being revoked where applicable...

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14879

A vulnerability was found in Moodle versions 3.7.x before 3.7.3, 3.6.x before 3.6.7 and 3.5.x before 3.5.9. When a cohort role assignment was removed, the associated capabilities were not being revoked where applicable...

CVE-2019-19984

The WordPress plugin, Email Subscribers & Newsletters, before 4.2.3 had a flaw that allowed users with editpost capabilities to manage plugin settings and email campaigns...

Vulnerability of the print-bgp.c:bgp_capabilities_print() function in the packet capture and analysis tool tcpdump: This function allows a malicious actor to gain unauthorized access to information and compromise its integrity and availability.

The vulnerability in the print-bgp.c:bgpcapabilitiesprint utility for capturing and analyzing network traffic using tcpdump is related to reading beyond the buffer boundaries in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to gain unauthorized access to information and...

2019 Hackathon Challenges Imperva to Solve Problems Together

The smell of pizza –150 boxes to be exact – filled our global offices last week as more than 220 Impervians technical and non-technical rolled up their sleeves to participate in Imperva’s annual company-wide hackathon. As chair of the event this year, I was determined to host a hackathon that...

Design/Logic Flaw

In the Linux kernel before 5.4.2, the iouring feature leads to requests that inadvertently have UID 0 and full capabilities, aka CID-181e448d8709. This is related to fs/io-wq.c, fs/iouring.c, and net/socket.c. For example, an attacker can bypass intended restrictions on adding an IPv4 address to...

CVE-2019-19241

CVE-2019-19241 affects the Linux kernel prior to 5.4.2 where the io_uring path can cause requests to appear with UID 0 and full capabilities due to IORING_OP_SENDMSG handling by kernel worker threads in contexts from unprivileged users. Affected code paths include fs/io-wq.c, fs/io_uring.c, and n...

CVE-2019-19241

In the Linux kernel before 5.4.2, the iouring feature leads to requests that inadvertently have UID 0 and full capabilities, aka CID-181e448d8709. This is related to fs/io-wq.c, fs/iouring.c, and net/socket.c. For example, an attacker can bypass intended restrictions on adding an IPv4 address to...

[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python-pillow-6.1.0-4.fc31

Python image processing library, fork of the Python Imaging Library PIL This library provides extensive file format support, an efficient internal representation, and powerful image processing capabilities. There are four subpackages: tk tk interface, qt PIL image wrapper for Qt , devel developme...

CVE-2019-16767

The admin sys mode is now conditional and dedicated for the special case. By default, since [email protected] no instance container is launched with advanced capabilities not launched as root...

CVE-2019-16767

The admin sys mode is now conditional and dedicated for the special case. By default, since [email protected] no instance container is launched with advanced capabilities not launched as root...