Moderate: GNOME security, bug fix, and enhancement update

GNOME is the default desktop environment of AlmaLinux. Security Fixes: LibRaw: stack-based buffer overflow in the parsemakernote function of dcrawcommon.cpp CVE-2018-20337 gdm: lock screen bypass when timed login is enabled CVE-2019-3825 gvfs: mishandling of file ownership in...

CVE-2020-8833 Apport race condition in crash report permissions

Time-of-check Time-of-use Race Condition vulnerability on crash report ownership change in Apport allows for a possible privilege escalation opportunity. If fs.protectedsymlinks is disabled, this can be exploited between the os.open and os.chown calls when the Apport cron script clears out crash...

CVE-2020-8831 World writable root owned lock file created in user controllable location

Apport creates a world writable lock file with root ownership in the world writable /var/lock/apport directory. If the apport/ directory does not exist this is not uncommon as /var/lock is a tmpfs, it will create the directory, otherwise it will simply continue execution using the existing...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for coreutils (EulerOS-SA-2020-1484)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.2 : coreutils (EulerOS-SA-2020-1484)

According to the version of the coreutils package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - In GNU Coreutils through 8.29, chown-core.c in chown and chgrp does not prevent replacement of a plain file with a symlink during...

SAP Landscape Management Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

SAP Landscape Management is a centralized SAP product management system from SAP. The system is used to centrally manage and configure SAP software systems running in physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures. A security vulnerability exists in SAP Landscape Management version 3.0 and SAP...

CVE-2020-6236

SAP Landscape Management, version 3.0, and SAP Adaptive Extensions, version 1.0, allows an attacker with admingroup privileges to change ownership and permissions including S-user ID bit s-bit of arbitrary files remotely. This results in the possibility to execute these files as root user from a...

Privilege escalation

SAP Landscape Management, version 3.0, and SAP Adaptive Extensions, version 1.0, allows an attacker with admingroup privileges to change ownership and permissions including S-user ID bit s-bit of arbitrary files remotely. This results in the possibility to execute these files as root user from a...

CVE-2020-6236

SAP Landscape Management, version 3.0, and SAP Adaptive Extensions, version 1.0, allows an attacker with admingroup privileges to change ownership and permissions including S-user ID bit s-bit of arbitrary files remotely. This results in the possibility to execute these files as root user from a...

Lock and Code S1Ep4: coronavirus and responding to computer viruses with Akshay Bhargava

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to Akshay Bhargava, Chief Product Officer of Malwarebytes, about the similarities between coronavirus and computer viruses. We discuss computer virus...

CVE-2020-8833

Time-of-check Time-of-use Race Condition vulnerability on crash report ownership change in Apport allows for a possible privilege escalation opportunity. If fs.protectedsymlinks is disabled, this can be exploited between the os.open and os.chown calls when the Apport cron script clears out crash...

CVE-2020-8831

Apport creates a world writable lock file with root ownership in the world writable /var/lock/apport directory. If the apport/ directory does not exist this is not uncommon as /var/lock is a tmpfs, it will create the directory, otherwise it will simply continue execution using the existing...

Revamped HawkEye Keylogger Swoops in on Coronavirus Fears

There’s a new variant of the HawkEye keylogging malware making the rounds, featuring expanded info-stealing capabilities. Its operators are looking to capture the zeitgeist around the novel coronavirus. It’s being distributed using spam that purports to be an “alert” from the Director-General of...

Unspecified vulnerability in cPanel (CNVD-2021-37215)

cPanel is a set of Web-based automated colocation platform from the US-based cPanel. The platform is primarily used to automate the management of websites and servers. A security vulnerability exists in versions of cPanel prior to 82.0.18. The vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to...

Nextcloud -- multiple vulnerabilities

Nextcloud reports: XSS in Files PDF viewer NC-SA-2020-019 Missing ownership check on remote wipe endpoint NC-SA-2020-018...

Missing ownership check on remote wipe endpoint (NC-SA-2020-018)

An Insecure direct object reference vulnerability in Nextcloud Server 18.0.2 allowed an attacker to remote wipe devices of other users when sending a malicious request directly to the endpoint...

March 17, 2020—KB4541334 (Preview of Monthly Rollup)

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Nextcloud: Missing ownership check on remote wipe endpoint

On settings/user/security You can mark a device for wipe out that does not belong to you. Steps: 1. Create 2 accounts one for the hacker and one for the victim 2. On both accounts add devices with different names 3. On the hacker account, while intercepting with burpsuite, select the option to wi...

Let’s Encrypt Pushes Back Deadline to Revoke Some TLS Certificates

Let’s Encrypt said it will give users of its Transport Layer Security TLS certificates more time to replace 1 million certificates that are still active and potentially affected by a Certificate Authority Authorization CAA bug before it revokes them. The popular free certificate authority had giv...

EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : vim (EulerOS-SA-2020-1138)

According to the version of the vim packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - fileio.c in Vim prior to 8.0.1263 sets the group ownership of a .swp file to the editor's primary group which may be different from the group ownershi...