Security update for chromium (moderate)

This update for Chromium to version 69.0.3497.92 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed boo1108114: - Function signature mismatch in WebAssembly - URL Spoofing in Omnibox The following tracked packaging issues were fixed: - the chromium package incorrectly provied swiftshader resolvabl...

[slackware-security] ghostscript

New ghostscript packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/ghostscript-9.25-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes problems with argument handling, some unintended results of th...

USN-3761-2: Firefox regressions

USN-3761-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused several regressions affecting spellchecker dictionaries and search engines. This update fixes the problems. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for php5 (openSUSE-SU-2018:2694-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH 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-or-later This program is free software; you can...

Apple Finally Boots Sneaky Adware Doctor App from Mac App Store

UPDATE Apple removed the top-rated app Adware Doctor from its official Mac App Store after researchers publicly exposed the privacy-busting app on Friday. The app was removed the same day. In addition to Adware Doctor, Apple also took action against a number of different macOS apps that also...

SUSE-SU-2018:2678-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 2 for SLE 15)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-256 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2018-15471: An issue was discovered in xenvifsethashmapping in drivers/net/xen-netback/hash.c. The Linux netback driver allowed frontends to control mapping of requests to request...

SUSE-SU-2018:2679-1 Security update for qemu

This update for qemu fixes the following issues: This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2018-12617: qmpguestfileread had an integer overflow that could have been exploited by sending a crafted QMP command including guest-file-read with a large count value to the agent via the listening socket causi...

Security update for MozillaThunderbird (important)

This update for MozillaThunderbird to version 60.0 fixes the following issues: These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2018-12359: Prevent buffer overflow using computed size of canvas element bsc1098998. - CVE-2018-12360: Prevent use-after-free when using focus bsc1098998. - CVE-2018-12361:...

USN-3761-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2018-12375, CVE-2018-12376, CVE-2018-12377, CVE-2018-12378 It was...

RHEL 6 : Gluster Storage (RHSA-2018:2608) (deprecated)

Updated glusterfs packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and adds various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerabilit...

How Live Query Will Change The Way You Do Vulnerability Management

It’s no secret that, without the right set of tools, vulnerability management can be tedious and exhausting. With slow, manual processes it can take weeks to identify and remediate issues. And the work itself is often dull, sifting and searching without yielding real results. Live Query...

openSUSE Security Update : cobbler (openSUSE-2018-952)

This update for cobbler fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - Forbid exposure of private methods in the API CVE-2018-10931, CVE-2018-1000225, bsc1104287, bsc1104189, bsc1105442 - Check access token when calling 'modifysetting' API endpoint bsc1104190, bsc1105440, CVE-2018-1000226...

openSUSE Security Update : libreoffice (openSUSE-2018-941)

This update for libreoffice to 6.0.5.2 fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2018-10583: An information disclosure vulnerability occurs during automatic processing and initiating an SMB connection embedded in a malicious file, as demonstrated by...

[slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to mitigate security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-4.4.153/: Upgraded. This kernel update enables mitigations for L1 Terminal Fault aka Foreshadow and Foreshadow-NG vulnerabilities. Thank...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center and Client Management Service (CVE-2018-2579, CVE-2018-2693, CVE-2018-2783)

Summary There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ that is used by IBM Spectrum Protect formerly Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center and IBM Spectrum Protect formerly Tivoli Storage Manager Client Management Service. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Ja...

Good Primer on Two-Factor Authentication Security

Stuart Schechter published a good primer on the security issues surrounding two-factor authentication. While it's often an important security measure, it's not a panacea. Stuart discusses the usability and security issues that you have to think about before deploying the system...

SUSE-SU-2018:2472-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 1 for SLE 15)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-253 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2018-5390: Linux kernel versions 4.9+ can be forced to make very expensive calls to tcpcollapseofoqueue and tcppruneofoqueue for every incoming packet which can lead to a denial of...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:2412-1)

This update for wireshark fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed : - bsc1094301: Wireshark security update to 2.6.1, 2.4.7, 2.2.15 - CVE-2018-14339: MMSE dissector infinite loop wnpa-sec-2018-38, bsc1101810 - CVE-2018-14341: DICOM dissector crash wnpa-sec-2018-39, bsc1101776 -...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2341-1) (Foreshadow)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52125 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2018-3646: Local attackers in virtualized guest systems could use speculative code patterns on hyperthreaded processors to read data present in the L1 Datacache used by other...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3743-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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...