New Samba Bug Allows Remote Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Code as Root

Samba has issued software updates to address multiple security vulnerabilities that, if successfully exploited, could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with the highest privileges on affected installations. Chief among them is CVE-2021-44142, which impacts all versions of Samba...

Samba Releases Security Updates

The Samba Team has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple versions of Samba. An attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following Samba security announcements as wel...

McAfee Agent for Windows is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to OPENSSLDIR location

Overview McAfee Agent contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the use of an OPENSSLDIR variable that specifies a location where an unprivileged Windows user may be able to place files. Description CVE-2022-0166 McAfee Agent, which comes with various McAfee products such as McAfee...

CISA Releases Alert on Exploitation of Pulse Connect Secure Vulnerabilities

CISA is aware of ongoing exploitation of Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure vulnerabilities compromising U.S. government agencies, critical infrastructure entities, and private sector organizations. In response, CISA has released Alert AA21-110A: Exploitation of Pulse Connect Secure Vulnerabilities, as...

TIBCO Security Advisory: March 23, 2021 - TIBCO ActiveSpaces -2021-28824

TIBCO ActiveSpaces Windows Platform Installation vulnerability Original release date: March 23, 2021 Last revised: CVE-2021-28824 Source: TIBCOSoftware Inc. Products Affected TIBCO ActiveSpaces - Community Edition versions 4.5.0 and below TIBCO ActiveSpaces - Developer Edition versions 4.5.0 and...

TIBCO Security Advisory: March 23, 2021 - TIBCO ActiveSpaces -2021-28824

TIBCO ActiveSpaces Windows Platform Installation vulnerability Original release date: March 23, 2021 Last revised: CVE-2021-28824 Source: TIBCOSoftware Inc. Products Affected TIBCO ActiveSpaces - Community Edition versions 4.5.0 and below TIBCO ActiveSpaces - Developer Edition versions 4.5.0 and...

TIBCO Security Advisory: March 23, 2021 - TIBCO Enterprise Message Service -2021-28822

TIBCO Enterprise Message Service Windows Platform Artifact Search vulnerability Original release date: March 23,2021 Last revised: CVE-2021-28822 Source: TIBCO Software Inc. Products Affected TIBCO Enterprise Message Service versions 8.5.1 and below TIBCO Enterprise Message Service - Community...

TIBCO Security Advisory: March 23, 2021 - TIBCO Enterprise Message Service -2021-28821

TIBCO Enterprise Message Service Windows Platform Installation vulnerability Original release date: March 23,2021 Last revised: CVE-2021-28821 Source: TIBCO Software Inc. Products Affected TIBCO Enterprise Message Service versions 8.5.1 and below TIBCO Enterprise Message Service - Community Editi...

TIBCO Security Advisory: March 23, 2021 - TIBCO Enterprise Message Service -2021-28821

TIBCO Enterprise Message Service Windows Platform Installation vulnerability Original release date: March 23,2021 Last revised: CVE-2021-28821 Source: TIBCO Software Inc. Products Affected TIBCO Enterprise Message Service versions 8.5.1 and below TIBCO Enterprise Message Service - Community Editi...

TIBCO Security Advisory: March 23, 2021 - TIBCO FTL -2021-28820

TIBCO FTL Windows Platform Artifact Search vulnerability Original release date:March 23, 2021 Last revised: CVE-2021-28820 Source: TIBCO Software Inc. Products Affected TIBCO FTL - Community Edition versions 6.5.0 and below TIBCO FTL - Developer Edition versions 6.5.0 and below TIBCO FTL -...

TIBCO Security Advisory: March 23, 2021 - TIBCO FTL -2021-28820

TIBCO FTL Windows Platform Artifact Search vulnerability Original release date:March 23, 2021 Last revised: CVE-2021-28820 Source: TIBCO Software Inc. Products Affected TIBCO FTL - Community Edition versions 6.5.0 and below TIBCO FTL - Developer Edition versions 6.5.0 and below TIBCO FTL -...

TIBCO Security Advisory: March 23, 2021 - TIBCO Rendezvous -2021-28817

TIBCO Rendezvous Windows Platform Installation vulnerability Original release date:March 23, 2021 Last revised: CVE-2021-28817 Source: TIBCO Software Inc. Products Affected TIBCO Rendezvous versions 8.5.1 and below TIBCO Rendezvous Developer Edition versions 8.5.1 and below The following componen...

CERT/CC and CISA Report Multiple Vulnerabilities in Dnsmasq

CISA and the CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC are aware of multiple vulnerabilities affecting Dnsmasq version 2.82 and prior. Dnsmasq is a widely-used, open-source software that provides Domain Name Service forwarding and caching and is common in Internet-of-Things IoT and other embedded devices....

Veritas Backup Exec is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to OPENSSLDIR location

Overview Veritas Backup Exec contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the use of an OPENSSLDIR variable that specifies a location where an unprivileged Windows user can create files. Description CVE-2019-1552 Veritas Backup Exec includes an OpenSSL component that specifies an OPENSSLD...

CERT/CC Releases Information on Vulnerabilities Affecting Open-Source TCP/IP Stacks

The CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC has released information on 33 vulnerabilities, known as AMNESIA:33, affecting multiple embedded open-source Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol TCP/IP stacks. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an...

Chocolatey Boxstarter is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to weak ACLs

Overview Chocolatey Boxstarter fails to properly set ACLs, which can allow an unprivileged Windows user to be able to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. Description CVE-2020-15264 The Chocolatey Boxstarter installer fails to set a secure access-control list ACL on the...

CISA Releases Emergency Directive on Microsoft Windows Netlogon Remote Protocol

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has released Emergency Directive ED 20-04 addressing a critical vulnerability— CVE-2020-1472—affecting Microsoft Windows Netlogon Remote Protocol. An unauthenticated attacker with network access to a domain controller could exploit this...

CERT/CC Releases Information on Critical Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Netlogon Remote Protocol

The CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC has released information on CVE-2020-1472, a vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows Netlogon Remote Protocol. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain Active Directory domain administrator access. Although Microsoft provided...

Treck IP stacks contain multiple vulnerabilities

Overview Treck IP stack implementations for embedded systems are affected by multiple vulnerabilities. This set of vulnerabilities was researched and reported by JSOF, who calls them Ripple20. Description Treck IP network stack software is designed for and used in a variety of embedded systems. T...

CERT/CC Reports Vulnerability in Universal Plug and Play Protocol

The CERT Coordination Center CERT/CC has released information on a vulnerability—CVE-2020-12695—affecting versions of the Universal Plug and Play UPnP protocol released before April 17, 2020. UPnP protocol allows networked devices to discover and connect with each other. A remote attacker could...