[slackware-security] vim

New vim packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/vim-9.0.0417-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed null pointer dereference. Thanks to marav for the heads-up. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] python3

New python3 packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/python3-3.9.14-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This is a security and bugfix release. gh-95778: Converting between int and str in bas...

The Bug Report – August 2022 Edition

The Bug Report — August 2022 Edition By Philippe Laulheret · September 7, 2022 Your Cybersecurity Comic Relief Figure 0: CVE-2022-38392 redefines “destructive interference” Why am I here? Indeed, why are we here? School is back in session, there’s a chill in the air that says fall is around the...

Command injection

A privileged attacker in GeoNetwork before 3.12.0 and 4.x before 4.0.4 can use the directory harvester before-script to execute arbitrary OS commands remotely on the hosting infrastructure. A User Administrator or Administrator account is required to perform this. This occurs in the runBeforeScri...

The vulnerability of the import function in GitHub’s software platform, based on Git, for collaborative code development on GitLab, allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the import function in GitHub’s software platform for GitLab-based collaborative code development is related to the lack of measures taken to clean up data at the management level. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code remotely...

[slackware-security] curl

New curl packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/curl-7.85.0-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: control code in cookie denial of...

Kiwi Farms Goes Offline amid DDoS Attack and Hosting Issues

By Waqas According to Kiwi Farms, prior to service disruption, the forum was targeted by a "DDoS attack and other forms of attempted network intrusion." This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Kiwi Farms Goes Offline amid DDoS Attack and Hosting Issues...

The vulnerability of the software component apt-lib.pl in the Webmin hosting control panel allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the software/apt-lib.pl component in the Webmin hosting panel is related to the lack of mechanisms for encoding or shielding output data. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code...

Wordfence Launches Wordfence Intelligence for Hosts and Network Defenders

This morning the Wordfence team is launching Wordfence Intelligence live at Black Hat 2022 in Las Vegas. Our entire team is here in Las Vegas, including our international team members. Id like to tell you more about what were launching and how Wordfence Intelligence will help us go even further t...

Wordfence Intelligence Launching at Black Hat 2022 in Las Vegas Next Week

Wordfence protects over 4 million websites around the world on 12,000 unique networks, and we block over 1.8 billion attacks targeting those websites every month. For years we have had a relationship with our customers that is a virtuous cycle: We receive attack reports from our customers at a ra...

CVE-2022-31185

mprweb is a hosting platform for the makedeb Package Repository. Email addresses were found to not have been hidden, even if a user had clicked the Hide Email Address checkbox on their account page, or during signup. This could lead to an account's email being leaked, which may be problematic if...

Design/Logic Flaw

mprweb is a hosting platform for the makedeb Package Repository. Email addresses were found to not have been hidden, even if a user had clicked the Hide Email Address checkbox on their account page, or during signup. This could lead to an account's email being leaked, which may be problematic if...

CVE-2022-31185

CVE-2022-31185 affects the mprweb hosting platform (makedeb Package Repository). The issue is an information-disclosure where email addresses were not hidden as configured, potentially leaking user emails. The vulnerability is mitigated for official mprweb instances, while self-hosted deployments...

[slackware-security] gnutls

New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gnutls-3.7.7-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. libgnutls: Fixed double free during verification of pkcs7 signatures. Reported by Jaak...

Researchers Warns of Increase in Phishing Attacks Using Decentralized IPFS Network

The decentralized file system solution known as IPFS is becoming the new "hotbed" for hosting phishing sites, researchers have warned. Cybersecurity firm Trustwave SpiderLabs, which disclosed specifics of the spam campaigns, said it identified no less than 3,000 emails containing IPFS phishing UR...

EulerOS Virtualization 2.9.0 : openssl (EulerOS-SA-2022-2205)

According to the versions of the openssl packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The BNmodsqrt function, which computes a modular square root, contains a bug that can cause it to loop forever for non-prime...

Messaging Apps Tapped as Platform for Cybercriminal Activity

Cybercriminals are tapping the built-in services of popular messaging apps like Telegram and Discord as ready-made platforms to help them perform their nefarious activity in persistent campaigns that threaten users, researchers have found. Threat actors are tapping the multi-feature nature of...

Why 8kun Went Offline During the January 6 Hearings

The latest Jan. 6 committee hearing on Tuesday examined the role of conspiracy theory communities like 8kun.top and TheDonald.win in helping to organize and galvanize supporters who responded to former President Trumps invitation to "be wild" in Washington, D.C. on that chaotic day. At the same...

Pakistani Hackers Targeting Indian Students in Latest Malware Campaign

The advanced persistent threat APT group known as Transparent Tribe has been attributed to a new ongoing phishing campaign targeting students at various educational institutions in India at least since December 2021. "This new campaign also suggests that the APT is actively expanding its network ...

Transparent Tribe begins targeting education sector in latest campaign

Cisco Talos has been tracking a new malicious campaign operated by the Transparent Tribe APT group. This campaign involves the targeting of educational institutions and students in the Indian subcontinent, a deviation from the adversary's typical focus on government entities. The attacks result i...