SUSE-SU-2018:0838-1 Security update for libvirt

This update for libvirt fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2017-5715: Fixes for speculative side channel attacks aka 'SpectreAttack' var2 bsc1079869. - CVE-2018-1064: Fixed denial of service when reading from guest agent bsc1083625. - CVE-2018-5748: Fixed possible denial of...

The Eighth Question Today’s CEOs Should Ask (& Know the Answer To)

In a previous blog, we discussed Commander’s Intent for CEOs and introduced 10 questions CEOs should be asking their teams. In this blog series, I am going to take a deeper dive into each question and break them down one at a time. We will discuss why CEOs should care about each question and the...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-alt security and bug fix update

An update for kernel-alt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fro...

SUSE-SU-2018:0591-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 15 for SLE 12 SP2)

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.90-9250 fixes several issues. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-18075: crypto/pcrypt.c in the Linux kernel mishandled freeing instances, allowing a local user able to access the AFALG-based AEAD interface CONFIGCRYPTOUSERAPIAEAD and pcrypt...

[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: krb5-1.15.2-7.fc26

Kerberos V5 is a trusted-third-party network authentication system, which can improve your network's security by eliminating the insecure practice of sending passwords over the network in unencrypted form...

February 13, 2018—KB4074592 (OS Build 15063.909)

None None...

RHEL 6 / 7 : Red Hat Satellite 6 (RHSA-2018:0273)

An update is now available for Red Hat Satellite 6.2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity ratin...

PYSEC-2018-72

Accessing private content via str.format in through-the-web templates and scripts in Plone 2.5-5.1rc1. This improves an earlier hotfix. Since the format method was introduced in Python 2.6, this part of the hotfix is only relevant for Plone 4 and 5...

Search engine shenanigans: Malwarebytes mentions aren’t what they seem

Thing might be a touch quiet at the moment as we ease into 2018, but that doesn't mean dubious antics and dodgy dealings aren't still making waves online. As a matter of fact, should you go searching for some of our researchers, their blog posts, or just a couple of notable quotables from news...

openSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-2017-1421)

This update for phpMyAdmin to version 4.7.7 fixes a security issue and bugs. The following vulnerability was fixed : - By deceiving a user to click on a crafted URL, it was possible to perform harmful database operations bsc1074066, PMASA-2017-09 This update also contains all upstream improvement...

FAQ: What are the recommended virtual machine RAM and CPU specs for Unidesk for the Management Appliance and CachePoints?

Q: What are the recommended virtual machine RAM and CPU specs for Unidesk for the Management Appliance and CachePoints? A : Customers will occasionally change the CPU and RAM settings for their Unidesk appliances. We recommend leaving these at the values defined in the original OVF files: 2 CPUs...

Applying Lean to Information Risk Management

Lean Manufacturing brings significant benefits to industry, including cost reduction, quality improvement, reduced cycle time, and greater customer satisfaction See “The Machine that Changed the World”, Womak, J., Jones, D., and Roos, D., Free, Press, 1990 for the groundbreaking analysis of...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : file (SUSE-SU-2017:3048-1)

The GNU file utility was updated to version 5.22. Security issues fixed : - CVE-2014-9621: The ELF parser in file allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string. bsc913650 - CVE-2014-9620: The ELF parser in file allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a...

Updated vlc packages fix security vulnerability

avcodec 2.2.x, as used in VideoLAN VLC media player before 2.2.7, allows out-of-bounds heap memory write due to calling memcpy with a wrong size, leading to a denial of service application crash or possibly code execution CVE-2017-10699. The VLC packages have been updated to version 2.2.8, which...

Servicing stack update for Windows 10 Version 1703: November 14, 2017

None None...

BIP proposal security bypass vulnerability

The BIP proposal is a set of bitcoin verification algorithms. A security bypass vulnerability exists in the 'Bitcoin proof of work' function in BIP proposal. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to bypass security restrictions and perform unauthorized operations...

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:2984-1 Security update for redis

This update for redis to version 4.0.2 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-8339: CONFIG SET client-output-buffer-limit Code Execution Vulnerability boo1002351 The following upstream changes are included: - SLOWLOG now logs the offending client name and address - The modules native data types R...

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:2994-1 Security update for redis

This update for redis to version 4.0.2 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-8339: CONFIG SET client-output-buffer-limit Code Execution Vulnerability boo1002351 The following upstream changes are included: - SLOWLOG now logs the offending client name and address - The modules native data types R...

SUSE-SU-2017:2950-1 Security update for jq

This update for jq fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2016-4074: The jvdumpterm function in jq allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service stack consumption and application crash via a crafted JSON file. bsc1014176 Non-security issues fixed: - Update tests...

Reduce cloud adoption risks and deliver superior digital experiences with Akamai Cloud Delivery Platform - Part 1

Businesses are rapidly moving to the cloud and a recent IDG survey indicates that 70% of businesses have at least 1 application in the cloud and 16% plan to take their first app to the cloud in the next 12 months. However public cloud providers present their own challenges. They are unreliable...