Medium: openssh

Issue Overview: AWS is aware of CVE-2023-48795, also known as Terrapin, which is found in the SSH protocol and affects SSH channel integrity. A protocol extension has been introduced by OpenSSH which needs to be applied to both the client and the server in order to address this issue. We recommen...

TotalCloud Insights: Hidden Risks of Amazon S3 Misconfigurations

Misconfiguring Amazon S3 Buckets Can Pose Major Risks Amazon Web Services AWS is the world’s largest cloud security provider, and it provides the ability to store massive amounts of cloud-resident data with the Amazon Simple Storage Service S3 bucket. Amazon S3 is an object storage solution known...

Detecting and Visualizing Lateral Movement Attacks with Trellix XDR

Detecting and Visualizing Lateral Movement Attacks with Trellix XDR By Chintan Shah, Maulik Maheta, Ajeeth S · December 13, 2023 Executive summary With Organizations deploying multiple security controls and solutions on their network and endpoints, there is a significant gap in the way threat...

Medium: libX11

Issue Overview: A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to an infinite loop within the PutSubImage function. This flaw allows a local user to consume all available system resources and cause a denial of service condition. CVE-2023-43786 Affected Packages: libX11 Issue Correction: Run yum update...

Low: containerd

Issue Overview: Containerd is not affected by CVE-2023-39325. While it contains the affected module, it does not use it in a way that exposes users to CVE-2023-39325. Affected Packages: containerd Issue Correction: Run yum update containerd or yum update --advisory ALAS-2023-1888 to update your...

Important: xorg-x11-server

Issue Overview: A out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the xorg-x11-server. This issue occurs due to an incorrect calculation of a buffer offset when copying data stored in the heap in the XIChangeDeviceProperty function in Xi/xiproperty.c and in RRChangeOutputProperty function in...

Important: squid

Issue Overview: Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to a NULL pointer dereference bug Squid is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against Squid's Gopher gateway. The gopher protocol is always available and enabled in Squid prior to Squid 6.0.1...

Important: microcode_ctl

Issue Overview: An issue was found in redundant REX instruction prefix values affecting third generation Intel Xeon Scalable “Icelake“ processors. The issue may allow a local third-party actor using such instructions to cause a denial of service DOS or achieve privilege escalation. CVE-2023-23583...

What is the MITRE ATT&CK Framework?

The Unfolding Complexity of the MITRE ATT&CK System The domain of cybersecurity is akin to an ever-evolving ocean filled with intricacies. In these stormy waters, the MITRE ATT&CK System stands as a beacon of light. It brings some order, serving as a universally available repository storing vario...

Scattered Spider

SUMMARY The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory CSA in response to recent activity by Scattered Spider threat actors against the commercial facilities sectors and subsectors. This advisory...

Modern Asian APT groups’ tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs)

Almost every quarter, someone publishes major research focusing on campaigns or incidents that involve Asian APT groups. These campaigns and incidents target various organizations from a multitude of industries. Likewise, the geographic location of victims is not limited to just one region. This...

Medium: expat

Issue Overview: Expat aka libexpat before 2.4.4 has an integer overflow in the doProlog function. CVE-2022-23990 Affected Packages: expat Issue Correction: Run yum update expat or yum update --advisory ALAS-2023-1882 to update your system. New Packages: i686: expat-devel-2.1.0-15.34.amzn1.i686...

Important: libxml2

Issue Overview: libxml2 through 2.11.5 has a use-after-free that can only occur after a certain memory allocation fails. This occurs in xmlUnlinkNode in tree.c. NOTE: the vendor's position is "I don't think these issues are critical enough to warrant a CVE ID ... because an attacker typically can...

Important: php56

Issue Overview: In PHP 8.0.X before 8.0.28, 8.1.X before 8.1.16 and 8.2.X before 8.2.3, excessive number of parts in HTTP form upload can cause high resource consumption and excessive number of log entries. This can cause denial of service on the affected server by exhausting CPU resources or dis...

Low: shadow-utils

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in shadow-utils. When asking for a new password, shadow-utils asks the password twice. If the password fails on the second attempt, shadow-utils fails in cleaning the buffer used to store the first entry. This may allow an attacker with enough access to retrieve t...

Important: python27

Issue Overview: An XML External Entity XXE issue was discovered in Python through 3.9.1. The plistlib module no longer accepts entity declarations in XML plist files to avoid XML vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-48565 Affected Packages: python27 Issue Correction: Run yum update python27 or yum update...

Important: libxml2

Issue Overview: libxml2 through 2.11.5 has a use-after-free that can only occur after a certain memory allocation fails. This occurs in xmlUnlinkNode in tree.c. NOTE: the vendor's position is "I don't think these issues are critical enough to warrant a CVE ID ... because an attacker typically can...

Medium: nautilus

Issue Overview: GNOME Nautilus 42.2 allows a NULL pointer dereference and getbasename application crash via a pasted ZIP archive. CVE-2022-37290 Affected Packages: nautilus Note: This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 AL2 Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between A...

Important: open-vm-tools

Issue Overview: VMware Tools contains a SAML token signature bypass vulnerability. A malicious actor that has been granted Guest Operation Privileges https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-security/GUID-6A952214-0E5E-4CCF-9D2A-90948FF643EC.html in a target virtual machine may be ab...

Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: A flaw in the kernel Xen event handler can cause a deadlock with Xen console handling in unprivileged Xen guests. CVE-2023-34324 A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel ipv4 stack. The socket buffer skb was assumed to be associated with a device before callin...