Threat Source newsletter (Oct. 6, 2022) — Continuing down the Privacy Policy rabbit hole

As I wrote about last week, Ive been diving a lot into apps privacy policies recently. And I was recently made aware of a new type of app I never knew existed -- family trackers. There are countless mobile apps for parents to track their children or other family members based on their location,...

CVE-2022-41294

CVE-2022-41294 affects IBM Robotic Process Automation (RPA) products, including IBM RPA for Cloud Pak, Service, and standard RPA, with versions before 21.0.5. The concrete vulnerability is improper access control that enables cross-origin resource sharing via the bot API. The IBM security bulleti...

Vulnerability of the `getUsersOfRoom` method in the server-based corporate messaging system that supports file sharing and video conferencing in Rocket. This chat feature allows attackers to expose sensitive information.

The vulnerability of the getUsersOfRoom method in the server-based corporate messaging system that supports file sharing and video conferences in Rocket. Chat involves insufficient validation of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor to disclose sensitive informatio...

Vulnerability of the actionLinkHandler method in the server-based corporate messaging system that supports file sharing and video conferences. Chat, which allows attackers to expose sensitive information.

The vulnerability of the actionLinkHandler method in the server-based corporate messaging system that supports file and video conferencing exchanges. Chat-related vulnerabilities involve insufficient validation of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor to disclose...

USN-5655-1 linux-intel-iotg vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the framebuffer driver on the Linux kernel did not verify size limits when changing font or screen size, leading to an out-of- bounds write. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-33655 Duoming...

CVE-2022-41294

IBM Robotic Process Automation 21.0.0, 21.0.1, 21.0.2, 21.0.3, and 21.0.4 is vulnerable to cross origin resource sharing using the bot api. IBM X-Force ID: 236807...

Threat Source newsletter (Sept. 29, 2022) — Personal health apps are currently under a spotlight, but their warning signs have always been there

By Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. I’ve spent the past few months with my colleague Ashlee Benge looking at personal health apps’ privacy policies. We found several instances of apps that carry sensitive information stating they would share certain...

CISA Publishes User Guide to Prepare for Nov. 1 Move to TLP 2.0

CISA has published its Traffic Light Protocol 2.0 User Guide and Traffic Light Protocol: Moving to Version 2.0 fact sheet in preparation for its November 1, 2022 move from Traffic Light Protocol TLP Version 1.0 to TLP 2.0. Managed by the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams FIRST, TLP is...

CVE-2021-43980 Apache Tomcat: Information disclosure

The simplified implementation of blocking reads and writes introduced in Tomcat 10 and back-ported to Tomcat 9.0.47 onwards exposed a long standing but extremely hard to trigger concurrency bug in Apache Tomcat 10.1.0 to 10.1.0-M12, 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.18, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.60 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.77 tha...

CVE-2022-37193

Chipolo ONE Bluetooth tracker 2020 Chipolo iOS app version 4.13.0 is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control. Chipolo devices suffer from access revocation evasion attacks once the malicious sharee obtains the access credentials...

Chipolo ONE 安全漏洞

Chipolo ONE is a key finder from Chipolo. Perfect for finding your keys, bags, backpacks in seconds. Chipolo ONE version 4.13.0 suffers from a security vulnerability that stems from the ability of a trusted owner to remotely share Chipolo access to another user who could be a potential attacker. ...

USN-5640-1 linux-oracle vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the framebuffer driver on the Linux kernel did not verify size limits when changing font or screen size, leading to an out-of- bounds write. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-33655 Duoming...

Mozilla: Matrix SDK bundled with Thunderbird vulnerable to denial-of-service attack

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue of Thunderbird users who use the Matrix chat protocol being vulnerable to a denial of service attack. An adversary sharing a room with a user could attack affected clients, making it not show all of a user's...

USN-5624-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.15, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the framebuffer driver on the Linux kernel did not verify size limits when changing font or screen size, leading to an out-of- bounds write. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-33655 Duoming...

Guangzhou Bainan Information Technology Co., Ltd. has a flawed logic vulnerability in its large instrument sharing management system

Large-scale instrument sharing management system is a company engaged in the design, development, production and integration services of laboratory information technology products. Guangzhou Bainan Information Technology Co., Ltd. has a logic flaw vulnerability in the large instrument sharing...

Atlassian Bamboo < 7.2.10 / 8.0.x < 8.0.9 / 8.1.x < 8.1.4 / 8.2.x < 8.2.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities

The version of Atlassian Bamboo installed on the remote host is prior to 7.2.10, 8.0.x prior to 8.0.9, 8.1.x prior to 8.1.8 or 8.2.4. It is, therefore affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - A remote, unauthenticated attacker can bypass arbitrary Servlet Filters used by first and third party apps...

How to help your child manage their online reputation

Whether your child has been socially active online for a while now or you just handed your young one their first ever smartphone, now is an excellent time to think about managing their online reputation. The concept may sound overwhelming, but doing it is easy. Since you're no doubt talking to yo...

[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: wordpress-6.0.2-1.fc37

Wordpress is an online publishing / weblog package that makes it very easy, almost trivial, to get information out to people on the web. Important information in /usr/share/doc/wordpress/README.fedora...

CVE-2022-36865

Improper access control in Group Sharing prior to versions 13.0.6.15 in Android S12, 13.0.6.14 in Android R11 and below allows attackers to access device information...

CVE-2022-36866

Improper access control vulnerability in Broadcaster in Group Sharing prior to versions 13.0.6.15 in Android S12, 13.0.6.14 in Android R11 and below allows attackers to identify the device...