Security Bulletin: IBM Technical Support Appliance - possible excessive CPU usage or denial of service

Summary DNS protocol allows teh IBM Technical Suport Appliance to resolve hostnames to their corresponding IP address. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2023-4408 DESCRIPTION: ISC BIND is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when parsing large DNS messages. By flooding the target...

Security Bulletin: IBM Technical Support Appliance - possible exposure of sensitive information

Summary RSA-PSK key exchange occurs when establishing a connection from a web browser to the IBM Technical Support Appliance web UI. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2024-0553 DESCRIPTION: GnuTLS could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. By perform a timing side-channel attack...

Security Bulletin: IBM Technical Support Appliance - possible exposure of sensitive information

Summary RSA-PSK key exchange occurs when establishing a connection from a web browser to the IBM Technical Support Appliance web UI. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2023-5981 DESCRIPTION: GNU GnuTLS could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a timing sidechannel issu...

Security Bulletin: IBM Technical Suppport Appliance - possible security flaws or denial of service

Summary Numerous fixes to the Linux kernel for reported issues related to various security vulnerabilities such as demnial of service, unauthorized access, or leakage of sensitive data. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2021-43975 DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel could allow a local authenticated attacker...

Bidirectional communication via polyrhythms and shuffles: Without Jon the beat must go on

Welcome to this week's edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Bidirectional communication is foundational to a well-built team regardless of environment. It's critical in information security to be able to drive a conversation up the ladder and down and not lose the critical elements. One of th...

CISA Releases Seven Industrial Control Systems Advisories

CISA released seven Industrial Control Systems ICS advisories on November 21, 2024. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-24-326-01 Automated Logic WebCTRL Premium Server ICSA-24-326-02 OSCAT Basic Library...

CVE-2024-42450

The Versa Director uses PostgreSQL Postgres to store operational and configuration data. It is also needed for High Availability function of the Versa Director. The default configuration has a common password across all instances of Versa Director. By default, Versa Director configures Postgres t...

Qualys TRU Uncovers Five Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities in needrestart

The Qualys Threat Research Unit TRU has identified five Local Privilege Escalation LPE vulnerabilities within the needrestart component, which is installed by default on Ubuntu Server. These vulnerabilities can be exploited by any unprivileged user to gain full root access without requiring user...

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

This module exploits an authentication bypass vulnerability CVE-2024-0012 and a command injection vulnerability CVE-2024-9474 in the PAN-OS management web interface. An unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary code with root privileges. The following versions are affected: PAN-OS 11.2 up to...

CVE-2024-46462

By default, dedicated folders of ZEDMAIL for Windows up to 2024.3 can be accessed by other users to misuse technical files and make them perform tasks with higher privileges. Configuration of ZEDMAIL has to be modified to prevent this vulnerability...

CVE-2024-46465

The PRIMX CRYHOD software for Windows, version 2024.3 and earlier , contains a security vulnerability where dedicated folders are accessible by other users by default. This flaw allows for the misuse of technical files to perform tasks with higher privileges . Remediation requires modifying the C...

CVE-2024-46467

By default, dedicated folders of ZONEPOINT for Windows up to 2024.1 can be accessed by other users to misuse technical files and make them perform tasks with higher privileges. Configuration of ZONEPOINT has to be modified to prevent this vulnerability...

CVE-2024-46466: Incorrect Default Permissions

By default, dedicated folders of ZONECENTRAL for Windows up to 2024.3 or up to Q.2021.2 ANSSI qualification submission can be accessed by other users to misuse technical files and make them perform tasks with higher privileges. Configuration of ZONECENTRAL has to be modified to prevent this...

CVE-2024-46462: Incorrect Default Permissions

By default, dedicated folders of ZEDMAIL for Windows up to 2024.3 can be accessed by other users to misuse technical files and make them perform tasks with higher privileges. Configuration of ZEDMAIL has to be modified to prevent this vulnerability...

CVE-2024-46463: Incorrect Default Permissions

By default, dedicated folders of ORIZON for Windows up to 2024.3 can be accessed by other users to misuse technical files and make them perform tasks with higher privileges. Configuration of ORIZON has to be modified to prevent this vulnerability...

CISA Releases Nineteen Industrial Control Systems Advisories

CISA released nineteen Industrial Control Systems ICS advisories on November 14, 2024. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS. ICSA-24-319-01 Siemens RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW ICSA-24-319-02 Siemens SIPORT ICSA-24-319-03...

XenServer and Citrix Hypervisor Security Update for CVE-2024-45818

Description of Problem An issue has been identified that affects both XenServer 8 and Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 CU1 LTSR and allows a malicious administrator of a guest VM to cause the host to crash or become unresponsive. This issue has the following identifier: CVE-2024-45818 What Customers Should ...

The ROI of Security Investments: How Cybersecurity Leaders Prove It

Cyber threats are intensifying, and cybersecurity has become critical to business operations. As security budgets grow, CEOs and boardrooms are demanding concrete evidence that cybersecurity initiatives deliver value beyond regulation compliance. Just like you wouldn't buy a car without knowing i...

RHEL 8 : RHV Manager (ovirt-engine) 4.4 (RHSA-2020:3247)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:3247 advisory. The ovirt-engine package provides the Red Hat Virtualization Manager, a centralized management platform that allows system administrators to...

Cathal O’Neill - Taking Command of Your Career in Tech

Cathal O’Neill joined Rapid7 in 2023 as a Senior Engineering Manager, and he has since advanced to the role of Engineering Director. Reflecting on his career path, he says,“My journey into senior management has been a continual evolution, driven by both personal development and the desire to lead...