It’s really OK to take a break sometimes, especially in security

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. You probably already know this by now, but May is Mental Health Awareness Month across the globe. Many people will apply this time of reflection and education to their personal lives -- its easy to discuss anxiety, depression and othe...

kernel: ALSA: usb-audio: Cancel pending work at closing a MIDI substream

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ALSA Advanced Linux Sound Architecture USB audio subsystem. This flaw allows a local user to cause a Denial of Service DoS through a system crash. A race condition exists when closing a USB MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface output substream because...

kernel: netfilter: flowtable: fix stuck flows on cleanup due to pending work

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: flowtable: fix stuck flows on cleanup due to pending work To clear the flow table on flow table free, the following sequence normally happens in order: 1 gcstep work is stopped to disable any further stats/del requests...

kernel: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix a race condition between login_work and the login thread

A flaw was found in the iSCSI target component in the Linux kernel. An attacker that can send specific data immediately after a login Protocol Data Unit PDU, can trigger a race condition. This condition can lead to a NULL pointer dereference, causing the kernel to crash and resulting in a denial ...

CVE-2023-20914

In onSetRuntimePermissionGrantStateByDeviceAdmin of AdminRestrictedPermissionsUtils.java, there is a possible way for the work profile to read SMS messages due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local information disclosure with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not...

bind security and bug fix update

32:9.16.23-11 - Correct backport issue in statistics rendering fix 2126912 32:9.16.23-10 - Handle subtle difference between upstream and rhel CVE-2022-3094 32:9.16.23-9 - Prevent flooding with UPDATE requests CVE-2022-3094 - Handle RRSIG queries when server-stale is active CVE-2022-3736 - Fix cra...

CVE-2023-20914: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

In onSetRuntimePermissionGrantStateByDeviceAdmin of AdminRestrictedPermissionsUtils.java, there is a possible way for the work profile to read SMS messages due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local information disclosure with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not...

PT-2023-17704 · Google · Android

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Android versions Android-11 Description: In the onSetRuntimePermissionGrantStateByDeviceAdmin function of AdminRestrictedPermissionsUtils.java, there is a possible way for the work profile to read SMS messages due to a permissions bypass. Thi...

The Hand-y Etiquette of Modern All-Remote Culture

In today’s fast-paced digital world, remote work has become the new normal. With the rise of video conferencing platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams, we have adapted to an all-remote culture where communication is largely virtual. One aspect of this culture that has become increasingly importa...

work-nest.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3320805

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

kernel: driver core: fix deadlock in __device_attach

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: driver core: fix deadlock in deviceattach In deviceattach function, The lock holding logic is as follows: ... deviceattach devicelockdev // get lock dev asyncscheduledevdeviceattachasynchelper, dev; // func asyncschedulenode...

kernel: dm cache: free background tracker's queued work in btracker_destroy

A memory leak was found in the device-mapper cache target in the Linux kernel. The btrackerdestroy function fails to free queued work items from the background tracker before destroying the slab cache. This triggers a BUG when kmemcacheshutdown finds objects still remaining...

kernel: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix a race condition between login_work and the login thread

A flaw was found in the iSCSI target component in the Linux kernel. An attacker that can send specific data immediately after a login Protocol Data Unit PDU, can trigger a race condition. This condition can lead to a NULL pointer dereference, causing the kernel to crash and resulting in a denial ...

CVE-2023-30789

MonicaHQ version 4.0.0 allows an authenticated remote attacker to execute malicious code in the application via CSTI in the people:id/work endpoint and job and company parameter...

CVE-2023-30789

MonicaHQ version 4.0.0 allows an authenticated remote attacker to execute malicious code in the application via CSTI in the people:id/work endpoint and job and company parameter...

CVE-2023-30789: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

MonicaHQ version 4.0.0 allows an authenticated remote attacker to execute malicious code in the application via CSTI in the people:id/work endpoint and job and company parameter...

PT-2023-22982 · Monicahq · Monicahq

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: MonicaHQ version 4.0.0 Description: The issue allows an authenticated remote attacker to execute malicious code in the application via CSTI in the "people:id/work" endpoint, specifically using the job and company parameters. Recommendations:...

ASB-A-189942529

In onSetRuntimePermissionGrantStateByDeviceAdmin of AdminRestrictedPermissionsUtils.java, there is a possible way for the work profile to read SMS messages due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local information disclosure with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not...

PT-2025-40750

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.3.0-rc1 Description The Linux kernel contained a flaw in the ring buffer implementation where an interrupt request IRQ work could run after the buffer it operated on was destroyed. This could lead to a...

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25652

Git is a revision control system. Prior to versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8, 2.36.6, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1, by feeding specially crafted input to git apply --reject, a path outside the working tree can be overwritten with partially controlled contents...