Debian

Rsync vulnerabilities allow remote code execution on servers, patch quickly!

Debian, Don't miss, Hot stuff, Linux, News, Ubuntu, vulnerability /

Rsync vulnerabilities allow remote code execution on servers, patch quickly! 2025-01-15 at 16:46 By Zeljka Zorz Six vulnerabilities have been fixed in the newest versions of Rsync (v3.4.0), two of which could be exploited by a malicious client to achieve arbitrary code execution on a machine with a running Rsync server. “The client requires only […]

React to this headline:

Loading spinner

Rsync vulnerabilities allow remote code execution on servers, patch quickly! Read More »

XZ Utils backdoor update: Which Linux distros are affected and what can you do?

Alpine, backdoor, Debian, Don't miss, Fedora, Hot stuff, Kali Linux, Linux, Linux Mint, News, open source, Orca Security, Red Hat, supply chain attacks, Ubuntu, vulnerability /

XZ Utils backdoor update: Which Linux distros are affected and what can you do? 2024-03-31 at 21:01 By Zeljka Zorz The news that XZ Utils, a compression utility present in most Linux distributions, has been backdoored by a supposedly trusted maintainer has rattled the open-source software community on Friday, mere hours until the beginning of

React to this headline:

Loading spinner

XZ Utils backdoor update: Which Linux distros are affected and what can you do? Read More »

Beware! Backdoor found in XZ utilities used by many Linux distros (CVE-2024-3094)

backdoor, CISA, CVE, Debian, Don't miss, Fedora, Hot stuff, Linux, News, open source, Red Hat, SUSE, vulnerability /

Beware! Backdoor found in XZ utilities used by many Linux distros (CVE-2024-3094) 2024-03-29 at 20:31 By Zeljka Zorz A vulnerability (CVE-2024-3094) in XZ Utils, the XZ format compression utilities included in most Linux distributions, may “enable a malicious actor to break sshd authentication and gain unauthorized access to the entire system remotely,” Red Hat warns.

React to this headline:

Loading spinner

Beware! Backdoor found in XZ utilities used by many Linux distros (CVE-2024-3094) Read More »

Curl project squashes high-severity bug in omnipresent libcurl library (CVE-2023-38545)

containers, Debian, Don't miss, Hot stuff, IoT, Linux, News, open source, patching, Red Hat, security update, Ubuntu, vulnerability /

Curl project squashes high-severity bug in omnipresent libcurl library (CVE-2023-38545) 11/10/2023 at 13:31 By Zeljka Zorz Curl v8.4.0 is out, and fixes – among other things – a high-severity SOCKS5 heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2023-38545). Appropriate patches for some older curl versions have been released, too. Preparation for the security updates A little over a

React to this headline:

Loading spinner

Curl project squashes high-severity bug in omnipresent libcurl library (CVE-2023-38545) Read More »

GNOME users at risk of RCE attack (CVE-2023-43641)

Debian, Don't miss, Fedora, GitHub, Hot stuff, Linux, News, open source, Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, vulnerability, vulnerability disclosure /

GNOME users at risk of RCE attack (CVE-2023-43641) 10/10/2023 at 14:32 By Zeljka Zorz If you’re running GNOME on you Linux system(s), you are probably open to remote code execution attacks via a booby-trapped file, thanks to a memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2023-43641) in the libcue library. About CVE-2023-43641 Discovered by GitHub security researcher Kevin Backhouse,

React to this headline:

Loading spinner

GNOME users at risk of RCE attack (CVE-2023-43641) Read More »

“Looney Tunables” bug allows root access on Linux distros (CVE-2023-4911)

Debian, Don't miss, Fedora, Hot stuff, Linux, News, PoC, Qualys, Red Hat, security update, Ubuntu, vulnerability /

“Looney Tunables” bug allows root access on Linux distros (CVE-2023-4911) 05/10/2023 at 16:17 By Zeljka Zorz A vulnerability (CVE-2023-4911) in the GNU C Library (aka “glibc”) can be exploited by attackers to gain root privileges on many popular Linux distributions, according to Qualys researchers. About CVE-2023-4911 Dubbed “Looney Tunables”, CVE-2023-4911 is a buffer overflow vulnerability

React to this headline:

Loading spinner

“Looney Tunables” bug allows root access on Linux distros (CVE-2023-4911) Read More »

Google “confirms” that exploited Chrome zero-day is actually in libwebp (CVE-2023-5129)

1Password, Alpine, Chrome, containers, Debian, Don't miss, Firefox, Google, Hot stuff, LibreOffice, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Teams, News, Opera, patch, patching, Rezilion, runZero, Signal, Slack, SUSE, Telegram, Ubuntu, Vivaldi, vulnerability, vulnerability management /

Google “confirms” that exploited Chrome zero-day is actually in libwebp (CVE-2023-5129) 27/09/2023 at 14:46 By Zeljka Zorz The Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild and patched by Google a few weeks ago has a new ID (CVE-2023-5129) and a description that tells the whole story: the vulnerability is not in Chrome, but the libwebp library,

React to this headline:

Loading spinner

Google “confirms” that exploited Chrome zero-day is actually in libwebp (CVE-2023-5129) Read More »

Downfall attacks can gather passwords, encryption keys from Intel processors

Amd, AWS, Citrix, CPU, Debian, Don't miss, Google, Hot stuff, Intel, News, security update, VMWare, vulnerability /

Downfall attacks can gather passwords, encryption keys from Intel processors 09/08/2023 at 13:02 By Zeljka Zorz A variety of Intel Core processors and the devices using them are vulnerable to “Downfall”, a new class of attacks made possible by CVE-2022-40982, which enables attackers to access and steal sensitive data such as passwords, encryption keys, and

React to this headline:

Loading spinner

Downfall attacks can gather passwords, encryption keys from Intel processors Read More »

Scroll to Top