Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-0902-01

Apple on Wednesday released a slew of updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari browser to address a set of flaws it said were actively exploited in the wild. This includes a pair of zero-days that have been weaponized in a mobile surveillance campaign called Operation Triangulation that has been active since 2019. The exact threat actor behind the campaign is not known.

Apple on Thursday rolled out security updates to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and the Safari web browser to address three new zero-day flaws that it said are being actively exploited in the wild. The three security shortcomings are listed below - CVE-2023-32409 - A WebKit flaw that could be exploited by a malicious actor to break out of the Web Content sandbox. It was addressed with

Categories: Apple Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: macOS Tags: iOS Tags: iPadOS Tags: watchOS Tags: tvOS Tags: Studio Display Tags: CVE-2023-23529 Tags: type confusion Tags: emoji Apple has released security updates and new features for several of its products, including a fix for an actively exploited vulnerability. (Read more...) The post Update now! Apple fixes actively exploited vulnerability and introduces new features appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Plus: Microsoft fixes several zero-day bugs, Google patches Chrome and Android, Mozilla rids Firefox of a full-screen vulnerability, and more.

A privacy issue was addressed with improved handling of temporary files. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.2.1. An app may be able to observe unprotected user data..

A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.2.1, iOS 16.3.1 and iPadOS 16.3.1. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges..

Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-0903-01 - WebKitGTK is the port of the portable web rendering engine WebKit to the GTK platform. Issues addressed include a code execution vulnerability.

An update for webkit2gtk3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original. Related CVEs: * CVE-2023-23529: A vulnerability was found in WebKitGTK. This issue occurs when processing maliciously crafted web content in WebKit. This may, in theory, allow a remote attacker to create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger type confusion, and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

An update for webkit2gtk3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original. Related CVEs: * CVE-2023-23529: A vulnerability was found in WebKitGTK. This issue occurs when processing maliciously crafted web content in WebKit. This may, in theory, allow a remote attacker to create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger type confusion, and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Debian Linux Security Advisory 5352-1 - An anonymous researcher discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

Debian Linux Security Advisory 5351-1 - An anonymous researcher discovered that processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.

Apple Security Advisory 2023-02-13-3 - Safari 16.3.1 addresses a code execution vulnerability.

Apple Security Advisory 2023-02-13-2 - macOS Ventura 13.2.1 addresses code execution and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

Apple Security Advisory 2023-02-13-1 - iOS 16.3.1 and iPadOS 16.3.1 addresses code execution and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

By Deeba Ahmed If you are using an Apple product, it is time to update it right now and make sure the automatic updates are enabled. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Update Now: iOS Devices Receive Vital Security Updates from Apple

Categories: Apple Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Tags: Apple Tags: macOS Ventura Tags: 13.2.1 Tags: iOS Tags: iPadOS Tags: 16.3.1 Tags: CVE-2023-23514 Tags: CVE-2023-23522 Tags: CVE-2023-23529 Tags: use after free Tags: type confusion Apple has released patches for macOS Ventura, iPadOs, and iOS. Among the patched vulnerabilities is a WebKit vulnerability which may have been exploited in the wild. (Read more...) The post Update now! Apple patches vulnerabilities in MacOS and iOS appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Apple on Monday rolled out security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Safari to address a zero-day flaw that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-23529, the issue relates to a type confusion bug in the WebKit browser engine that could be activated when processing maliciously crafted web content, culminating in arbitrary code execution. The iPhone maker said the