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At the Microsoft Security Response Center, we are committed to continuously improving the security and performance of our services to meet the evolving needs of our customers. We are excited to announce the rollout of the latest version of our Common Vulnerability Reporting (CVRF) API. This update brings improvements in both security and performance, without requiring any changes to your existing invocation methods.

Multiple threat actors have been observed exploiting a recently disclosed security flaw in PHP to deliver remote access trojans, cryptocurrency miners, and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnets. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-4577 (CVSS score: 9.8), which allows an attacker to remotely execute malicious commands on Windows systems using Chinese and Japanese language locales. It

GitLab has shipped another round of updates to close out security flaws in its software development platform, including a critical bug that allows an attacker to run pipeline jobs as an arbitrary user. Tracked as CVE-2024-6385, the vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.6 out of a maximum of 10.0. "An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting versions 15.8 prior to 16.11.6, 17.0 prior to

The Russia-based cybercrime group dubbed "Fin7," known for phishing and malware attacks that have cost victim organizations an estimated $3 billion in losses since 2013, was declared dead last year by U.S. authorities. But experts say Fin7 has roared back to life in 2024 -- setting up thousands of websites mimicking a range of media and technology companies -- with the help of Stark Industries Solutions, a sprawling hosting provider is a persistent source of cyberattacks against enemies of Russia.

Ubuntu Security Notice 6890-1 - Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that Firefox did not properly manage certain memory operations in the NSS. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202407-25 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Buildah, the worst of which could lead to privilege escalation. Versions greater than or equal to 1.35.3 are affected.

Ubuntu Security Notice 6889-1 - It was discovered that .NET did not properly handle object deserialization. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Radek Zikmund discovered that .NET did not properly manage memory. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that .NET did not properly parse X.509 Content and ObjectIdentifiers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202407-24 - A vulnerability has been discovered in HarfBuzz, which can lead to a denial of service. Versions greater than or equal to 7.1.0 are affected.

Ubuntu Security Notice 6881-1 - It was discovered that Exim did not enforce STARTTLS sync point on client side. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform response injection during MTA SMTP sending.

Ubuntu Security Notice 6888-1 - Elias Myllymäki discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain inputs with a large number of brackets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to consume resources or stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled authenticating users with unusable passwords. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a timing attack and enumerate users.