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By Waqas Another day, another malware exploiting cloud services to steal sensitve data from unsuspecting Windows users. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Vcurms Malware Targets Popular Browsers for Data Theft

Apple and Microsoft recently released software updates to fix dozens of security holes in their operating systems. Microsoft today patched at least 60 vulnerabilities in its Windows OS. Meanwhile, Apple's new macOS Sonoma addresses at least 68 security weaknesses, and its latest updates for iOS fixes two zero-day flaws.

# Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2024-21392: .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability ## <a name="executive-summary"></a>Executive summary Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in .NET 7.0 and .NET 8.0 . This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications to address this vulnerability. A vulnerability exists in .NET where specially crafted requests may cause a resource leak, leading to a Denial of Service ## Announcement Announcement for this issue can be found at https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/299 ### <a name="mitigation-factors"></a>Mitigation factors Microsoft has not identified any mitigating factors for this vulnerability. ## <a name="affected-software"></a>Affected software * Any .NET 7.0 application running on .NET 7.0.16 or earlier. * Any .NET 8.0 application running on .NET 8.0.2 or earlier. ## <a name="affected-packages"></a>Affected Packages The vulnerability ...

Ubuntu Security Notice 6688-1 - Pratyush Yadav discovered that the Xen network backend implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle zero length data request, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. It was discovered that the Habana's AI Processors driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize certain data structures before passing them to user space. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information.

Ubuntu Security Notice 6681-2 - Wenqing Liu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate inode types while performing garbage collection. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service. It was discovered that the DesignWare USB3 for Qualcomm SoCs driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain error conditions during device registration. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1270-03 - An update for docker is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1269-03 - An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service. Issues addressed include null pointer, out of bounds write, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1268-03 - An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service. Issues addressed include null pointer, out of bounds write, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1253-03 - An update for kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_64_1, kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_70_1, kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_75_1, kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_80_1, and kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_85_1 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support. Issues addressed include privilege escalation and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1251-03 - An update for kpatch-patch-5_14_0-362_13_1, kpatch-patch-5_14_0-362_18_1, and kpatch-patch-5_14_0-362_8_1 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.