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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202401-27 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ruby, the worst of which could lead to execution of arbitrary code. Multiple versions are affected.

Red Hat OpenShift sandboxed containers (OSC) version 1.5.0, introduces Peer Pods to IBM Z and LinuxONE. This update is the product of a cooperation between IBM and Red Hat, and is an important step in improving sandboxed containers, paving the way for Confidential Containers. By integrating with IBM Z and LinuxONE, OpenShift sandboxed containers help tackle the challenges of providing more secure and efficient containerized applications in complex IT infrastructures.Understanding Peer Pods in OpenShiftPeer Pods have expanded the capabilities of OpenShift, allowing for the use of Kata Container

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-0320-03 - An update for xorg-x11-server is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Issues addressed include a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-0319-03 - An update for gnutls is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support.

This is the third part of Vincent Danen’s “Patch management needs a revolution” series.Patch management needs a revolution, part 1: Surveying cybersecurity’s lineagePatch management needs a revolution, part 2: The flood of vulnerabilitiesVulnerability ratings are the foundation for a good risk-based vulnerability management program, especially if they’re from a trusted party. Recently I was discussing this topic with a customer and they said they practiced Zero Trust, as if to explain why they could not trust our ratings. The irony, however, is that they did use National Vulnerabilit

This Metasploit module exploits a command injection vulnerability in MajorDoMo versions before 0662e5e.

This Metasploit module chains an authentication bypass vulnerability and a command injection vulnerability to exploit vulnerable instances of either Ivanti Connect Secure or Ivanti Policy Secure, to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution. All currently supported versions 9.x and 22.x prior to the vendor mitigation are vulnerable. It is unknown if unsupported versions 8.x and below are also vulnerable.

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202401-26 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Apache XML-RPC, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution. Versions less than or equal to 3.1.3 are affected.

Ubuntu Security Notice 6587-2 - USN-6587-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in X.Org. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled memory when processing the DeviceFocusEvent and ProcXIQueryPointer APIs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the X Server to crash, obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code.

In Traceroute versions 2.0.12 through to 2.1.2, the wrapper scripts mishandle shell metacharacters, which can lead to privilege escalation if the wrapper scripts are executed via sudo. The affected wrapper scripts include tcptraceroute, tracepath, traceproto, and traceroute-nanog. Version 2.1.3 addresses this issue.