#linux

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-5024-03 - An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.8 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 7, 8, and 9.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-5002-03 - An update for python3.11-setuptools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support. Issues addressed include a code execution vulnerability.

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a novel Linux kernel exploitation technique dubbed SLUBStick that could be exploited to elevate a limited heap vulnerability to an arbitrary memory read-and-write primitive. "Initially, it exploits a timing side-channel of the allocator to perform a cross-cache attack reliably," a group of academics from the Graz University of Technology said [PDF]. "

Google has issued security updates for 46 vulnerabilities, including a patch for a remote code execution flaw which has been used in limited targeted attacks.

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202408-2 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox, the worst of which could lead to remote code execution. Versions greater than or equal to 115.12.0:esr are affected.

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202408-1 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in containerd, the worst of which could lead to privilege escalation. Versions greater than or equal to 1.6.19 are affected.

Computer Laboratory Management System version 1.0 suffers from an ignored default credential vulnerability.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-5001-03 - An update for httpd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support. Issues addressed include a server-side request forgery vulnerability.

Debian Linux Security Advisory 5737-1 - If LibreOffice failed to validate a signed macro, it displayed a warning but still allowed execution of the script after printing a warning. Going forward in high macro security mode such macros are now disabled.

Linux DRM has drm_file_update_pid() call to get_pid() too late, which creates a race condition that can lead to use-after-free issue of a struct pid.