#ssl

The newly discovered malware, which has so far mainly targeted Turkish telcos and has links to HiatusRat, infects routers and performs DNS and HTTP hijacking attacks on connections to private IP addresses.

There is a potential cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that can be exploited via maliciously crafted user data. The reason these issues were not detected before is the escapes were working as designed. However, their design didn't take into account just how recklessly permissive browser are when it comes to executing unsafe JavaScript via HTML attributes. ### Impact If you render an `<a>` tag with an `href` attribute set to a user-provided link, that link could potentially execute JavaScript when clicked by another user. ```ruby a(href: user_profile) { "Profile" } ``` If you splat user-provided attributes when rendering any HTML or SVG tag, malicious event attributes could be included in the output, executing JavaScript when the events are triggered by another user. ```ruby h1(**JSON.parse(user_attributes)) ``` ### Patches Patches are [available on RubyGems](https://rubygems.org/gems/phlex) for all minor versions released in the last year. - [1.10.2](https://rubygems.org...

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2587-03 - An update for unbound is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2447-03 - An update for openssl and openssl-fips-provider is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2394-03 - An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Issues addressed include code execution, double free, integer overflow, memory exhaustion, memory leak, null pointer, out of bounds access, out of bounds read, out of bounds write, privilege escalation, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

This Metasploit module exploits an unauthenticated command injection vulnerability in Progress Kemp LoadMaster in the authorization header after version 7.2.48.1. The following versions are patched: 7.2.59.2 (GA), 7.2.54.8 (LTSF), and 7.2.48.10 (LTS).

Ubuntu Security Notice 6733-2 - USN-6733-1 fixed vulnerabilities in GnuTLS. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. It was discovered that GnuTLS had a timing side-channel when performing certain ECDSA operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to recover sensitive information. It was discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled verifying certain PEM bundles. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GnuTLS to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 23.10.

Ubuntu Security Notice 6718-3 - USN-6718-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Dan Fandrich discovered that curl would incorrectly use the default set of protocols when a parameter option disabled all protocols without adding any, contrary to expectations. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10. It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory when limiting the amount of headers when HTTP/2 server push is allowed. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause curl to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-2088-03 - An update is now available for the Red Hat build of Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8. Issues addressed include denial of service, memory exhaustion, and memory leak vulnerabilities.