Joomla 3.7.1 Security and bugfix release

An update for Magento was just released to address a critical security vulnerability and it is recommended that you update as soon as possible. Official Link: http://bit.ly/1flmoA8 Source: hostingseclist.com

Researchers from universities in Adelaide, Eindhoven, Chicago, Maryland and Pennsylvania have published a paper describing how they used a local side-channel attack to break the Libgcrypt encryption library. The exploit could be used to recover a RSA-1024 key.

An update for CloudLinux CageFS was just released to address a security vulnerability and it is recommended that you update as soon as possible. (This update was found by RACK911 Labs.)

An update for cPanel was just released and it is recommended that you update as soon as possible. These updates provide targeted changes to address security concerns with the cPanel & WHM product. These builds are currently available to all customers via the standard update system.

WordPress 4.2.3 is now available. This is a critical security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately.

Simply patching systems against the Bash/Shellshock vulnerability may not be adequate. Attacks exploiting the flaw appeared within a day of its disclosure. Those attacks may have made changes to systems that would not be remedied by the application of a patch.

Attackers are hijacking vulnerable home routers to launch attacks against WordPress sites. The attacks exploit two flaws in the TR-069 router management protocol to send malicious requests to port 7547. Experts have been advising home users to limit access to port 7547. Internet service providers (ISPs) could take steps…

VMware has fixed a critical flaw in its vCenter Server that could be exploited to execute code remotely. The vulnerability affects vCenter versions 6.5 and 6.0. Users are urged to upgrade to versions 6.5c or 6.0U3b. US-CERT warned about the vulnerability, stressing exploitation could result in an attacker taking…

Joomla! has released version 3.7.3 of its Content Management System (CMS) software that addresses several security issues. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected website.

cPanel has released new builds for all public update tiers. These updates provide targeted changes to address security concerns with the cPanel & WHM product. These builds are currently available to all customers via the standard update system. cPanel has rated these updates as having CVSSv2 scores ranging from…

A vulnerability has been discovered in older versions of the Joomla! content management software that allow an authenticated attacker to upload active content through the media manager form (‘administrator/components/com_media/helpers/media.php’). Joomla! allows files with a trailing ‘.’ to pass the upload checks.

We have been made aware of a serious security vulnerability in Bash that affects multiple operating systems and applications.

Numerous updates were just released to address various security vulnerabilities and it is recommended that you update as soon as possible. (XSA-145 to XSA-153) Official Link: http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/ Source: Hostingseclist

aaPanel is a free and Open source Hosting Control Panel for RHEL and Debian based systems. It is the Internationalized version for the BAOTA panel(www.bt.cn), developed in China. It allows users to manage their web server through a web-based GUI (Graphical User Interface).

According to a Google Security Researcher who was able to defeat all of the current patches and make the vulnerability easier to exploit, they are now recommending the following unofficial patch until it is pushed upstream: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/13 Further Information: “http://www.itnews.com.au/News/396256,further-flaws-render-shellshock-patch-ineffective.aspx source: hostingseclist