OpenSSL (RHEL) Security Update Issued

WordPress 4.3.1 is now available. This is a security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately. This release addresses three issues, including two cross-site scripting vulnerabilities and a potential privilege escalation.

A vulnerability that VMware patched recently in some of its products, is currently being exploited and Russian threat actors are leveraging this vulnerability to install malware on corporate systems and access protected data, the National Security Agency (NSA) warned on Monday.

Product Description: MariaDB Server is one of the most popular database servers in the world. It is developed by the original creators of the ubiquitous MySQL server and it is guaranteed by the developers to remain open source software. Notable users of MariaDB include Wikipedia, WordPress.com and Google. MariaDB…

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

The Linux community and hosting industry were both left riling after Red Hat Software, a subsidiary of IBM, announced major changes to their community driven operating system, CentOS Linux. Over the next year CentOS will be shifting focus from CentOS Linux, the rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL),…

An update for LiteSpeed 4 & 5 was just released to address a security vulnerability within OpenSSL (CVE-2015-1793) and it is recommended that you update as soon as possible.

Over the past two years, processors, in particular processors made by Intel, have been targeted by an unending series of attacks that have made it possible for skilled attackers to intercept passwords, encryption keys, and other secrets out of data stored in resident memory.

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…

 Adobe’s first round of security updates for 2019 resolve two critical flaws for Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and MacOS. These updates address critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2018-16011 and CVE-2018-19725.

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.

Researchers have found a serious bug in the WP Live Chat Support plugin. This is the second time in six weeks that a vulnerability has been found in the plugin which is being used on thousands of WordPress websites. The latest bug allows hackers to inject their own code…

A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Exim, with immediate public disclosure (we were given no private notice). A tentative patch exists but has not yet been confirmed. Exim is a widely used mail transfer agent used on Unix-like operating systems.

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…

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

This Public Service Announcement is a follow up to SA-CORE-2014-005 – Drupal core – SQL injection. This is not an announcement of a new vulnerability in Drupal. Automated attacks began compromising Drupal 7 websites that were not patched or updated to Drupal 7.32 within hours of the announcement of…