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.
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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.
Multiple vulnerabilities for the Drupal CMS have been discovered. Drupal have released versions 8.3.4 and 7.56 which contain fixes for these security vulnerabilities. We recommend that you update Drupal as soon as possible.
Security updates have been issued for several Linux distributions to address a flaw in Sudo. Sudo allows users to run programs with the security privileges of another user, by default the superuser. Users must, by default, supply their own password for authentication, rather than the password of the target…
Joomla! 3.7.1 is now available. This is a security release for the 3.x series of Joomla! which addresses one critical security vulnerability and several bug fixes. The security issue was found to be the result of inadequate filtering of requested data that lead to a SQL Injection vulnerability. We…
An update for cPanel was just released to address various security vulnerabilities. These updates provide targeted changes to address security concerns with cPanel and WHM. We recommend that you update as soon as possible.
A vulnerability in Intel’s Active Management Technology (AMT) feature of Intel processors appears relatively easy to abusive. A remote control authentication screen can be bypassed using a blank string through a proxy server. AMT lets sysadmins perform powerful tasks over a remote connection.
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…
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…
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 CVSSv3 scores ranging from…