Two Chrome Browser Updates Plugs Holes Actively Targeted by Exploits

Patches for both the Chrome desktop and Android browser address high-severity flaws with known exploits available in the wild. Continue reading Two Chrome Browser Updates Plugs Holes Actively Targeted by Exploits

Oracle Rushes Emergency Fix for Critical WebLogic Server Flaw

The remote code-execution flaw (CVE-2020-14750) is low-complexity and requires no user interaction to exploit. Continue reading Oracle Rushes Emergency Fix for Critical WebLogic Server Flaw

WordPress Patches 3-Year-Old High-Severity RCE Bug

In all, WordPress patched 10 security bugs as part of the release of version 5.5.2 of its web publishing software. Continue reading WordPress Patches 3-Year-Old High-Severity RCE Bug

WordPress Patches 3-Year-Old High-Severity RCE Bug

In all, WordPress patched 10 security bugs as part of the release of version 5.5.2 of its web publishing software. Continue reading WordPress Patches 3-Year-Old High-Severity RCE Bug

LinkedIn, Instagram Vulnerable to Preview-Link RCE Security Woes

Popular chat apps, including LINE, Slack, Twitter DMs and others, can also leak location data and share private info with third-party servers. Continue reading LinkedIn, Instagram Vulnerable to Preview-Link RCE Security Woes

Oracle Kills 402 Bugs in Massive October Patch Update

Over half of Oracle’s flaws in its quarterly patch update can be remotely exploitable without authentication; 65 are critical, and two have CVSS scores of 10 out of 10. Continue reading Oracle Kills 402 Bugs in Massive October Patch Update

Microsoft Fixes RCE Flaws in Out-of-Band Windows Update

The two important-severity flaws in Microsoft Windows Codecs Library and Visual Studio Code could enable remote code execution. Continue reading Microsoft Fixes RCE Flaws in Out-of-Band Windows Update

Community detection: CVE-2020-16898

By Ben Reardon, Corelight Security Researcher This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday included a severe Remote Code Execution vulnerability in the way that Windows TCP/IP handles IPv6 “Router Advertisement” ICMP messages. Due to the severity and wide scop… Continue reading Community detection: CVE-2020-16898

Critical SonicWall VPN Portal Bug Allows DoS, Worming RCE

The CVE-2020-5135 stack-based buffer overflow security vulnerability is trivial to exploit, without logging in. Continue reading Critical SonicWall VPN Portal Bug Allows DoS, Worming RCE