Google “confirms” that exploited Chrome zero-day is actually in libwebp (CVE-2023-5129)

The Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild and patched by Google a few weeks ago has a new ID (CVE-2023-5129) and a description that tells the whole story: the vulnerability is not in Chrome, but the libwebp library, which is used by many popular applic… Continue reading Google “confirms” that exploited Chrome zero-day is actually in libwebp (CVE-2023-5129)

Is deploying a web application to a customer’s encrypted drive a secure solution against code theft?

I have developed a web service for customer. The web service is written in Python and running in Docker containers. It is managed by docker compose.
The customer wants my web service to run on their own Ubuntu servers, but I have control o… Continue reading Is deploying a web application to a customer’s encrypted drive a secure solution against code theft?

Two New Vulnerabilities Could affect 40% of Ubuntu Cloud Workloads

Researchers discovered two vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu OverlayFS module: CVE-2023-2640 and CVE-2023-32629 (together dubbed ‘GameOver(lay)’).
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Former Canonical Developer is Working on a Script that Replaces Snaps with Flatpaks

Linux magazine reports that “Former Snap co-developer Alan Pope, who left Canonical in 2021 after 10 years with the company, has developed unsnap, a script that replaces snaps with Flatpaks where available. The script, hosted on GitHub, has been tested… Continue reading Former Canonical Developer is Working on a Script that Replaces Snaps with Flatpaks