Jun 20, 2023Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Vulnerability Taiwanese company ASUS on Monday released firmware updates to address, among other issues, nine security bugs impacting a wide range of router models. Of the nine security flaws, two are rated Critical and six are rated High in severity. One vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis. The list of impacted products … [Read more...] about ASUS Releases Patches to Fix Critical Security Bugs Impacting Multiple Router Models
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Google Releases Urgent Chrome Update to Fix Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability
Apr 15, 2023Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Browser Security Google on Friday released out-of-band updates to resolve an actively exploited zero-day flaw in its Chrome web browser, making it the first such bug to be addressed since the start of the year. Tracked as CVE-2023-2033, the high-severity vulnerability has been described as a type confusion issue in the V8 JavaScript … [Read more...] about Google Releases Urgent Chrome Update to Fix Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability
Apache Issues 3rd Patch to Fix New High-Severity Log4j Vulnerability
The issues with Log4j continued to stack up as the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) on Friday rolled out yet another patch — version 2.17.0 — for the widely used logging library that could be exploited by malicious actors to stage a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. Tracked as CVE-2021-45105 (CVSS score: 7.5), the new vulnerability affects all versions of the tool from 2.0-beta9 … [Read more...] about Apache Issues 3rd Patch to Fix New High-Severity Log4j Vulnerability
Why Database Patching Best Practice Just Doesn’t Work and How to Fix It
Patching really, really matters – patching is what keeps technology solutions from becoming like big blocks of Swiss cheese, with endless security vulnerabilities punching hole after hole into critical solutions. But anyone who's spent any amount of time maintaining systems will know that patching is often easier said than done. Yes, in some instances, you can just run a … [Read more...] about Why Database Patching Best Practice Just Doesn’t Work and How to Fix It
Microsoft’s Emergency Patch Fails to Fully Fix PrintNightmare RCE Vulnerability
Even as Microsoft expanded patches for the so-called PrintNightmare vulnerability for Windows 10 version 1607, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2016, it has come to light that the fix for the remote code execution exploit in the Windows Print Spooler service can be bypassed in certain scenarios, effectively defeating the security protections and permitting attackers to … [Read more...] about Microsoft’s Emergency Patch Fails to Fully Fix PrintNightmare RCE Vulnerability