Microsoft Discloses Vulnerability within Airlift.microsoft.com In an effort to provide additional transparency for Microsoft-hosted services, Microsoft has disclosed a Critical privilege escalation vulnerability within airlift.microsoft.com (CVE-2024-49056). This vulnerability has been fully mitigated by Microsoft and requires no customer interaction. Microsoft has stated … [Read more...] about November 2024 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis
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Progress Software Releases Patches for 6 Flaws in WhatsUp Gold – Patch Now
Sep 27, 2024Ravie LakshmananSoftware Security / Vulnerability Progress Software has released another round of updates to address six security flaws in WhatsUp Gold, including two critical vulnerabilities. The issues, the company said, have been resolved in version 24.0.1 released on September 20, 2024. The company has yet to release any details about what the flaws are other … [Read more...] about Progress Software Releases Patches for 6 Flaws in WhatsUp Gold – Patch Now
September 2024 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis
Microsoft has released security updates for 79 vulnerabilities in its September 2024 Patch Tuesday rollout. These include four actively exploited zero-days (CVE-2024-38014, CVE-2024-38217, CVE-2024-38226, CVE-2024-43491). Seven of the vulnerabilities are rated Critical in severity, while the remaining 72 are rated Important or Moderate. September 2024 Risk Analysis This month’s … [Read more...] about September 2024 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis
SonicWall Urges Users to Patch Critical Firewall Flaw Amid Possible Exploitation
Sep 06, 2024Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Threat Detection SonicWall has revealed that a recently patched critical security flaw impacting SonicOS may have come under active exploitation, making it essential that users apply the patches as soon as possible. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-40766, carries a CVSS score of 9.3 out of a maximum of 10. "An improper … [Read more...] about SonicWall Urges Users to Patch Critical Firewall Flaw Amid Possible Exploitation
Fortra Issues Patch for High-Risk FileCatalyst Workflow Security Vulnerability
Aug 28, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Data Security Fortra has addressed a critical security flaw impacting FileCatalyst Workflow that could be abused by a remote attacker to gain administrative access. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-6633, carries a CVSS score of 9.8, and stems from the use of a static password to connect to a HSQL database. "The default … [Read more...] about Fortra Issues Patch for High-Risk FileCatalyst Workflow Security Vulnerability
SonicWall Issues Critical Patch for Firewall Vulnerability Allowing Unauthorized Access
Aug 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Enterprise Security SonicWall has released security updates to address a critical flaw impacting its firewalls that, if successfully exploited, could grant malicious actors unauthorized access to the devices. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-40766 (CVSS score: 9.3), has been described as an improper access control bug. "An … [Read more...] about SonicWall Issues Critical Patch for Firewall Vulnerability Allowing Unauthorized Access
CISA Urges Federal Agencies to Patch Versa Director Vulnerability by September
Aug 24, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Government Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has placed a security flaw impacting Versa Director to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog based on evidence of active exploitation. The medium-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-39717 (CVSS score: 6.6), is case of file upload … [Read more...] about CISA Urges Federal Agencies to Patch Versa Director Vulnerability by September
August 2024 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis
Microsoft has released security updates for 85 vulnerabilities in its August 2024 Patch Tuesday rollout. These include six actively exploited zero-days (CVE-2024-38213, CVE-2024-38193, CVE-2024-38189, CVE-2024-38178, CVE-2024-38107, CVE-2024-38106). Among the updates is a fix for one of the vulnerabilities related to a ‘downgrade’ attack (CVE-2024-21302). Six of the … [Read more...] about August 2024 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis
SolarWinds Releases Patch for Critical Flaw in Web Help Desk Software
Aug 15, 2024Ravie LakshmananEnterprise Security / Vulnerability SolarWinds has released patches to address a critical security vulnerability in its Web Help Desk software that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code on susceptible instances. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-28986 (CVSS score: 9.8), has been described as a deserialization bug. "SolarWinds Web Help Desk was … [Read more...] about SolarWinds Releases Patch for Critical Flaw in Web Help Desk Software
GitLab Releases Patch for Critical CI/CD Pipeline Vulnerability and 13 Others
Jun 28, 2024NewsroomSoftware Security / DevOps GitLab has released security updates to address 14 security flaws, including one critical vulnerability that could be exploited to run continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines as any user. The weaknesses, which affect GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE), have been addressed in … [Read more...] about GitLab Releases Patch for Critical CI/CD Pipeline Vulnerability and 13 Others