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annobin-10.57-3.fc36
firefox-98.0-2.fc36
gcc-12.0.1-0.12.fc36
This update provides the latest release of Firefox, with many bug fixes including critical security issues. It also includes updates to gcc and annobin which were necessary to build Firefox, with the following fixes:
fix up promoted SUBREG handling (#2045160, PR rtl-optimization/104839)
fix up check for asm goto (PR rtl-optimization/104777)
Upstream bugs (http://gcc.gnu.org/PRNNNNN) fixed: 70077, 79493, 80270, 84519, 87496, 88134, 90148, 91384, 96526, 99297, 99555, 99585, 100400, 100407, 100541, 100757, 101325, 101636, 101983, 102276, 102429, 103037, 103302, 103443, 103521, 103836, 103845, 103856, 103984, 104061, 104121, 104131, 104132, 104133, 104154, 104208, 104381, 104430, 104434, 104489, 104529, 104533, 104540, 104550, 104552, 104558, 104573, 104589, 104601, 104602, 104618, 104619, 104627, 104633, 104637, 104644, 104648, 104656, 104659, 104664, 104667, 104674, 104675, 104676, 104677, 104679, 104681, 104682, 104686, 104687, 104698, 104700, 104704, 104715, 104716, 104721, 104724, 104725, 104726, 104727, 104728, 104730, 104732, 104736, 104748, 104757, 104758, 104761, 104775, 104779, 104781, 104782, 104784, 104791, 104794, 104797, 104807, 104825, 104838
openexr-3.1.4-1.fc36
New upstream release 3.1.4
openexr-3.1.4-1.fc35
New upstream release 3.1.4
HackerOne, a bug bounty platform provider, offered a blueprint for greater corporate security responsibility and called for a shift from secrecy to transparency when dealing with vulnerabilities in a report released Thursday.
Organizations are increasingly scrutinizing the practices of their suppliers, basing procurement decisions on security credentials and switching suppliers should the company have experienced a security incident, the report noted. Demonstrating secure best practices is now a competitive differentiator.
USN-5288-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Expat. For CVE-2022-25236 it
caused a regression and an additional patch was required. This update address
this regression and several other vulnerabilities.
It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-25313)
It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash
or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2022-25314)
It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-25315)
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-25236)
The dangerous Linux privilege escalation flaw dubbed Dirty Pipe that was recently disclosed could also impact applications and systems that use containerization through tools such as Docker, researchers warn. This follows a different privilege escalation vulnerability that was patched last week and could lead to container escapes.
Dirty Pipe “could enable an attacker to effectively modify containers that are running against a shared image, or to poison an image on a host so that new containers would receive modified files,” researcher Rory McCune from cloud security firm Aqua Security said in a blog post.
It has been interesting to notice how unimportant and ineffective cyber operations have been in the Russia-Ukraine war. Russia launched a wiper against Ukraine at the beginning, but it was found and neutered. Near as I can tell, the only thing that worked was the disabling of regional KA-SAT SATCOM terminals.
It’s probably too early to reach any conclusions, but people are starting to write about this, with varying theories.
I want to write about this, too, but I’m waiting for things to progress more.
The research indicates that MSPs are becoming more of a primary target for cyber-criminals than their customers
