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FEDORA-2022-628829f0e6
Packages in this update:
jhead-3.06.0.1-5.fc37
Update description:
added patches to fix CVE-2022-41751
Monthly Archives: October 2022
wordpress-5.1.15-1.el7
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FEDORA-EPEL-2022-42745d5b54
Packages in this update:
wordpress-5.1.15-1.el7
Update description:
WordPress 5.1.15 Security Release
Security updates included in this release
Media: Refactor search by filename within the admin,
REST API: Lockdown post parameter of the terms endpoint,
Customize: Escape blogname option in underscores templates,
Query: Validate relation in WP_Date_Query,
Posts, Post types: Apply KSES to post-by-email content,
General: Validate host on “Are you sure?” screen,
Posts, Post types: Remove emails from post-by-email logs,
Pings/trackbacks: Apply KSES to all trackbacks,
Mail: Reset PHPMailer properties between use,
Widgets: Escape RSS error messages for display.
wordpress-5.9.5-1.fc35
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FEDORA-2022-35ce8ecede
Packages in this update:
wordpress-5.9.5-1.fc35
Update description:
WordPress 5.9.5 Security Release
Security updates included in this release
Stored XSS via wp-mail.php (post by email) – Toshitsugu Yoneyama of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. via JPCERT
Open redirect in wp_nonce_ays – devrayn
Sender’s email address is exposed in wp-mail.php – Toshitsugu Yoneyama of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. via JPCERT
Media Library – Reflected XSS via SQLi – Ben Bidner from the WordPress security team and Marc Montpas from Automattic independently discovered this issue
CSRF in wp-trackback.php – Simon Scannell
Stored XSS via the Customizer – Alex Concha from the WordPress security team
Revert shared user instances introduced in 50790 – Alex Concha and Ben Bidner from the WordPress security team
Stored XSS in WordPress Core via Comment Editing – Third-party security audit and Alex Concha from the WordPress security team
Data exposure via the REST Terms/Tags Endpoint – Than Taintor
Content from multipart emails leaked – Thomas Kräftner
SQL Injection due to improper sanitization in WP_Date_Query – Michael Mazzolini
RSS Widget: Stored XSS issue – Third-party security audit
Stored XSS in the search block – Alex Concha of the WP Security team
Feature Image Block: XSS issue – Third-party security audit
RSS Block: Stored XSS issue – Third-party security audit
Fix widget block XSS – Third-party security audit
wordpress-6.0.3-1.el9
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FEDORA-EPEL-2022-a2b7e4338d
Packages in this update:
wordpress-6.0.3-1.el9
Update description:
WordPress 6.0.3 Security Release
Security updates included in this release
Stored XSS via wp-mail.php (post by email) – Toshitsugu Yoneyama of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. via JPCERT
Open redirect in wp_nonce_ays – devrayn
Sender’s email address is exposed in wp-mail.php – Toshitsugu Yoneyama of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. via JPCERT
Media Library – Reflected XSS via SQLi – Ben Bidner from the WordPress security team and Marc Montpas from Automattic independently discovered this issue
CSRF in wp-trackback.php – Simon Scannell
Stored XSS via the Customizer – Alex Concha from the WordPress security team
Revert shared user instances introduced in 50790 – Alex Concha and Ben Bidner from the WordPress security team
Stored XSS in WordPress Core via Comment Editing – Third-party security audit and Alex Concha from the WordPress security team
Data exposure via the REST Terms/Tags Endpoint – Than Taintor
Content from multipart emails leaked – Thomas Kräftner
SQL Injection due to improper sanitization in WP_Date_Query – Michael Mazzolini
RSS Widget: Stored XSS issue – Third-party security audit
Stored XSS in the search block – Alex Concha of the WP Security team
Feature Image Block: XSS issue – Third-party security audit
RSS Block: Stored XSS issue – Third-party security audit
Fix widget block XSS – Third-party security audit
wordpress-6.0.3-1.fc37
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FEDORA-2022-3c1f843ced
Packages in this update:
wordpress-6.0.3-1.fc37
Update description:
WordPress 6.0.3 Security Release
Security updates included in this release
Stored XSS via wp-mail.php (post by email) – Toshitsugu Yoneyama of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. via JPCERT
Open redirect in wp_nonce_ays – devrayn
Sender’s email address is exposed in wp-mail.php – Toshitsugu Yoneyama of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. via JPCERT
Media Library – Reflected XSS via SQLi – Ben Bidner from the WordPress security team and Marc Montpas from Automattic independently discovered this issue
CSRF in wp-trackback.php – Simon Scannell
Stored XSS via the Customizer – Alex Concha from the WordPress security team
Revert shared user instances introduced in 50790 – Alex Concha and Ben Bidner from the WordPress security team
Stored XSS in WordPress Core via Comment Editing – Third-party security audit and Alex Concha from the WordPress security team
Data exposure via the REST Terms/Tags Endpoint – Than Taintor
Content from multipart emails leaked – Thomas Kräftner
SQL Injection due to improper sanitization in WP_Date_Query – Michael Mazzolini
RSS Widget: Stored XSS issue – Third-party security audit
Stored XSS in the search block – Alex Concha of the WP Security team
Feature Image Block: XSS issue – Third-party security audit
RSS Block: Stored XSS issue – Third-party security audit
Fix widget block XSS – Third-party security audit
wordpress-6.0.3-1.fc36
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FEDORA-2022-4e099582c7
Packages in this update:
wordpress-6.0.3-1.fc36
Update description:
WordPress 6.0.3 Security Release
Security updates included in this release
Stored XSS via wp-mail.php (post by email) – Toshitsugu Yoneyama of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. via JPCERT
Open redirect in wp_nonce_ays – devrayn
Sender’s email address is exposed in wp-mail.php – Toshitsugu Yoneyama of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. via JPCERT
Media Library – Reflected XSS via SQLi – Ben Bidner from the WordPress security team and Marc Montpas from Automattic independently discovered this issue
CSRF in wp-trackback.php – Simon Scannell
Stored XSS via the Customizer – Alex Concha from the WordPress security team
Revert shared user instances introduced in 50790 – Alex Concha and Ben Bidner from the WordPress security team
Stored XSS in WordPress Core via Comment Editing – Third-party security audit and Alex Concha from the WordPress security team
Data exposure via the REST Terms/Tags Endpoint – Than Taintor
Content from multipart emails leaked – Thomas Kräftner
SQL Injection due to improper sanitization in WP_Date_Query – Michael Mazzolini
RSS Widget: Stored XSS issue – Third-party security audit
Stored XSS in the search block – Alex Concha of the WP Security team
Feature Image Block: XSS issue – Third-party security audit
RSS Block: Stored XSS issue – Third-party security audit
Fix widget block XSS – Third-party security audit
DSA-5256 bcel – security update
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The Apache Xalan Java XSLT library is vulnerable to an integer truncation
issue when processing malicious XSLT stylesheets. This can be used to corrupt
Java class files generated by the internal XSLTC compiler and execute arbitrary
Java bytecode. In Debian the vulnerable code is in the bcel source package.
DSA-5257 linux – security update
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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that
may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information
leaks.
WordPress 6.0.3 Security Release
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WordPress 6.0.3 is now available!
This release features several security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 3.7 have also been updated.
WordPress 6.0.3 is a short-cycle release. The next major release will be version 6.1 planned for November 1, 2022.
If you have sites that support automatic background updates, the update process will begin automatically.
You can download WordPress 6.0.3 from WordPress.org, or visit your WordPress Dashboard, click “Updates”, and then click “Update Now”.
For more information on this release, please visit the HelpHub site.
Security updates included in this release
The security team would like to thank the following people for responsibly reporting vulnerabilities, and allowing them to be fixed in this release.
Stored XSS via wp-mail.php (post by email) – Toshitsugu Yoneyama of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. via JPCERT
Open redirect in `wp_nonce_ays` – devrayn
Sender’s email address is exposed in wp-mail.php – Toshitsugu Yoneyama of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. via JPCERT
Media Library – Reflected XSS via SQLi – Ben Bidner from the WordPress security team and Marc Montpas from Automattic independently discovered this issue
CSRF in wp-trackback.php – Simon Scannell
Stored XSS via the Customizer – Alex Concha from the WordPress security team
Revert shared user instances introduced in 50790 – Alex Concha and Ben Bidner from the WordPress security team
Stored XSS in WordPress Core via Comment Editing – Third-party security audit and Alex Concha from the WordPress security team
Data exposure via the REST Terms/Tags Endpoint – Than Taintor
Content from multipart emails leaked – Thomas Kräftner
SQL Injection due to improper sanitization in `WP_Date_Query` – Michael Mazzolini
RSS Widget: Stored XSS issue – Third-party security audit
Stored XSS in the search block – Alex Concha of the WP Security team
Feature Image Block: XSS issue – Third-party security audit
RSS Block: Stored XSS issue – Third-party security audit
Fix widget block XSS – Third-party security audit
Thank you to these WordPress contributors
This release was led by Alex Concha, Peter Wilson, Jb Audras, and Sergey Biryukov at mission control. Thanks to Jonathan Desrosiers, Jorge Costa, Bernie Reiter and Carlos Bravo for their help on package updates.
WordPress 6.0.3 would not have been possible without the contributions of the following people. Their asynchronous coordination to deliver several fixes into a stable release is a testament to the power and capability of the WordPress community.
Alex Concha, Colin Stewart, Daniel Richards, David Baumwald, Dion Hulse, ehtis, Garth Mortensen, Jb Audras, John Blackbourn, John James Jacoby, Jonathan Desrosiers, Jorge Costa, Juliette Reinders Folmer, Linkon Miyan, martin.krcho, Matias Ventura, Mukesh Panchal, Paul Kevan, Peter Wilson, Robert AndersonRobin, Sergey Biryukov, Sumit Bagthariya, Teddy Patriarca, Timothy Jacobs, vortfu, and Česlav Przywara.
Thanks to @peterwilsoncc for proofreading.
BrandPost: Why Ease-of-Use is Central to Better Security
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Here is an old joke from my days as a consultant.
A customer asked, “How can I be sure my computer is protected from viruses?” My admittedly sarcastic response was that they should disconnect it from the network.
Unplugging devices from the network has never been a practical solution, then or now. The world relies on connectivity for business and pleasure — we deploy, buy, stream, and share using networks that comprise the Internet.
Security is a critical part of the online experience, but users shouldn’t notice it.
Usable security? This word pairing is seen as an oxymoron. For example, complex passwords that are impossible to remember and get written on sticky notes, or physical security tokens that get left in a drawer, simply shift the security burden from the digital realm to the physical realm.