MajorDoMo, a beacon in Russian home automation and particularly favored by Raspberry Pi aficionados, has been a trusted
name for over a decade. With over 380 stars on its official GitHub repository at the time of writing
(https://github.com/sergejey/majordomo), its popularity is evident. However, lurking within its `thumb.php` module is a
severe unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability before 0662e5e.
NOTE:…
Simon Whittaker, CEO of Vertical Structure, invited me onto the “CyberTuesday” show to share some stories and opinions from the world of cybersecurity.
I couldn’t resist also breaking into my Jason Statham impression at one point…
Fabian Bäumer, Marcus Brinkmann, Jörg Schwenk discovered that the SSH
protocol was vulnerable to a prefix truncation attack. If a remote attacker
was able to intercept SSH communications, extension negotiation messages
could be truncated, possibly leading to certain algorithms and features
being downgraded. This issue is known as the Terrapin attack. This update
adds protocol extensions to mitigate this issue.
