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FEDORA-2023-fb5022e741
Packages in this update:
xorg-x11-server-1.20.14-18.fc36
Update description:
CVE-2023-0494: potential use-after-free in DeepCopyPointerClasses
Yearly Archives: 2023
CVE-2021-36471
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Directory Traversal vulnerability in AdminLTE 3.1.0 allows remote attackers to gain escalated privilege and view sensitive information via /admin/index2.html, /admin/index3.html URIs.
KrebsOnSecurity in Upcoming Hulu Series on Ashley Madison Breach
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KrebsOnSecurity will likely have a decent amount of screen time in an upcoming Hulu documentary series about the 2015 megabreach at marital infidelity site Ashley Madison. While I can’t predict what the producers will do with the video interviews we shot, it’s fair to say the series will explore compelling new clues as to who may have been responsible for the attack.
The new docuseries produced by ABC News Studios and Wall to Wall Media is tentatively titled, “The Ashley Madison Affair,” and is slated for release on Hulu in late Spring 2023. Wall to Wall Media is part of the Warner Bros. International Television Production group.
“Featuring exclusive footage and untold firsthand interviews from those involved, the series will explore infidelity, morality, cyber-shaming and blackmail and tell the story of ordinary people with big secrets and a mystery that remains unsolved to this day,” reads a Jan. 12, 2023 scoop from The Wrap.
There are several other studios pursuing documentaries on the Ashley Madison breach, and it’s not hard to see why. On July 19, 2015, a hacker group calling itself The Impact Team leaked Ashley Madison internal company data, and announced it would leak all user data in a month unless Ashley Madison voluntarily shut down before then.
A month later, The Impact Team published more than 60 gigabytes of data, including user names, home addresses, search history, and credit card transaction records. The leak led to the public shaming and extortion of many Ashley Madison users, and to at least two suicides. It’s impossible to say how many users lost their jobs or marriages as a result of the breach.
I’m aware that there are multiple studios working on Ashley Madison documentaries because I broke the story of the breach in 2015, and all of those production houses approached me with essentially the same pitch: It would be a shame if your voice wasn’t included in our project.
What stood out about the inquiry from Wall to Wall was that their researchers had already gathered piles of clues about the breach that I’d never seen before.
I’d assumed that participating in their documentary would involve sitting for a few interviews about known historical facts related to the breach. But when Wall to Wall shared what they’d found, I was hooked, and spent several weeks investigating those leads further.
The result was a collaborative research effort revealing key aspects of the breach that have somehow escaped public notice over the years.
I won’t go into detail on what we discovered until the Hulu series is ready for release. Also, I am not privy to what they will produce with the interviews I gave. I can’t say that what we found untangles everything about the breach that was previously unknown, but it sure explains a lot.
CIS Benchmarks February 2023 Update
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Here is an overview of the CIS Benchmarks that the Center for Internet Security updated or released for February 2023.
CVE-2021-37492
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An issue discovered in src/wallet/wallet.cpp in Ravencoin Core 4.3.2.1 and earlier allows attackers to view sensitive information via CWallet::CreateTransactionAll() function.
CVE-2011-10003
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A vulnerability was found in XpressEngine up to 1.4.4. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Update Query Handler. The manipulation leads to sql injection. Upgrading to version 1.4.5 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is c6e94449f21256d6362450b29c7847305e756ad5. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-220247.
USN-5845-2: OpenSSL vulnerabilities
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USN-5845-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in OpenSSL. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
David Benjamin discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled X.400 address
processing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read
arbitrary memory contents or cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial
of service. (CVE-2023-0286)
Octavio Galland and Marcel Böhme discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly
handled streaming ASN.1 data. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0215)
USN-5847-1: Grunt vulnerabilities
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It was discovered that Grunt was not properly loading YAML files before
parsing them. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-7729)
It was discovered that Grunt was not properly handling symbolic links
when performing file copy operations. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2022-0436)
It was discovered that there was a race condition in the Grunt file copy
function, which could lead to an arbitrary file write. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to perform a local privilege escalation attack or
to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1537)
USN-5846-1: X.Org X Server vulnerability
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Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled
certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use these issues to
cause the X Server to crash, execute arbitrary code, or escalate
privileges.
USN-5845-1: OpenSSL vulnerabilities
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David Benjamin discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly handled X.400 address
processing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read
arbitrary memory contents or cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial
of service. (CVE-2023-0286)
Octavio Galland and Marcel Böhme discovered that OpenSSL incorrectly
handled streaming ASN.1 data. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause OpenSSL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0215)