Daily Archives: August 14, 2024

Advisories

USN-6961-1: BusyBox vulnerabilities

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It was discovered that BusyBox did not properly validate user input when
performing certain arithmetic operations. If a user or automated system
were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, an attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2022-48174)

It was discovered that BusyBox incorrectly managed memory when evaluating
certain awk expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-42363, CVE-2023-42364, CVE-2023-42365)

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Advisories

USN-6951-2: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

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Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
– ARM64 architecture;
– M68K architecture;
– User-Mode Linux (UML);
– x86 architecture;
– Accessibility subsystem;
– Character device driver;
– Clock framework and drivers;
– CPU frequency scaling framework;
– Hardware crypto device drivers;
– Buffer Sharing and Synchronization framework;
– FireWire subsystem;
– GPU drivers;
– HW tracing;
– Macintosh device drivers;
– Multiple devices driver;
– Media drivers;
– Network drivers;
– Pin controllers subsystem;
– S/390 drivers;
– SCSI drivers;
– SoundWire subsystem;
– Greybus lights staging drivers;
– TTY drivers;
– Framebuffer layer;
– Virtio drivers;
– 9P distributed file system;
– eCrypt file system;
– EROFS file system;
– Ext4 file system;
– F2FS file system;
– JFFS2 file system;
– Network file system client;
– NILFS2 file system;
– SMB network file system;
– Kernel debugger infrastructure;
– IRQ subsystem;
– Tracing infrastructure;
– Dynamic debug library;
– 9P file system network protocol;
– Bluetooth subsystem;
– Networking core;
– IPv4 networking;
– IPv6 networking;
– Netfilter;
– NET/ROM layer;
– NFC subsystem;
– NSH protocol;
– Open vSwitch;
– Phonet protocol;
– TIPC protocol;
– Unix domain sockets;
– Wireless networking;
– eXpress Data Path;
– XFRM subsystem;
– ALSA framework;
(CVE-2024-36934, CVE-2024-38578, CVE-2024-38600, CVE-2024-27399,
CVE-2024-39276, CVE-2024-38596, CVE-2024-36933, CVE-2024-36919,
CVE-2024-35976, CVE-2024-37356, CVE-2023-52585, CVE-2024-38558,
CVE-2024-38560, CVE-2024-38634, CVE-2024-36959, CVE-2024-38633,
CVE-2024-36886, CVE-2024-27398, CVE-2024-39493, CVE-2024-26886,
CVE-2024-31076, CVE-2024-38559, CVE-2024-38615, CVE-2024-36971,
CVE-2024-38627, CVE-2024-36964, CVE-2024-38780, CVE-2024-37353,
CVE-2024-38621, CVE-2024-36883, CVE-2024-39488, CVE-2024-38661,
CVE-2024-36939, CVE-2024-38589, CVE-2024-38565, CVE-2024-38381,
CVE-2024-35947, CVE-2024-36905, CVE-2022-48772, CVE-2024-36017,
CVE-2024-36946, CVE-2024-27401, CVE-2024-38579, CVE-2024-38612,
CVE-2024-38598, CVE-2024-38635, CVE-2024-38587, CVE-2024-38567,
CVE-2024-38549, CVE-2024-36960, CVE-2023-52752, CVE-2024-27019,
CVE-2024-38601, CVE-2024-39489, CVE-2024-39467, CVE-2023-52882,
CVE-2024-38583, CVE-2024-39480, CVE-2024-38607, CVE-2024-36940,
CVE-2024-38659, CVE-2023-52434, CVE-2024-36015, CVE-2024-38582,
CVE-2024-36950, CVE-2024-38552, CVE-2024-33621, CVE-2024-36954,
CVE-2024-39475, CVE-2024-39301, CVE-2024-38599, CVE-2024-36902,
CVE-2024-36286, CVE-2024-38613, CVE-2024-38637, CVE-2024-36941,
CVE-2024-36014, CVE-2024-38618, CVE-2024-36904, CVE-2024-36270,
CVE-2024-39292, CVE-2024-39471, CVE-2022-48674)

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News

Texas Sues GM for Collecting Driving Data without Consent

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Texas is suing General Motors for collecting driver data without consent and then selling it to insurance companies:

From CNN:

In car models from 2015 and later, the Detroit-based car manufacturer allegedly used technology to “collect, record, analyze, and transmit highly detailed driving data about each time a driver used their vehicle,” according to the AG’s statement.

General Motors sold this information to several other companies, including to at least two companies for the purpose of generating “Driving Scores” about GM’s customers, the AG alleged. The suit said those two companies then sold these scores to insurance companies.

Insurance companies can use data to see how many times people exceeded a speed limit or obeyed other traffic laws. Some insurance firms ask customers if they want to voluntarily opt-in to such programs, promising lower rates for safer drivers.

But the attorney general’s office claimed GM “deceived” its Texan customers by encouraging them to enroll in programs such as OnStar Smart Driver. But by agreeing to join these programs, customers also unknowingly agreed to the collection and sale of their data, the attorney general’s office said.

Press release. Court filing. Slashdot thread.

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News

Ransomware kingpin who called himself “J P Morgan” extradited to United States

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An investigation dating back almost ten years has seen the extradition this week to the United States of a man suspected to be the head of one the world’s most prolific Russian-speaking cybercriminal gangs.

The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) says it has been investigating a cybercriminal using the online handle “J P Morgan” since 2015, alongside parallel investigations run by the United States FBI and Secret Service.

Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Advisories

webkitgtk-2.44.3-1.fc39

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FEDORA-2024-e9219d3a6e

Packages in this update:

webkitgtk-2.44.3-1.fc39

Update description:

Fix web process cache suspend/resume when sandbox is enabled.
Fix accelerated images disappearing after scrolling.
Fix video flickering with DMA-BUF sink.
Fix pointer lock on X11.
Fix movement delta on mouse events in GTK3.
Undeprecate console message API and make it available in 2022 API.
Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

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