Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution. Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow for arbitrary code execution in the context of the logged on user. Depending on the privileges associated with the user an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights.
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buildah-1.37.5-1.fc41 containers-common-0.60.4-4.fc41 podman-5.2.5-1.fc41
FEDORA-2024-5a61a2fa45
Packages in this update:
buildah-1.37.5-1.fc41
containers-common-0.60.4-4.fc41
podman-5.2.5-1.fc41
Update description:
Automatic update for buildah-1.37.5-1.fc41.
Changelog for buildah
* Fri Oct 18 2024 Packit <hello@packit.dev> – 2:1.37.5-1
– Update to 1.37.5 upstream release
Fixes CVE-2024-9341, CVE-2024-9675 and CVE-2024-9676.
bugfix
Internet Archive and Wayback Machine Resurrect After DDoS Wave
Internet Archive founder confirmed the allegedly exposed data was “safe”
Justice Department Indicts Tech CEO for Falsifying Security Certifications
macOS Vulnerability Could Expose User Data, Microsoft Warns
Microsoft urges macOS users to apply a fix for the vulnerability, which it believes may be under active exploitation by the Adload malware family
Brazil Arrests ‘USDoD,’ Hacker in FBI Infragard Breach
Brazilian authorities reportedly have arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of being “USDoD,” a prolific cybercriminal who rose to infamy in 2022 after infiltrating the FBI’s InfraGard program and leaking contact information for 80,000 members. More recently, USDoD was behind a breach at the consumer data broker National Public Data that led to the leak of Social Security numbers and other personal information for a significant portion of the U.S. population.
The Brazilian news outlet TV Globo first reported the news of USDoD’s arrest, saying the Federal Police arrested a 33-year-old man from Belo Horizonte. According to TV Globo, USDoD is wanted domestically in connection with the theft of data on Brazilian Federal Police officers.
USDoD was known to use the hacker handles “Equation Corp” and “NetSec,” and according to the cyber intelligence platform Intel 471 NetSec posted a thread on the now-defunct cybercrime community RaidForums on Feb. 22, 2022, in which they offered the email address and password for 659 members of the Brazilian Federal Police.
TV Globo didn’t name the man arrested, but the Portuguese tech news outlet Tecmundo published a report in August 2024 that named USDoD as 33-year-old Luan BG from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Techmundo said it learned the hacker’s real identity after being given a draft of a detailed, non-public report produced by the security firm CrowdStrike.
CrowdStrike did not respond to a request for comment. But a week after Techmundo’s piece, the tech news publication hackread.com published a story in which USDoD reportedly admitted that CrowdStrike was accurate in identifying him. Hackread said USDoD shared a statement, which was partially addressed to CrowdStrike:
In August 2024, a cybercriminal began selling Social Security numbers and other personal information stolen from National Public Data, a private data broker in Florida that collected and sold SSNs and contact data for a significant slice of the American population.
Additional reporting revealed National Public Data had inadvertently published its own passwords on the Internet. The company is now the target of multiple class-action lawsuits, and recently declared bankruptcy. In an interview with KrebsOnSecurity, USDoD acknowledged stealing the NPD data earlier this year, but claimed he was not involved in leaking or selling it.
In December 2022, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that USDoD had social-engineered his way into the FBI’s InfraGard program, an FBI initiative designed to build informal information sharing partnerships with vetted professionals in the private sector concerning cyber and physical threats to critical U.S. national infrastructure.
USDoD applied for InfraGard membership using the identity of the CEO of a major U.S. financial company. Even though USDoD listed the real mobile phone number of the CEO, the FBI apparently never reached the CEO to validate his application, because the request was granted just a few weeks later. After that, USDoD said he used a simple program to collect all of the contact information shared by more than 80,000 InfraGard members.
The FBI declined to comment on reports about USDoD’s arrest.
In a lengthy September 2023 interview with databreaches.net, USDoD told the publication he was a man in his mid-30s who was born in South America and who holds dual citizenship in Brazil and Portugal. Toward the end of that interview, USDoD said they were planning to launch a platform for acquiring military intelligence from the United States.
Databreaches.net told KrebsOnSecurity USDoD has been a regular correspondent since that 2023 interview, and that after being doxed USDoD made inquiries with a local attorney to learn if there were any open investigations or charges against him.
“From what the lawyer found out from the federal police, they had no open cases or charges against him at that time,” Databreaches.net said. “From his writing to me and the conversations we had, my sense is he had absolutely no idea he was in imminent danger of being arrested.”
When KrebsOnSecurity last communicated with USDoD via Telegram on Aug. 15, 2024, they claimed they were “planning to retire and move on from this,” referring to multiple media reports that blamed USDoD for leaking nearly three billion consumer records from National Public Data.
Less than four days later, however, USDoD was back on his normal haunt at BreachForums, posting custom exploit code he claimed to have written to attack recently patched vulnerabilities in a popular theme made for WordPress websites.
chromium-130.0.6723.58-1.fc41
FEDORA-2024-3a6f9ab958
Packages in this update:
chromium-130.0.6723.58-1.fc41
Update description:
Update to 130.0.6723.58
* High CVE-2024-9954: Use after free in AI
* Medium CVE-2024-9955: Use after free in Web Authentication
* Medium CVE-2024-9956: Inappropriate implementation in Web Authentication
* Medium CVE-2024-9957: Use after free in UI
* Medium CVE-2024-9958: Inappropriate implementation in PictureInPicture
* Medium CVE-2024-9959: Use after free in DevTools
* Medium CVE-2024-9960: Use after free in Dawn
* Medium CVE-2024-9961: Use after free in Parcel Tracking
* Medium CVE-2024-9962: Inappropriate implementation in Permissions
* Medium CVE-2024-9963: Insufficient data validation in Downloads
* Low CVE-2024-9964: Inappropriate implementation in Payments
* Low CVE-2024-9965: Insufficient data validation in DevTools
* Low CVE-2024-9966: Inappropriate implementation in Navigations
chromium-130.0.6723.58-1.fc40
FEDORA-2024-4d80983af6
Packages in this update:
chromium-130.0.6723.58-1.fc40
Update description:
Update to 130.0.6723.58
* High CVE-2024-9954: Use after free in AI
* Medium CVE-2024-9955: Use after free in Web Authentication
* Medium CVE-2024-9956: Inappropriate implementation in Web Authentication
* Medium CVE-2024-9957: Use after free in UI
* Medium CVE-2024-9958: Inappropriate implementation in PictureInPicture
* Medium CVE-2024-9959: Use after free in DevTools
* Medium CVE-2024-9960: Use after free in Dawn
* Medium CVE-2024-9961: Use after free in Parcel Tracking
* Medium CVE-2024-9962: Inappropriate implementation in Permissions
* Medium CVE-2024-9963: Insufficient data validation in Downloads
* Low CVE-2024-9964: Inappropriate implementation in Payments
* Low CVE-2024-9965: Insufficient data validation in DevTools
* Low CVE-2024-9966: Inappropriate implementation in Navigations
chromium-130.0.6723.58-1.el9
FEDORA-EPEL-2024-01e1cef110
Packages in this update:
chromium-130.0.6723.58-1.el9
Update description:
Update to 130.0.6723.58
* High CVE-2024-9954: Use after free in AI
* Medium CVE-2024-9955: Use after free in Web Authentication
* Medium CVE-2024-9956: Inappropriate implementation in Web Authentication
* Medium CVE-2024-9957: Use after free in UI
* Medium CVE-2024-9958: Inappropriate implementation in PictureInPicture
* Medium CVE-2024-9959: Use after free in DevTools
* Medium CVE-2024-9960: Use after free in Dawn
* Medium CVE-2024-9961: Use after free in Parcel Tracking
* Medium CVE-2024-9962: Inappropriate implementation in Permissions
* Medium CVE-2024-9963: Insufficient data validation in Downloads
* Low CVE-2024-9964: Inappropriate implementation in Payments
* Low CVE-2024-9965: Insufficient data validation in DevTools
* Low CVE-2024-9966: Inappropriate implementation in Navigations