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Yearly Archives: 2025
Fortinet Confirms Critical Zero-Day Vulnerability in Firewalls
The security provider published mitigation measures to prevent exploitation
Secureworks Exposes North Korean Links to Fraudulent Crowdfunding
Secureworks Counter Threat Unit (CTU) has identified links between North Korean IT workers and fraudulent crowdfunding activities, with the group known as Nickle Tapestry orchestrating scams to support North Korean interests
Microsoft Patches Eight Zero-Days to Start the Year
Patch Tuesday saw Microsoft fix eight zero-days, three of which are being actively exploited
ZDI-25-028: Microsoft Office Word RTF File Parsing Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Microsoft Office Word. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2025-21298.
ZDI-25-029: Microsoft Windows Installer Service Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Microsoft Windows. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2025-21331.
ZDI-25-030: Microsoft Office Word DOCX File Parsing Uninitialized Pointer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Microsoft Office Word. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2025-21363.
git-lfs-3.6.1-1.fc41
FEDORA-2025-1de066b8af
Packages in this update:
git-lfs-3.6.1-1.fc41
Update description:
Update to latest version
Fix CVE-2024-53263
git-lfs-3.6.1-1.fc40
FEDORA-2025-50deb0acd5
Packages in this update:
git-lfs-3.6.1-1.fc40
Update description:
Update to latest version
Fix CVE-2024-53263
DSA-5844-1 chromium – security update
Security issues were discovered in Chromium which could result
in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service, or information
disclosure.