Category Archives: Advisories

[R1] Stand-alone Security Patch Available for Tenable.sc versions 5.16.0 to 5.19.1: Patch 202201.1

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Tenable.sc leverages third-party software to help provide underlying functionality. One of the third-party components (Apache) was found to contain vulnerabilities, and updated versions have been made available by the providers.

Out of caution, and in line with best practice, Tenable has upgraded the bundled components to address the potential impact of these issues. Tenable.sc Patch 202201.1 updates Apache to version 2.4.52 to address the identified vulnerabilities.

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Multiple Vulnerabilities in Adobe Products Could Allow for Arbitrary Code Execution

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Products, the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution.

Connect is a suite of software for remote training, web conferencing, presentation, and desktop sharing.
Magento is a leading provider of cloud commerce innovation to merchants and brands across B2C and B2B industries.

Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow for arbitrary code execution. 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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Multiple Vulnerabilities in Google Chrome Could Allow for Arbitrary Code Execution

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Google Chrome, the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution. Google Chrome is a web browser used to access the Internet. Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the browser. Depending on the privileges associated with the application, an attacker could view, change, or delete data. If this application has been configured to have fewer user rights on the system, exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could have less impact than if it was configured with administrative rights.

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Multiple Vulnerabilities in Google Chrome Could Allow for Arbitrary Code Execution

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Google Chrome, the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution. Google Chrome is a web browser used to access the Internet. Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the browser. Depending on the privileges associated with the application, an attacker could view, change, or delete data. If this application has been configured to have fewer user rights on the system, exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could have less impact than if it was configured with administrative rights.

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Multiple Vulnerabilities in Adobe Products could allow for Arbitrary Code Execution.

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe products, the most severe of which could allow for Arbitrary Code Execution.

Acrobat and Reader is a family of application software and Web services mainly used to create, view, and edit PDF documents.
Illustrator is a vector graphics editor and design program.
Bridge is a digital asset management application.
Adobe InCopy is a professional word processor.
InDesign is an industry-leading layout and page design software for print and digital media.

Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow for arbitrary code execution. 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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A Vulnerability in Citrix Workspace App for Linux Could Allow for Local Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability has been discovered in Citrix Workspace App for Linux, a virtual desktop application. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow for local privilege escalation. A privilege escalation enables the attacker to obtain root privileges within the system which will enable them to install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

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Critical Patches Issued for Microsoft Products, January 11, 2022

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Microsoft products, the most severe of which could allow for remote 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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Multiple Vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Could Allow for Arbitrary Code Execution

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox, Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR), and Thunderbird, the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution.

Mozilla Firefox is a web browser used to access the Internet.
Mozilla Firefox ESR is a version of the web browser intended to be deployed in large organizations.
Mozilla Thunderbird is an email client.

Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow for arbitrary code execution. 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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Multiple Vulnerabilities in WordPress Could Allow for SQL Injection

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in WordPress, the most severe of which could allow for SQL injection. WordPress is an open source content management system (CMS) which assist in the creation and hosting of web applications. Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow for SQL injection. Depending on the privileges associated with the service, an attacker could then read, extract, or write to the backend database. Services which are configured to have fewer rights on the system and the backend database could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative rights.

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