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Microsoft Security Update Summary (Oktober 10, 2023)
[German]On October 10, 2023, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates eliminate 103 vulnerabilities, two are 0-day vulnerabilities. Below is a compact overview of these updates … Continue reading
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Exploit for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 authentication bypass published (October 2023)
[German]I'll post a short information for Sharepoint administrators here in the blog. Microsoft has already published an authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2023-29357) in June 2023. So the vulnerability can be closed via update. Now a security researcher has made public an … Continue reading
Linux vulnerability Looney Tunables
[German]A buffer overflow vulnerability CVE-2023-4911 exists in the Gnu-C library (glibc) in the dynamic loader used to execute programs. The vulnerability, discovered by Qualys' Threat Research Unit (TRU), is called Looney Tunables and has probably existed since 2021. In the … Continue reading
iOS 17.0.3 fixes CVE-2023-42824 and the iPhone 15 heat problem
[German]Apple released the update to iOS 17.0.3 for compatible iPhone models on October 4, 2023. On the one hand, this update is supposed to close the vulnerability CVE-2023-42824 in libvpx. On the other hand, Apple promises to fix the heat … Continue reading
Google Chrome 117.0.5938.149/.150 closes vulnerability
Google has released updates to the Google Chrome browser 117 in the stable channel for Mac, Linux and Windows on October 3, 2023. The announcement can be found on the Google blog. The stable channel has been updated to version … Continue reading
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
Lancom (R&S) Firewalls (UF-xxx) no longer get signature updates from Oct. 1st till 4th 2023
[German]German blog reader Uwe Kernchen has just pointed out to me an issues that users and administrators of Lancom firewalls (also offered by Rhode & Schwarz) have hade. Since October 1, 2023, the UF-xxx firewalls no longer receive signature updates. … Continue reading
Warning about vulnerabilities in Exim Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)
[German]Another small addendum from the end of last week. There are several critical vulnerabilities in the Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) and open source mail server. CERT-Bund warns about these vulnerabilities, because attackers could execute arbitrary code via the SMTP service. … Continue reading
Tor.exe: Microsoft Defender triggers an "Trojan:Win32/Malgent!MTB" alert
[German]A few hours ago, the Tor browser received a security update that closed a vulnerability. Now Microsoft Defender in the form of Windows Security triggers an alert when the Tor browser is called up and quarantines the tor.exe file. It … Continue reading
Cisco released security advisories for multiple products
Just saw that as of Sept. 28, 2023, the U.S. National Security Agency (CISA) indicates that Cisco has issued security advisories for several products. Vulnerabilities in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager are rated "critical," while others are rated "high." Some of … Continue reading
MoveIT vendor Progress Software reports serious vulnerabilities in WS_FTP Server
[German]Progress Software, which has been hit hard by the MoveIT vulnerability, is facing the next trouble. There are further serious vulnerabilities in its WS_FTP Server software that could already being exploited in the wild. The products must be immediately provided … Continue reading