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rxvt, VT102 terminal emulator for the X Window System, allowed (potentially remote) code execution because of improper handling of certain escape sequences (ES…
mrxvt, lightweight multi-tabbed X terminal emulator, allowed (potentially remote) code execution because of improper handling of certain escape sequences (ESC …
eterm, an enlightened terminal emulator, allowed (potentially remote) code execution because of improper handling of certain escape sequences (ESC G Q).
A flaw was found in polkit. When a requesting process disconnects from dbus-daemon just before the call to polkit_system_bus_name_get_creds_sync starts, the pr…
Updated squid packages fix security vulnerabilities: Due to improper input validation Squid is vulnerable to an HTTP Request Smuggling attack. This problem all…
Fixed format string vulnerability allows user-assisted remote attackers to achieve code execution via a crafted m3u playlist file (CVE-2021-30145). References:…
Malicious actors are actively mass scanning the internet for vulnerable VMware vCenter servers that are unpatched against a critical remote code execution flaw…
It was discovered that lasso, a library which implements SAML 2.0 and Liberty Alliance standards, did not properly verify that all assertions in a SAML respons…
Applications using Lasso could be made to allow unintended access.
Amir Sarabadani and Kunal Mehta discovered that the import functionality of Hyperkitty, the web user interface to access Mailman 3 archives, did not restrict t…
A vulnerability in Nextcloud Desktop Client could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSSH, the worst of which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
A buffer overflow in Boost might allow remote attacker(s) to execute arbitrary code.
libx11 could allow unintended access to services.
Mozilla has begun rolling out a new security feature for its Firefox browser in nightly and beta channels that aims to protect users against a new class of sid…
Cockpit is a beginner friendly web-based Linux server manager that lets you manage a remote Linux system through a browser window. With Cockpit, you can view s…
Improper pathname handling in ruby-rack-cors, a middleware that makes Rack-based apps CORS compatible, may result in access to private resources.
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Cybersecurity company Rapid7 on Thursday revealed that unidentified actors improperly managed to get hold of a small portion of its source code repositories in…
Nagios 4.4.5 allows an attacker, who already has administrative access to change the "URL for JSON CGIs" configuration setting, to modify the Alert Histogram a…
Jemery Galindo discovered an out-of-bounds memory access in Hivex, a library to parse Windows Registry hive files. For the stable distribution (buster), this p…
A set of dangerous vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Exim mail server. Remote code execution, privilege escalation to root and lateral movement throu…
The Qualys Research Team has discovered multiple critical vulnerabilities in the popular Exim mail server , which they have named 21Nails . Some of these flaws…
The Qualys Research Labs reported several vulnerabilities in Exim, a mail transport agent, which could result in local privilege escalation and remote code exe…