Cybersecurity researchers have identified two new vulnerabilities in Linux-based OSes that, if successfully exploited, could enable attackers to bypass mitigations for speculative attacks such as Spectre and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory.
Canonical has released another Linux kernel security update for Ubuntu to address six vulnerabilities affecting the Linux 5.8 and 5.4 kernels of several Ubuntu releases. Update ASAP to prevent DoS, information leakage and other security threats.
Researchers have discovered three vulnerabilities capable of granting attackers root privileges on Linux systems if they are able to gain access through other methods. These bugs, which affect the iSCSI kernel subsystem, have existed for more than 15 years.
CentOS Linux 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 are vulnerable to over a dozen kernel bugs. Red Hat has issued an important security update mutigating these flaws - patch now!
Canonical has published new Linux kernel security updates for all of its supported Ubuntu OS releases addressing up to six security vulnerabilities affecting all supported kernels. Patch now!
Maliciously constructed Wireshark packet capture files might be used to distribute malware, providing recipients can be tricked into double clicking file URL fields. A CVE has been assigned to the security issue (now resolved through a recent update) due its potential for harm, despite the fact that some social engineering trickery is required.
