Security News

Adobe Patches Code Execution Flaws in Flash, Reader, Acrobat (Threatpost)
2017-01-10 17:47

Adobe’s first scheduled patch release of 2017 includes updates for Flash Player, Reader and Acrobat.

PHPMailer, SwiftMailer Updates Resolve Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (Threatpost)
2016-12-29 19:20

Critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in PHPMailer and SwiftMailer, libraries used to send emails via PHP, were patched this week.

Remote Code Execution Bug Found in Ubuntu Quantal (Threatpost)
2016-12-16 16:14

A remote code execution bug in Ubuntu Desktop was patched; the vulnerability affected all default installations of Quantal version 12.10 and later.

Old Linux Kernel Code Execution Bug Patched (Threatpost)
2016-12-08 14:15

A local, race condition vulnerability in the af_packet implementation in Linux was patched this week. The bug allows a local attacker to execute code or crash a server.

Adobe Patches Nine Code Execution Flaws in Flash Player (Threatpost)
2016-11-08 16:17

Adobe again released a security update for Flash Player, patching nine remote code execution vulnerabilities. Adobe Connect for Windows was also updated.

Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities Plague LibTIFF Library (Threatpost)
2016-10-26 16:34

Three vulnerabilities, all which can lead to remote code execution, exist in the LibTIFF library.