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Cloud directory specialist JumpCloud is moving into the crowded patch management market with an extension to its platform to automate patch updates. Companies such as Apple or Microsoft already have varying levels of patch management tools in their armoury.
Dubbed PwnKit, it's been sitting in a user policy module used in Linux distros for over a decade and can be used by anyone to gain root privileges. Heads up, Linux users: A newly discovered vulnerability in pretty much every major distro allows any unprivileged user to gain root access to their target, and it's been hiding in plain sight for 12 years.
Tracked as CVE-2022-22587, the vulnerability relates to a memory corruption issue in the IOMobileFrameBuffer component that could be abused by a malicious application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. The iPhone maker said it's "Aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited," adding it addressed the issue with improved input validation.
VMware urges customers to patch critical Log4j security vulnerabilities impacting Internet-exposed VMware Horizon servers targeted in ongoing attacks. Microsoft also warned two weeks ago of a Chinese-speaking threat actor tracked as DEV-0401 who deploys Night Sky ransomware on Internet-exposed VMware Horizon servers using Log4Shell exploits.
Two security vulnerabilities that impact the Control Web Panel software can be chained by unauthenticated attackers to gain remote code execution as root on vulnerable Linux servers. CWP, previously known as CentOS Web Panel, is a free Linux control panel for managing dedicated web hosting servers and virtual private servers.
Cisco Systems has rolled out fixes for a critical security flaw affecting Redundancy Configuration Manager for Cisco StarOS Software that could be weaponized by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and take over vulnerable machines. "An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the device and navigating to the service with debug mode enabled," Cisco said in an advisory.
The CVE-2022-0185 vulnerability in Ubuntu is severe enough that Red Hat is also advising immediate patching. It affects RHEL as well as Ubuntu 20.04, 21.04 and 21.10 - and presumably other distros, too.
Microsoft has patched the patch that broke chunks of Windows and emitted fixes for a Patch Tuesday cock-up that left servers rebooting and VPNs disconnected. On the receiving end of the company's attention were Windows desktop and Windows Server installs left a little broken following Microsoft's latest demonstration of its legendary quality control.
Enterprise software maker Zoho on Monday issued patches for a critical security vulnerability in Desktop Central and Desktop Central MSP that a remote adversary could exploit to perform unauthorized actions in affected servers. Tracked as CVE-2021-44757, the shortcoming concerns an instance of authentication bypass that "May allow an attacker to read unauthorized data or write an arbitrary zip file on the server," the company noted in an advisory.
Microsoft on Tuesday kicked off its first set of updates for 2022 by plugging 96 security holes across its software ecosystem, while urging customers to prioritize patching for what it calls a critical "Wormable" vulnerability. The patches cover a swath of the computing giant's portfolio, including Microsoft Windows and Windows Components, Exchange Server, Microsoft Office and Office Components, SharePoint Server,.