Security News

Mozilla May Reject UAE Firm's Root Inclusion Request
2019-02-25 21:44

Mozilla is considering rejecting a request by United Arab Emirates-based DarkMatter to be accepted as a top-level certificate authority in Mozilla’s root certificate program. read more

Check yo self before you HyperWreck yo self: Cisco fixes gimme-root holes in HyperFlex, plus more security bugs
2019-02-21 05:04

Patches available now spread across more than a dozen advisories Cisco emitted on Wednesday a bunch of security updates that, your support contract willing, you should test and roll out to...

Oh Snapd! Gimme-root-now security bug lets miscreants sock it to your Ubuntu boxes
2019-02-14 07:33

Get an update, or risk giving a dodgy user or malware an upgrade Canonical has issued an update for Ubuntu to address a security vulnerability that can be exploited by malware and rogue users to...

Snapd Flaw Lets Attackers Gain Root Access On Linux Systems
2019-02-13 15:48

Ubuntu and some other Linux distributions suffer from a severe privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow a local attacker or a malicious program to obtain root privileges and total...

‘Dirty Sock’ Flaw in snapd Allows Root Access to Linux Servers
2019-02-13 15:20

The issue affects default installations of Ubuntu Server and Desktop and is likely included in many Ubuntu-like Linux distributions.

Snapd flaw gives attackers root access on Linux systems
2019-02-13 12:06

A vulnerability affecting Snapd – a package installed by default in Ubuntu and used by other Linux distributions such as Debian, OpenSUSE, Arch Linux, Fedora and Solus – may allow a local attacker...

RunC container escape flaw enables root access to host system
2019-02-12 11:47

A serious vulnerability in runC, a widely used CLI tool for spawning and running containers, could be exploited to compromise the runC host binary from inside a privileged runC container, allowing...

RunC Flaw Lets Attackers Escape Linux Containers to Gain Root on Hosts
2019-02-12 09:03

A serious security vulnerability has been discovered in the core runC container code that affects several open-source container management systems and could potentially allow attackers to escape...

Patch this run(DM)c Docker flaw or you be illin'... Tricky containers can root host boxes. It's like that – and that's the way it is
2019-02-11 20:36

'Doomsday scenario' unless devops crowd walks this way Aleksa Sarai, a senior software engineer at SUSE Linux GmbH, has disclosed a serious vulnerability affecting runc, the default container...

Chrome OS Network Manager Sandboxed, Stripped of Root Privileges
2019-02-11 17:49

The latest version of Google’s Chrome OS operating system brings some significant security improvements related to the Shill network manager, including a sandbox and fewer privileges. read more