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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in VMware vSphere Data Protection 5.5.x /5.8.x/6.0.x/6.1.x. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to deserialization. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-4914. The attack can be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

A vulnerability was found in Squid Proxy up to 2.5.STABLE10 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component NTLM Authentication. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2917. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

A vulnerability has been found in ISC Lynx 2.8.5/2.8.6/2.8.6 Dev13 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Lynx URI Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-2929. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple itunes 4.7.1.30/5.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file ituneshelper.exe. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2938. Attacking locally is a requirement. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Ipswitch Ipswitch Collaboration Suite up to 8.19. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component SMTP Service. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2931. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in HP Tru64 4.0f/5.1b3. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-2993. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in netpbm. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-2978. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

A vulnerability was found in PAM 0.80 on SELinux and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file unix_chkpwd. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-2977. The attack may be initiated remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to replace the affected component with an alternative.

A vulnerability was found in Veritas StorageCentral 5.2 Rev. 2190r. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component DCOM Server. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2996. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 10.0 on SPARC/x86. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function serializer_enter of the component tl Driver. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-3001. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

A vulnerability was found in Veritas Storage Exec up to 5.3 rev 2190R. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component DCOM Server. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2996. The attack can be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM Lotus Domino Enterprise Server 6.5.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to basic cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-3015. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

A vulnerability has been found in PHP 4.4.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component curl/gd. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3054. The attack can be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

RemoteMonologue is a Windows credential harvesting technique that enables remote user compromise by leveraging the Interactive User RunAs key and coercing NTLM authentications via DCOM. Features 🔹 Authentication Coercion via DCOM (-dcom) Targets three DCOM...

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Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Stealthy backdoor found hiding in SOHO devices running Linux SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team has uncovered a network of compromised small office and home office (SOHO) devices they’re calling LapDogs. High-risk WinRAR RCE vulnerability patched, update quickly! (CVE-2025-6218) A recently patched directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-6218) in WinRAR could be leveraged by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations. Breaking the … More →

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In a sweeping espionage campaign dubbed LapDogs, over a thousand small office and home office devices were compromised. Researchers from the STRIKE team at SecurityScorecard reported that the attack was linked to Chinese threat...

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The leading cybersecurity agencies in the United States—CISA and the NSA—have issued a joint report urging software developers to adopt so-called memory-safe programming languages. These are technologies inherently designed to protect against critical memory-related...

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On Friday evening, a surprising announcement introduced Tyr—a new graphics driver for the Linux kernel, written in Rust. Designed to support modern Arm Mali GPUs, the driver interfaces with the Direct Rendering Manager. Despite...

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Microsoft has released the preview update KB5060829 for Windows 11 version 24H2, encompassing 38 technical enhancements, including refinements to the taskbar and a new tool for seamless data migration between devices. Classified as an...

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For nearly a year, a hacker collective has been orchestrating a large-scale campaign targeting the financial sector across Africa. Experts from Unit 42 at Palo Alto Networks have sounded the alarm, tracking this operation...

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