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Joomla 3.8.8 is now available. This is a security release which addresses 9 security vulnerabilities, contains over 50 bug fixes, and includes various security related improvements.
Inadequate filtering of file and folder names lead to various XSS attack vectors in the media manager.
Joomla! CMS versions 1.5.0 through 3.8.7
Upgrade to version 3.8.8
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
Under specific circumstances (a redirect issued with a URI containing a username and password when the Location: header cannot be used), a lack of escaping the user-info component of the URI could result in a XSS vulnerability.
Joomla! CMS versions 3.1.2 through 3.8.7
Upgrade to version 3.8.8
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
A long running background process, such as remote checks for core or extension updates, could create a race condition where a session which was expected to be destroyed would be recreated.
Joomla! CMS versions 3.0.0 through 3.8.7
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The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
Inadequate filtering allows users authorised to create custom fields to manipulate the filtering options and inject an unvalidated option.
Joomla! CMS versions 3.7.0 through 3.8.7
Upgrade to version 3.8.8
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
Inadequate input filtering leads to multiple XSS vulnerabilities. Additionally, the default filtering settings could potentially allow users of the default Administrator user group to perform a XSS attack.
Joomla! CMS versions 3.0.0 through 3.8.7
Upgrade to version 3.8.8
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
The web install application would autofill password fields after either a form validation error or navigating to a previous install step, and displays the plain text password for the administrator account at the confirmation screen.
Joomla! CMS versions 3.0.0 through 3.8.7
Upgrade to version 3.8.8
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
Inadequate checks allowed users to see the names of tags that were either unpublished or published with restricted view permission .
Joomla! CMS versions 3.1.0 through 3.8.7
Upgrade to version 3.8.8
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
Depending on the server configuration, PHAR files might be handled as executable PHP scripts by the webserver.
Joomla! CMS versions 2.5.0 through 3.8.7
Upgrade to version 3.8.8
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
Inadequate checks allowed users to modify the access levels of user groups with higher permissions.
Joomla! CMS versions 2.5.0 through 3.8.7
Upgrade to version 3.8.8
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
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(May 21) update to 9.6.9 per release notes: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/release-9-6-9.html
(May 21) This updates contains various updates from the upstream glibc 2.27 release branch, including minor fixes for the `realpath` function and the i386 `memmove` implementation. Python helper scripts in the `glibc-benchtests` subpackage now use `/usr/bin/python3` as the script interpreter (RHBZ#1577223). Starting with this update, glibc will no longer re-exec systemd during glibc updates
(May 21) Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Gitlab, a software platform to collaborate on code: CVE-2017-0920
(May 22) Several security issues were addressed in the Linux kernel.
(May 22) Several security issues were addressed in the Linux kernel.
(May 21) An update for java-1.7.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
(May 21) An update for qemu-kvm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
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