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5 Zero-Days in Microsoft's October Update to Patch Immediately

Threat actors are actively exploiting two of the vulnerabilities, while three others are publicly known and ripe for attack.

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GHSA-8g4q-xg66-9fp4: Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2024-43485 | .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability

# Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2024-43485 | .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability ## <a name="executive-summary"></a>Executive summary Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in System.Text.Json 6.0.x and 8.0.x. This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications to remove this vulnerability. In System.Text.Json 6.0.x and 8.0.x, applications which deserialize input to a model with an `[ExtensionData]` property can be vulnerable to an algorithmic complexity attack resulting in Denial of Service. ## Announcement Announcement for this issue can be found at https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/329 ## <a name="mitigation-factors"></a>Mitigation factors JSON models which do not utilize the `[ExtensionData]` feature are not impacted by this vulnerability. ## <a name="affected-software"></a>Affected software * Any .NET 8.0 application running on .NET 8.0.8 or earlier. * Any .NET 6.0 ...

GHSA-f32c-w444-8ppv: Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2024-43484 | .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability

# Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2024-43484 | .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability ## <a name="executive-summary"></a>Executive summary Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in System.IO.Packaging. This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications to remove this vulnerability. The System.IO.Packaging library may allow untrusted inputs to influence algorithmically complex operations, leading to denial of service. ## Announcement Announcement for this issue can be found at https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/328 ## <a name="mitigation-factors"></a>Mitigation factors Microsoft has not identified any mitigating factors for this vulnerability. ## <a name="affected-packages"></a>Affected Packages The vulnerability affects any Microsoft .NET Core project if it uses any of affected packages versions listed below ### <a name=".NET 9"></a>.NET 9 Package name | Affected version | ...

GHSA-qj66-m88j-hmgj: Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2024-43483 | .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability

# Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2024-43483 | .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability ## <a name="executive-summary"></a>Executive summary Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in System.Security.Cryptography.Cose, System.IO.Packaging, System.Runtime.Caching. This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications to remove this vulnerability. System.Security.Cryptography.Cose, System.IO.Packaging, System.Runtime.Caching may be exposed to a hostile input which may lead them to be susceptible to hash flooding attacks resulting in denial of service. ## Announcement Announcement for this issue can be found at https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/327 ## <a name="mitigation-factors"></a>Mitigation factors Microsoft has not identified any mitigating factors for this vulnerability. ## <a name="affected-software"></a>Affected software * Any .NET 8.0 application running on .NET 8.0.8 or e...

Largest Patch Tuesday since July includes two exploited in the wild, three critical vulnerabilities

The two vulnerabilities that Microsoft reports have been actively exploited in the wild and are publicly known are both rated as only being of “moderate” severity.

GHSA-7vw9-cfwx-9gx9: Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2024-38229 | .NET Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

# Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2024-38229 | .NET Remote Code Execution Vulnerability ## <a name="executive-summary"></a>Executive summary Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in .NET 8.0 and .NET 9.0. This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications to remove this vulnerability. A vulnerability exists in ASP.NET when closing an HTTP/3 stream while application code is writing to the response body, a race condition may lead to use-after-free. Note: HTTP/3 is experimental in .NET 6.0. If you are on .NET 6.0 and using HTTP/3, please upgrade to .NET 8.0.10. .NET 6.0 will not receive a security patch for this vulnerability. ## Announcement Announcement for this issue can be found at https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/326 ## <a name="mitigation-factors"></a>Mitigation factors HTTP/3 support is not enabled by default in ASP.NET Core applications. For more information on how ...

Lua Malware Targeting Student Gamers via Fake Game Cheats

Morphisec Threat Labs uncovers sophisticated Lua malware targeting student gamers and educational institutions. Learn how these attacks work…

The Perils of Ignoring Cybersecurity Basics

The massive outage involving a faulty Falcon update is an excellent illustration of what happens when organizations neglect security fundamentals.

PHP-Nuke Top Module SQL Injection

The Top module for PHP-Nuke versions 6.x and below 7.6 suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability.

GoldenJackal Target Embassies and Air-Gapped Systems Using Malware Toolsets

A little-known threat actor tracked as GoldenJackal has been linked to a series of cyber attacks targeting embassies and governmental organizations with an aim to infiltrate air-gapped systems using two disparate bespoke toolsets. Victims included a South Asian embassy in Belarus and a European Union government (E.U.) organization, Slovak cybersecurity company ESET said. "The ultimate goal of