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Vulnerability Recap 8/12/24 – Old Vulnerabilities Unexpectedly Emerge

eSecurity Planet

The problem: This week, we have not one but two 18-year-old vulnerabilities: researchers at IOActive discovered a flaw in AMD central processing units that has existed in processors made as early as 2006. It’s only just now been discovered and is known as Sinkclose.

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Vulnerability Recap 8/13/24 – Old Vulnerabilities Unexpectedly Emerge

eSecurity Planet

The problem: This week, we have not one but two 18-year-old vulnerabilities: researchers at IOActive discovered a flaw in AMD central processing units that has existed in processors made as early as 2006. It’s only just now been discovered and is known as Sinkclose.

Firmware 104
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Vulnerability Recap 7/8/24 – Intel, Cisco & More Face Risks

eSecurity Planet

OpenSSH resolved a signal handler race problem, Juniper Networks managed an authentication bypass, and CocoaPods faced supply chain attack concerns. It’s a regression of an 18-year-old flaw (CVE-2006-5051) that was reintroduced in October 2020. Rockwell Automation handled RCE issues. Implement these changes immediately.

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