Security: Updates, Etherpad, Beep, Ubuntu, SourceClear
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Security updates for Monday
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Important critical Etherpad release – 1.6.4
Today we released Etherpad 1.6.4.
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Important Etherpad release
Several security vulnerabilities were found in Etherpad and version 1.6.4 has been released with fixes.
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Linux: Beep Command Can Be Used to Probe for the Presence of Sensitive Files
A vulnerability in the "beep" package that comes pre-installed with Debian and Ubuntu distros allows an attacker to probe for the presence of files on a computer, even those owned by root users, which are supposed to be secret and inaccesible.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-0492, has been fixed in recent versions of Debian and Ubuntu (Debian-based OS).
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Rise of the Tomb Raider Coming to Linux This Month, phpMyAdmin New Release, Canonical's Kernel Update for RPi 2 and More
Canonical released a "major Linux kernel update for Raspberry Pi 2" that addresses various security vulnerabilities. Among other things, 21 security vulnerabilities were fixed for linux-raspi2, "including a race condition that could lead to a use-after-free vulnerability in Linux kernel's ALSA PCM subsystem, and a use-after-free vulnerability in the network namespaces implementation." Update now if you haven't already. (Source: Softpedia News.)
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Exclusive: CA Technologies Is Buying a Startup to Bolster App Security [Ed: SourceClear is an anti-FOSS FUD front. Now CA owns it.
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CA Technologies Acquires SourceClear, Advancing SCA Capabilities for a DevSecOps World
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