Yesterday, VMware announced that they were rolling out several updates in order to remediate multiple vulnerabilities identified in their products. The vulnerabilities were privately reported and range in severity from moderate to critical. Further information, patches and workarounds are detailed here. The CVEs and affected products are as follow: CVE-2020-3981 (important) Affects VMware ESXi, Fusion and Workstation These products feature an out-of-bounds read vulnerability due to a time-of-check time-of-use issue in ACPI device. If a malicious actor gains admin access to a VM, this issue may be exploited to leak memory. CVE-2020-3982 (moderate) Affects VMware ESXi, Fusion and Workstation These products feature an out-of-bounds write vulnerability due to a time-of-check time-of-use issue in ACPI device. If…
Back in April almost half of UK adults found themselves suddenly working from home. An unprecedented situation for most, the shift to mass remote working wasn’t the easiest of transitions. While few envisaged the situation continuing for a prolonged period, it’s now the end of October and we’ve been…
This guest post was authored by UKFast R&D team member Tyler Woonton. In today's global world, there's a growing demand to ensure your applications work correctly around the clock. Many businesses, including UKFast, rely on open source frameworks like Laravel and Lumen to provide effective solutions for their customers. By getting involved…
Forget Halloween, October is all about Hacktoberfest! The annual event is a great reminder of all the reasons to get involved with open source development, shining light on the growing community of students, developers and businesses making exciting contributions. What is open source development? Opensource…
