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Bugs in open-source libraries impact 70% of modern software

Security Affairs

70 percent of mobile and desktop applications that today we use are affected at least by one security flaw that is present in open-source libraries. Experts pointed out that every library could be affected by one o more issues which will be inherited from all the applications that use them. ” reads the report.

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Connecting town and gown through the library

CILIP

Connecting town and gown through the library How to help a community explore its slave-trading history: Lesley English, Head of Library Engagement at Lancaster University Library, explains how the library plays a key role in building bridges between town and gown. We connect, we innovate, we include.”

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CVE-2020-7247 RCE flaw in OpenSMTPD library affects many BSD and Linux distros

Security Affairs

Security researchers have spotted a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-7247, that affects a core email-related library used by many BSD and Linux distributions. The CVE-2020-7247 flaw was introduced in the OpenSMTPD in May 2018, but many distros still use older implementation of the library that are not impacted. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Google expert disclosed details of an unpatched flaw in SymCrypt library

Security Affairs

Tavis Ormandy, a white hat hacker Google Project Zero announced to have found a zero-day flaw in the SymCrypt cryptographic library of Microsoft’s operating system. Specially crafted certificates could be provided in multiple ways, for example in digitally signed and encrypted messages via the S/MIME protocol. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Highly skilled and predominantly female - Workforce Mapping 2023 Survey results out now

CILIP

Highly skilled and predominantly female - Workforce Mapping 2023 Survey results out now The libraries and information sector has a highly experienced and predominantly female workforce, with 40 per cent of staff having more than 20 years of work experience, according to data gathered for the Workforce Mapping 2023 survey.

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Web application exposures continue do bedevil companies as digital transformation accelerates

The Last Watchdog

For example, last year, a vulnerability in the open source jQuery File Upload plugin was discovered. This jQuery vulnerability has been known to the black hat community since about 2015. Spreading exposures. It has been embedded in countless web applications – with a dangerous flaw lurking within. Baking-in security.

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Drupal addresses two XSS flaws by updating the CKEditor

Security Affairs

x that fix two XSS vulnerabilities affecting the CKEditor library. x that address two XSS vulnerabilities that affect the CKEditor library. “The Drupal project uses the third-party library CKEditor , which has released a security improvement that is needed to protect some Drupal configurations.”

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