Australian Software Company Atlassian and ISC Announce Several High-Severity Security Flaws
Atlassian and ISC have Disclosed Several Security Flaws in their Products
Australia’s own software services provider, Atlassian, along with the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), have let the kangaroo out of the bag, revealing several security weaknesses in their products. These flaws, if exploited cunningly by cyber miscreants (!), can lead to both denial-of-service (DoS) and remote code execution. It’s like handing over the keys to your house to a burglar, saying, “here you go mate, my TV’s that way.”
Fixes for Four High-Severity Flaws Released Last Month
But fear not, the good folks at Atlassian aren’t leaving us in the great Outback without protection. They’ve rolled up their sleeves and fixed these four high-severity flaws (you can appreciate the courage here, fixing four simultaneous flaws is like wrestling a crocodile… while surfing). They’ve confirmed that new versions with these patches were shipped out last month. It’s like they showered us with bug repellent to ward off the nasty insects of the internet landscape!
CVE-2022-25647: A Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability (CVSS Score: 7.5)
Delving into the specifics, one of the punched bugs, dubbed CVE-2022-25647 with a CVSS score of 7.5 (that’s as scary as finding a spider in your boot), was a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability. Just like you wouldn’t blindly trust a kangaroo with your lunch, you can’t trust deserialized data – you never know what they can do behind your back!
Summary
To cut a long story short, the tech version of our beloved Crocodile Dundee, namely Atlassian and ISC, discovered some nasty security bugs lurking in their software products. In true Aussie fighting spirit, they taped up their fists and fixed those pesky bugs, even shipping updated versions to all users. So arm your firewalls and update your systems – remember, the only good bug is a dead bug!
Original Article: https://thehackernews.com/2023/09/high-severity-flaws-uncovered-in.html
