Juniper Networks Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

Original release date: January 13, 2022

Juniper Networks has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting multiple products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Juniper Networks security advisories page and apply the necessary updates.

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CNMF Identifies and Discloses Malware used by Iranian APT MuddyWater

Original release date: January 12, 2022

U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) has identified multiple open-source tools used by an Iranian advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as MuddyWater. According to CNMF, “MuddyWater has been seen using a variety of techniques to maintain access to victim networks. These include side-loading DLLs in order to trick legitimate programs into running malware and obfuscating PowerShell scripts to hide command and control functions.” U.S. Cyber Command has released malware samples attributed to MuddyWater to the malware aggregation tool and repository, VirusTotal.

CISA encourages users and administrators to review U.S. Cyber Command’s press release, Iranian intel cyber suite of malware uses open source tools, as well as their VirusTotal page for more information.

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Adobe Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

Original release date: January 11, 2022

Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple Adobe products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following Adobe Security Bulletins and apply the necessary updates.

Acrobat and Reader APSB22-01
Illustrator APSB22-02
Bridge APSB22-03
InCopy APSB22-04
InDesign APSB22-05

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Citrix Releases Security Update for Workspace App for Linux

Original release date: January 11, 2022

Citrix has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Workspace App for Linux. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system.

CISA encourages users and administrators to review Citrix Security Update CTX338435 and apply the necessary update.

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SAP Releases January 2022 Security Updates

Original release date: January 11, 2022

SAP has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting multiple products. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

CISA encourages users and administrators to review the SAP Security Notes for January 2022 and apply the necessary updates.

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Microsoft Releases January 2022 Security Updates

Original release date: January 11, 2022

Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

CISA encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft’s January 2022 Security Update 
Summary
 and Deployment Information and apply the necessary updates.

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Samba Releases Security Update

Original release date: January 11, 2022

The Samba Team has released a security update to address a vulnerability in multiple versions of Samba. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system.

CISA encourages users and administrators to review Samba Security Announcement CVE-2021-43566 and apply the necessary update. 

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Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird

Original release date: January 11, 2022

Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.  

CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Mozilla security advisories for [Firefox 96], [Firefox ESR 91.5], and [Thunderbird 91.5] and apply the necessary updates. 

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CISA, FBI, and NSA Release Cybersecurity Advisory on Russian Cyber Threats to U.S. Critical Infrastructure

Original release date: January 11, 2022

CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA) have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) that provides an overview of Russian state-sponsored cyber operations, including commonly observed tactics, techniques, and procedures. The CSA also provides detection actions, incident response guidance, and mitigations. CISA, the FBI, and NSA are releasing the joint CSA to help the cybersecurity community reduce the risk presented by Russian state-sponsored cyber threats.  

CISA, the FBI, and NSA encourage the cybersecurity community—especially critical infrastructure network defenders—to adopt a heightened state of awareness, conduct proactive threat hunting, and implement the mitigations identified in the joint CSA. CISA recommends network defenders review CISA’s Russia Cyber Threat Overview and Advisories page for more information on Russian state-sponsored malicious cyber activity. CISA recommends critical infrastructure leaders review CISA Insights: Preparing For and Mitigating Potential Cyber Threats for steps to proactively strengthen their organization’s operational resiliency against sophisticated threat actors, including nation-states and their proxies. 

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CISA Adds 15 Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

Original release date: January 10, 2022

CISA has added 15 new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence that threat actors are actively exploiting the vulnerabilities listed in the table below. These types of vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors of all types and pose significant risk to the federal enterprise.

CVE Number CVE Title

Remediation
Due Date

CVE-2021-22017 VMware vCenter Server Improper Access Control Vulnerability 1/24/2022
CVE-2021-36260   Hikvision Improper Input Validation Vulnerability 1/24/2022
CVE-2021-27860 FatPipe WARP, IPVPN, and MPVPN Privilege Escalation vulnerability 1/24/2022
CVE-2020-6572 Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.92 Use-After-Free Vulnerability 7/10/2022
CVE-2019-1458 Microsoft Win32K Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability 7/10/2022
CVE-2013-3900 Microsoft WinVerify Trust Function Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 7/10/2022
CVE-2019-2725 Oracle WebLogic Server, Injection Vulnerability 7/10/2022
CVE-2019-9670 Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference Vulnerability 7/10/2022
CVE-2018-13382 Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Improper Authorization Vulnerability 7/10/2022
CVE-2018-13383 Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Improper Authorization Vulnerability 7/10/2022
CVE-2019-1579 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability     7/10/2022
CVE-2019-10149 Exim Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) Improper Input Validation Vulnerability 7/10/2022
CVE-2015-7450     IBM WebSphere Application Server and Server Hy Server Hypervisor Edition Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 7/10/2022
CVE-2017-1000486 Primetek Primefaces Application Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 7/10/2022
CVE-2019-7609 Elastic Kibana Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 7/10/2022

Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities established the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog as a living list of known CVEs that carry significant risk to the federal enterprise. BOD 22-01 requires FCEB agencies to remediate identified vulnerabilities by the due date to protect FCEB networks against active threats. See the BOD 22-01 Fact Sheet for more information.

Although BOD 22-01 only applies to FCEB agencies, CISA strongly urges all organizations to reduce their exposure to cyberattacks by prioritizing timely remediation of Catalog vulnerabilities as part of their vulnerability management practice. CISA will continue to add vulnerabilities to the Catalog that meet the meet the specified criteria

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