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Vulnerability Recap 5/27/24 – Google, Microsoft & GitLab Fixes

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The problem: CVE-2024-4985 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) that uses SAML single sign-on (SSO) with encrypted assertions. Exploitation enables attackers to falsify an SAML response, granting them administrative capabilities and unrestricted access without authentication.

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What Are Firewall Rules? Ultimate Guide & Best Practices

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Deny and alert: Notify systems administrator of potentially malicious traffic. But while all firewalls should protect business data and systems, some won’t need that much protection. Management permit rules: For example, send a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap to a network management server.

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