HostBill Security Update HostBill is a complete client management, billing and support system used by many web hosting companies. They have released a patch on January 06, 2014 to address few security vulnerabilities. The following issues were patched in the recent updates: HostBill – Submit Ticket (Hidden Department) Input Validation Failure. With this...
Softaculous – Import (cPanel) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Softaculous It is the leading auto installer with over 300 applications that can be installed by one click. The software is in use by thousands of web hosting companies and works with various control panels such as cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, InterWorx and H-Sphere. Vulnerability Description: It is possible for a malicious user to exploit...
Bluehost, HostGator outage (Among EIG Brands) on December 31 2013
EIG Brands BlueHost, JustHots HostGator outage Bluehost, HostGator among EIG brands hit by massive network outage on the last day of the year 2013. The most of the affected services were restored within few hours however this is second network outage within couple of months. In August 2013, they had network outage in their...
HostBill Security updates released
HostBill is a complete client management, support and billing software for web hosts. HostBill platform’s core components are designed to help you acquire customer, automate your services and ensure that invoices are paid on time. Recently they have released few security updates to address the following security issues: – Auto Upgrade (Admin) ACL Failure...
WHMCS Security Update – Version v5.2.15 released
WHMCS Security Update An update for WHMCS was released to address a security vulnerability and it is recommended that you update as soon as possible. This release also fixed few maintenance issues. You are advised to upgrade to WHMCS v5.2.15 as soon as possible. If you are unsure about how to upgrade WHMCS, you...
AccuWebHosting launched Fully Managed SSD VPS Hosting – Web Hosting
Managed SSD VPS Hosting AccuWebHosting has launched fully managed SSD VPS hosting plans. Initial plan includes the following features: 40 GB SSD storage 1 GB RAM 2 vCPU Windows 2008/2012 OS SQL Express 2008/2012 WebsitePanel SmarterMail 11.x Fully Managed Services All their SSD VPS hosting plans include fully managed services, free SmarterTools bundle, SQL...
cPanel – Getpkginfo (Root) Arbitrary File Access Vulnerability
cPanel has released new builds for all public update tiers. These updates provide targeted changes to address security concerns with the cPanel & WHM product. These builds are currently available to all customers via the standard update system. Product: cPanel Website: http://www.cpanel.net Vulnerable Version: All versions prior to the fixed builds below. Fixed Version:...
Cloudlinux CageFS Security Update
CloudLinux is Linux operating system used by most of the shared hosting providers to provide secure environment. CloudLinux restricts the usage per user so that one user can’t overload your entire server. This is biggest advantage in the share hosting server. CloudLinux has released a security update for CloudLinux CageFS today. If you are...