Notice: Instructure Security Incident & Canvas Updates

Yale ITS is monitoring a reported cybersecurity incident affecting Instructure, the vendor behind Canvas. At this time, there is no known significant impact to Canvas services at Yale, and updates will be shared as more information becomes available.

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Critical vulnerability in all versions of Linux.

Critical vulnerability in all versions of Linux. Please check with your vendor for updates and plan to apply patches as soon as possible. For more information, see: https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions

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YALE-MSS-9.10: Use administrative and service accounts for their assigned function only

Standards Group:
YALE-MSS-9: Authentication and Authorization

YALE-MSS-9.10: Use administrative and service accounts for their assigned function only

Low Risk Endpoint Required Moderate Risk Endpoint Required High Risk Endpoint Required Low Risk Server Required Moderate Risk Server Required High Risk Server Required Low Risk Mobile Device Required Moderate Risk Mobile Device Required High Risk Mobile Device Required Low Risk Network Printer Required Moderate Risk Network Printer Required High Risk Network Printer Required

Details

Administrative accounts hold elevated privileges and service accounts often perform functions not accessible to standard users.

An administrative or service account must not be used when a standard user account can perform the assigned function in question.

Adjustment of privileged account permissions must be performed by the provisioner of the account and never the user of the account or a third-party.