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USN-5837-1: Django vulnerability Nick Pope discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain Accept-Language headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Django to consume memory, leading to a denial of service. Source: USN-5837-1: Django vulnerability

USN-4781-2: Slurm vulnerabilities USN-4781-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Slurm. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (CVE-2016-10030) and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (CVE-2018-10995). Original advisory details: It was discovered that Slurm incorrectly handled certain messages between the daemon and the user. An attacker could possibly use this issue to assume control of an arbitrary file on the system. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-10030) It was discovered that Slurm mishandled SPANK environment variables. An attacker could possibly use this issue to gain elevated privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-15566) It was discovered that Slurm mishandled certain SQL queries. A local attacker could use this issue to gain elevated privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-7033) It was discovered that Slurm mishandled user names and [ more… ]