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USN-3176-1: PCSC-Lite vulnerability

2017-01-24 KENNETH 0

USN-3176-1: PCSC-Lite vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3176-1 23rd January, 2017 pcsc-lite vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary PCSC-Lite could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it received specially crafted input. Software description pcsc-lite – Middleware to access a smart card using PC/SC Details Peter Wu discovered that the PC/SC service did not correctly handle certainresources. A local attacker could use this issue to cause PC/SC to crash,resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code withroot privileges. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 16.10: pcscd 1.8.14-1ubuntu1.16.10.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: pcscd 1.8.14-1ubuntu1.16.04.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: pcscd 1.8.10-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: pcscd 1.7.4-2ubuntu2.1 To update your [ more… ]

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RHSA-2017:0180-1: Critical: java-1.8.0-openjdk security update

2017-01-20 KENNETH 0

RHSA-2017:0180-1: Critical: java-1.8.0-openjdk security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An update for java-1.8.0-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. CVE-2016-5546, CVE-2016-5547, CVE-2016-5548, CVE-2016-5552, CVE-2017-3231, CVE-2017-3241, CVE-2017-3252, CVE-2017-3253, CVE-2017-3261, CVE-2017-3272, CVE-2017-3289 Source: RHSA-2017:0180-1: Critical: java-1.8.0-openjdk security update

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USN-3174-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

2017-01-19 KENNETH 0

USN-3174-1: MySQL vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3174-1 19th January, 2017 mysql-5.5, mysql-5.7 vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in MySQL. Software description mysql-5.5 – MySQL database mysql-5.7 – MySQL database Details Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includesnew upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated to 5.5.54 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10 have been updated to MySQL 5.7.17. In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes,new features, and possibly incompatible changes. Please see the following for more information:http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-54.htmlhttp://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-17.htmlhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2017-2881727.html Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 16.10: mysql-server-5.7 5.7.17-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 [ more… ]

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RHSA-2017:0153-1: Moderate: openstack-cinder security update

2017-01-19 KENNETH 0

RHSA-2017:0153-1: Moderate: openstack-cinder security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An update for openstack-cinder is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. CVE-2015-5162 Source: RHSA-2017:0153-1: Moderate: openstack-cinder security update