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RHSA-2017:2869-1: Important: kernel security and bug fix update

2017-10-10 KENNETH 0

RHSA-2017:2869-1: Important: kernel security and bug fix update Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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-2017-7533 Source: RHSA-2017:2869-1: Important: kernel security and bug fix update

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USN-3440-1: poppler vulnerabilities

2017-10-07 KENNETH 0

USN-3440-1: poppler vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3440-1 6th October, 2017 poppler vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.04 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in poppler. Software description poppler – PDF rendering library Details It was discovered that Poppler incorrectly handled certain files.If a user or automated system were tricked into opening acrafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service.(CVE-2017-14518, CVE-2017-14520, CVE-2017-14617, CVE-2017-14929,CVE-2017-14975, CVE-2017-14977) It was discovered that Poppler incorrectly handled certain files.If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a craftedPDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service. This issueonly affected Ubuntu 17.04 and 16.04. (CVE-2017-14926, CVE-2017-14928) Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca and Suleman Ali discovered that Popplerincorrectly handled certain files. If a user or automated system weretricked into opening [ more… ]

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RHSA-2017:2863-1: Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update

2017-10-06 KENNETH 0

RHSA-2017:2863-1: Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. 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-2017-7541 Source: RHSA-2017:2863-1: Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update

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USN-3439-1: Ruby vulnerabilities

2017-10-06 KENNETH 0

USN-3439-1: Ruby vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3439-1 5th October, 2017 ruby1.9.1 vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in Ruby. Software description ruby1.9.1 – Object-oriented scripting language Details It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain inputs.An attacker could use this to cause a buffer overrun.(CVE-2017-0898) Yusuke Endoh discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain files.An attacker could use this to execute terminal escape sequences.(CVE-2017-0899) Yusuke Endoh discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain inputs.An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.(CVE-2017-0900) It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain files.An attacker could use this to overwrite any file on the filesystem.(CVE-2017-0901) It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain inputs.An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2017-10784) It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly [ more… ]