MGASA-2017-0288 Updated kernel-tmb packages fixes security and other bugs

This kernel-tmb update is based on upstream 4.4.82 and fixes at least the following security issues: The curseg-segno call in f2fs driver can be malformed so that it will have a value that triggers an out of boundary write that could cause memory corruption on the affected devices, leading to cod...

MGASA-2017-0278 Updated kernel packages fixes security and other bugs

This kernel update is based on upstream 4.9.43 and fixes at least the following security issues: The curseg-segno call in f2fs driver can be malformed so that it will have a value that triggers an out of boundary write that could cause memory corruption on the affected devices, leading to code...

Slackware 13.0 / 13.1 / 13.37 / 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / current : xorg-server (SSA:2017-227-01)

New xorg-server packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2017-227-01. T...

USN-3391-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to conduct cross-site scripting XSS attacks, bypass sandbox restrictions, obtain sensitive information, spoof the origin of modal...

When combining exploits for added effect goes wrong

IntroductionSince public disclosure in April 2017, CVE-2017-0199 has been frequently used within malicious Office documents. The vulnerability allows attackers to include Ole2Link objects within RTF documents to launch remote code when HTA applications are opened and parsed by Microsoft Word.In...

Updated kernel-linus packages fixes security and other bugs

This kernel-linus update is based on upstream 4.4.79 and fixes at least the following security issues: Linux kernel built with the VirtIO GPU driverCONFIGDRMVIRTIOGPU support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while creating a virtio gpu object in virtiogpuobjectcreate. A...

Oracle Linux 7 : mariadb (ELSA-2017-2192)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-2192 advisory. - Rebase to 5.5.56 That release also fixes the following security issues: CVE-2016-5617/CVE-2016-6664 CVE-2017-3312 CVE-2017-3238 CVE-2017-3243...

Patch Tuesday - August 2017

It was a busy month this month with a total of 48 security issues fixed. All of these have a severity of Critical or Important with Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities again figuring highly, particularly for Microsoft Edge. There were also a few publicly disclosed vulnerabilities that were fixe...

MGASA-2017-0242 Updated kernel packages fixes security and other bugs

This kernel update is based on upstream 4.4.79 and fixes at least the following security issues: Linux kernel built with the VirtIO GPU driverCONFIGDRMVIRTIOGPU support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while creating a virtio gpu object in virtiogpuobjectcreate. A...

SUSE-SU-2017:2033-1 Security update for wireshark

This wireshark update to version 2.2.8 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2017-11411: The openSAFETY dissectorcould crash or exhaust system memory because of missing length validation. bsc1049621 - CVE-2017-11410: The WBXML dissector could go into an infinite loop. bsc104925...

USN-3376-1: WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities

A large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKitGTK+ Web and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service...

openSUSE Security Update : mysql-community-server (openSUSE-2017-866)

This update for mysql-community-server to version 5.6.37 fixes security issues and bugs. The following vulnerabilities were fixed : - CVE-2017-3633: Memcached unspecified vulnerability boo1049394 - CVE-2017-3634: DML unspecified vulnerability boo1049396 - CVE-2017-3635: C API unspecified...

MGASA-2017-0234 Updated kernel packages fixes security and other bugs

This kernel update is based on upstream 4.9.40 and fixes at least the following security issues: Linux kernel built with the VirtIO GPU driverCONFIGDRMVIRTIOGPU support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while creating a virtio gpu object in virtiogpuobjectcreate. A...

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:1994-1 Security update for chromium

This update Chromium to version 60.0.3112.78 fixes security issue and bugs. The following security issues were fixed: CVE-2017-5091: Use after free in IndexedDB CVE-2017-5092: Use after free in PPAPI CVE-2017-5093: UI spoofing in Blink CVE-2017-5094: Type confusion in extensions CVE-2017-5095:...

FreeBSD : GitLab -- Various security issues (92f4191a-6d25-11e7-93f7-d43d7e971a1b)

GitLab reports : Please reference CVE/URL list for details %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors Redistribution and use in...

USN-3357-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated to 5.5.57 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.04 have been updated to MySQL 5.7.19. In addition to security fixes, the updated package...

GitLab -- Various security issues

GitLab reports: Please reference CVE/URL list for details...

Trend Micro Deep Discovery Director vulnerability analysis-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Vulnerability information Type: OS command in the special elements improper handling ofCWE-78, use of hard-coded cryptographic keysCWE-321, data authenticity verification is insufficientCWE-345 Impact: code execution Remote exploit: Yes Local exploit: Yes CVE name: CVE-pending-assignment-1,...

[slackware-security] gd

New gd packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gd-2.2.4-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixes security issues: gdImageCreate doesn't check for oversized images and as such is prone to Do...

Fedora 26 : qt5-qtwebengine (2017-c5b2c9a435)

This update updates QtWebEngine to the 5.8.0 release. QtWebEngine 5.8.0 is part of the Qt 5.8.0 release, but only the QtWebEngine component is included in this update. The update fixes the following security issues in QtWebEngine 5.7.1: CVE-2016-5182, CVE-2016-5183, CVE-2016-5189, CVE-2016-5199,...