CVE-2015-6545

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ajax.php in Cerb before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that add an administrator account via a saveWorkerPeek action.

Cisco Patches File Overwrite Bug in IMC Supervisor and UCS Director

Cisco has patched a remote file-overwrite vulnerability in a couple of its products that could allow an attacker to replace arbitrary files and cause target systems to become unstable. The vulnerability affects the Cisco Integrated Management Controlled Supervisor and UCS Director software. The company has fixed the bug in new versions of the software, 1.0.0.1 […]

USN-2728-1: Bind vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2728-1

2nd September, 2015

bind9 vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 15.04
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Bind could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network
traffic.

Software description

  • bind9
    – Internet Domain Name Server

Details

Hanno Böck discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain malformed keys
when configured to perform DNSSEC validation. A remote attacker could use
this issue with specially crafted zone data to cause Bind to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 15.04:
bind9

1:9.9.5.dfsg-9ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
bind9

1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.5
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
bind9

1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.13

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2015-5722

USN-2729-1: libvdpau vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2729-1

3rd September, 2015

libvdpau vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 15.04
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

libvdpau could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Software description

  • libvdpau
    – Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix

Details

Florian Weimer discovered that libvdpau incorrectly handled certain
environment variables. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
gain privileges.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 15.04:
libvdpau1

0.9-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libvdpau1

0.7-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libvdpau1

0.4.1-3ubuntu1.2

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2015-5198,

CVE-2015-5199,

CVE-2015-5200

USN-2730-1: OpenSLP vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2730-1

3rd September, 2015

openslp-dfsg vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 15.04
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

OpenSLP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network
traffic.

Software description

  • openslp-dfsg
    – OpenSLP development files

Details

Georgi Geshev discovered that OpenSLP incorrectly handled processing
certain service requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause OpenSLP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-4428)

Qinghao Tang discovered that OpenSLP incorrectly handled processing certain
messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
OpenSLP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5177)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 15.04:
libslp1

1.2.1-10ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libslp1

1.2.1-9ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libslp1

1.2.1-7.8ubuntu1.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2012-4428,

CVE-2015-5177

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Original release date: September 03, 2015

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in its Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor, and the UCS Director (formally known as Cloupia Unified Infrastructure Controller). Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access, or cause a denial-of-service condition.

US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Cisco Security Advisory, and apply the necessary updates.


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