Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2892-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 2892-1 – It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled certain DNS server responses when the resolver is enabled. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause nginx to crash, resulting in a denial of service. It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled CNAME response processing when the resolver is enabled. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause nginx to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-0155-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-0155-01 – OpenStack Object Storage provides object storage in virtual containers, which allows users to store and retrieve files. The service’s distributed architecture supports horizontal scaling; redundancy as failure-proofing is provided through software-based data replication. Because Object Storage supports asynchronous eventual consistency replication, it is well suited to multiple data-center deployment. A memory-leak issue was found in OpenStack Object Storage, in the proxy-to-server connection. An OpenStack-authenticated attacker could remotely trigger this flaw to cause denial of service through excess memory consumption.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-0156-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-0156-01 – Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and a clean, pragmatic design. It focuses on automating as much as possible and adhering to the DRY principle. An information-exposure flaw was found in the Django date filter. If an application allowed users to provide non-validated date formats, a malicious end user could expose application-settings data by providing the relevant applications-settings key instead of a valid date format.

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2880-2

Ubuntu Security Notice 2880-2 – USN-2880-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update introduced a regression which caused Firefox to crash on startup with some configurations. This update fixes the problem. Various other issues were also addressed.