Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2958-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 2958-1 – It was discovered that the poppler pdfseparate tool incorrectly handled certain filenames. A local attacker could use this issue to cause the tool to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. It was discovered that poppler incorrectly parsed certain malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. Various other issues were also addressed.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-0704-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-0704-01 – In accordance with the Red Hat Storage Support Life Cycle policy, the Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.2 offering will be retired as of May 31, 2016, and support will no longer be provided. Accordingly, Red Hat will not provide extended support for this product, including Critical impact security patches or urgent priority bug fixes, after this date.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-0707-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-0707-01 – Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit. This update upgrades Chromium to version 50.0.2661.94. Security Fix: Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when visited by the victim.