RHSA-2016:1262-1: Important: chromium-browser security update

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Supplementary.

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-2016-1704

USN-3009-1: Dnsmasq vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3009-1

20th June, 2016

dnsmasq vulnerability

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

  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 15.10

Summary

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

Software description

  • dnsmasq
    – Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server

Details

Edwin Török discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled certain CNAME
responses. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dnsmasq 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 16.04 LTS:
dnsmasq

2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
dnsmasq-utils

2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
dnsmasq-base

2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu 15.10:
dnsmasq

2.75-1ubuntu0.15.10.1
dnsmasq-utils

2.75-1ubuntu0.15.10.1
dnsmasq-base

2.75-1ubuntu0.15.10.1

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

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2015-8899

USN-3011-1: HAProxy vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3011-1

20th June, 2016

haproxy vulnerability

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

  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

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

Software description

  • haproxy
    – fast and reliable load balancing reverse proxy

Details

Falco Schmutz discovered that HAProxy incorrectly handled the reqdeny
filter. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause HAProxy 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 16.04 LTS:
haproxy

1.6.3-1ubuntu0.1

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-2016-5360

USN-3012-1: Wget vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3012-1

20th June, 2016

wget vulnerability

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

  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 15.10
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Wget could be made to overwrite files.

Software description

  • wget
    – retrieves files from the web

Details

Dawid Golunski discovered that Wget incorrectly handled filenames when
being redirected from an HTTP to an FTP URL. A malicious server could
possibly use this issue to overwrite local files.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
wget

1.17.1-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 15.10:
wget

1.16.1-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
wget

1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.2
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
wget

1.13.4-2ubuntu1.4

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-2016-4971