Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-1773-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-1773-01 – OpenShift Enterprise by Red Hat is the company’s cloud computing Platform-as-a-Service solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments. The Jenkins continuous integration server has been updated to upstream version 1.651.2 LTS that addresses a large number of security issues, including open redirects, a potential denial of service, unsafe handling of user provided environment variables and several instances of sensitive information disclosure.

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3067-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 3067-1 – Kostya Serebryany discovered that HarfBuzz incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause HarfBuzz to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that HarfBuzz incorrectly handled certain length checks. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause HarfBuzz to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Various other issues were also addressed.

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3068-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 3068-1 – Thijs Alkemade, Gustavo Grieco, Daniel Stenberg, and Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos discovered that Libidn incorrectly handled invalid UTF-8 characters. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Libidn to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly disclose sensitive memory. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Hanno Boeck discovered that Libidn incorrectly handled certain input. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Libidn to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

VMWare Releases Security Updates

Original release date: August 24, 2016

VMWare has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in VMware Identity Manager and vRealize Automation. Exploitation of one of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system.

Users and administrators are encouraged to review VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2016-0013 and apply the necessary updates.


This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy.

RHSA-2016:1773-1: Important: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2.10 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An update is now available for Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.2.

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.

RHSA-2016:1763-1: Moderate: qemu-kvm-rhev security update

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An update for qemu-kvm-rhev is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0
(Mitaka).

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of
Moderate. 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.