Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-2138-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-2138-01 – IBM Java SE version 7 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit. This update upgrades IBM Java SE 7 to version 7 SR9-FP60. Security Fix: This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-2137-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-2137-01 – IBM Java SE version 7 Release 1 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit. This update upgrades IBM Java SE 7 to version 7R1 SR3-FP60. Security Fix: This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit.

MySQL / MariaDB / PerconaDB Privilege Escalation / Race Condition

An independent research has revealed a race condition vulnerability which affects MySQL, MariaDB and PerconaDB databases. The vulnerability can allow a local system user with access to the affected database in the context of a low-privileged account (CREATE/INSERT/SELECT grants) to escalate their privileges and execute arbitrary code as the database system user (typically ‘mysql’).