Microsoft Finally Releases Security Patches For Publicly-Disclosed Critical Flaws

After last month’s postponement, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday is back with a massive release of fixes that includes patches for security vulnerabilities in Windows and associated software disclosed and exploited since January’s patch release.

Meanwhile, Adobe has also pushed out security updates for its products, releasing patches for at least seven security vulnerabilities in its Flash Player

Brocade Network Advisor FileReceiveServlet filename Directory Traversal (CVE-2016-8204)

A directory traversal vulnerability exists in Brocade Network Advisor. The vulnerability is due to lack of authentication and insufficient input validation in the FileReceiveServlet servlet when processing HTTP multipart form requests. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious HTTP request to the target system. Successful exploitation could result in arbitrary code execution with privileges of the SYSTEM.