Ubuntu Security Notice 3678-3 - Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle corrupted meta data in some situations. An attacker could use this to specially craft an ext4 file system that caused a denial of service when mounted. It was discovered that the 802.11 software simulator implementation in the Linux kernel contained a memory leak when handling certain error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

Ubuntu Security Notice 3678-4 - Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle corrupted meta data in some situations. An attacker could use this to specially craft an ext4 file system that caused a denial of service when mounted. It was discovered that the 802.11 software simulator implementation in the Linux kernel contained a memory leak when handling certain error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

Ubuntu Security Notice 3785-1 - Due to a large number of issues discovered in GhostScript that prevent it from being used by ImageMagick safely, this update includes a default policy change that disables support for the Postscript and PDF formats in ImageMagick. This policy can be overridden if necessary by using an alternate ImageMagick policy configuration. It was discovered that several memory leaks existed when handling certain images in ImageMagick. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

Ubuntu Security Notice 4049-3 - USN-4049-1 fixed a vulnerability in GLib. The update introduced a regression in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS causing a possibly memory leak. This update fixes the problem. It was discovered that GLib created directories and files without properly restricting permissions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. Various other issues were also addressed.

Bull / IBM AIX Clusterwatch / Watchware suffers from having trivial admin credentials, system file writes, and OS command injection vulnerabilities.

Ubuntu Security Notice 3457-1 - Brian Carpenter discovered that curl incorrectly handled IMAP FETCH response lines. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Ubuntu Security Notice 3724-1 - Jon Kristensen discovered that Evolution Data Server would automatically downgrade a connection to an IMAP server if the IMAP server did not support SSL. This would result in the user's password being unexpectedly sent in clear text, even though the user had requested to use SSL.

Ubuntu Security Notice 4160-1 - It was discovered that UW IMAP incorrectly handled inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary OS commands.

Whitepaper that shows how easy you can build a fuzzer for the MQTT protocol by using the Polymorph framework.

A patch for the popular open-source FreeRADIUS implementation to demonstrate RADIUS impersonation vulnerabilities by Joshua Wright and Brad Antoniewicz, demonstrated at Shmoocon 4.