Thank you for reading the Linux Advisory Watch Security Newsletter. The purpose of this document is to provide our readers with a quick summary of each week's vendor security bulletins and pointers on methods to improve the security posture of your open source system. Vulnerabilities affect nearly every vendor virtually every week, so be sure to read through to find the updates your distributor have made available.

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Peter Smith Releases Linux Network Security Online - Thanks so much to Peter Smith for announcing on linuxsecurity.com the release of his Linux Network Security book available free online. "In 2005 I wrote a book on Linux security. 8 years later and the publisher has gone out of business. Now that I'm free from restrictions on reproducing material from the book, I have decided to make the entire book available online."

Securing a Linux Web Server - With the significant prevalence of Linux web servers globally, security is often touted as a strength of the platform for such a purpose. However, a Linux based web server is only as secure as its configuration and very often many are quite vulnerable to compromise. While specific configurations vary wildly due to environments or specific use, there are various general steps that can be taken to insure basic security considerations are in place.

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A buffer overflow in TigerVNC could result in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the MySQL and MariaDB, possibly allowing attackers to cause unspecified impact.
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VLC, the worst of which could lead to user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.
  Red Hat: 2014:1825-01: php: Critical Advisory (Nov 6)
 

Updated php packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extended Life Cycle Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical security [More...]
  Red Hat: 2014:1824-01: php: Important Advisory (Nov 6)
 

Updated php packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security [More...]
  Red Hat: 2014:1803-01: mod_auth_mellon: Important Advisory (Nov 5)
 

An updated mod_auth_mellon package that fixes two security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security [More...]
  Red Hat: 2014:1801-01: shim: Moderate Advisory (Nov 4)
 

Updated shim packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security [More...]
  Red Hat: 2014:1795-01: cups-filters: Moderate Advisory (Nov 3)
 

Updated cups-filters packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security [More...]
  Red Hat: 2014:1789-01: openstack-keystone: Important Advisory (Nov 3)
 

Updated openstack-keystone packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. [More...]
  Red Hat: 2014:1790-01: openstack-keystone: Important Advisory (Nov 3)
 

Updated openstack-keystone packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. [More...]
  Red Hat: 2014:1786-01: openstack-neutron: Moderate Advisory (Nov 3)
 

Updated openstack-neutron packages that fix one security issue, several bugs, and add multiple enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. [More...]
  Red Hat: 2014:1783-01: python-keystoneclient: Moderate Advisory (Nov 3)
 

Updated python-keystoneclient packages that fix one security issue and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. [More...]
  Red Hat: 2014:1785-01: openstack-neutron: Moderate Advisory (Nov 3)
 

Updated openstack-neutron packages that fix one security issue, several bugs, and add multiple enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. [More...]
  Red Hat: 2014:1782-01: openstack-nova: Important Advisory (Nov 3)
 

Updated openstack-nova packages that fix two security issues, multiple bugs, and add enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. [More...]
  Red Hat: 2014:1784-01: python-keystoneclient: Moderate Advisory (Nov 3)
 

Updated python-keystoneclient packages that fix one security issue and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. [More...]
  Red Hat: 2014:1781-01: openstack-nova: Important Advisory (Nov 3)
 

Updated openstack-nova packages that fix two security issues, multiple bugs, and add enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. [More...]
  Red Hat: 2014:1768-01: php53: Important Advisory (Oct 30)
 

Updated php53 packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security [More...]
  Red Hat: 2014:1767-01: php: Important Advisory (Oct 30)
 

Updated php packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security [More...]
  Red Hat: 2014:1764-01: wget: Moderate Advisory (Oct 30)
 

An updated wget package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security [More...]
  Red Hat: 2014:1763-01: kernel: Important Advisory (Oct 30)
 

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security [More...]
  Red Hat: 2014:1744-01: v8314-v8: Moderate Advisory (Oct 30)
 

Updated v8314-v8 packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Software Collections 1. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security [More...]
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New mariadb packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues. [More Info...]
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New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues. [More Info...]
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New php packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. [More Info...]
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New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. [More Info...]
  Ubuntu: 2398-1: LibreOffice vulnerability (Nov 5)
 

LibreOffice could be made to crash or run programs if it received speciallycrafted network traffic.
  Ubuntu: 2397-1: Ruby vulnerabilities (Nov 4)
 

Several security issues were fixed in Ruby.
  Ubuntu: 2396-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities (Oct 31)
 

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
  Ubuntu: 2394-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities (Oct 30)
 

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
  Ubuntu: 2395-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities (Oct 30)
 

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
  Ubuntu: 2393-1: Wget vulnerability (Oct 30)
 

Wget could be made to overwrite files.
  Ubuntu: 2392-1: systemd-shim vulnerability (Oct 30)
 

A denial of service issue was fixed in systemd-shim.
  Ubuntu: 2391-1: php5 vulnerabilities (Oct 30)
 

Several security issues were fixed in PHP.