Weekly Patch and Update Summary for Week of April 1, 2016

By Taylor Sakuda on April 1, 2016

For all patches and updates listed below please use the appropriate updating methods for your system. It is advised that you patch and update your system as soon and possible.

Apple released an update to address a vulnerability in their iBook Author software. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information. For more information, please see About the security content of iBooks Author 2.4.1.

Cisco released an update to address a vulnerability in their Cisco Firepower System software. This vulnerability may allow remote attacker to gain access of the system. For more information, please see Cisco Security Advisory.

Canonical released an update for their operating system Ubuntu to address PCRE vulnerabilities. For more information please see Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2943-1.