Weekly Patch and Update Summary for Week of August 5, 2016

By Kimberly Matsumoto on August 5, 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 as possible.

Firefox

Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities found in Firefox and Firefox ESR.  These vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to gain control of a system.

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Cisco

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities found in multiple products.  Some of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to gain control of a system.

List of Updates:

Apple

Apple has released a security update to address a vulnerability found in iOS.  This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to gain control of a system.  For more information please see: Apple Security Page for iOS

List of Affected Devices:

  • iPhone 4s and later
  • iPad 2 and later
  • iPod Touch (5th Generation) and later

VMWare

VMWare has released a security update to address multiple vulnerabilities found in vCenter Server, vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), Workstation Pro, Workstation Player, Fusion and Tools.  One of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to gain control of a system.  For more information please see: VMWare Security Advisory – VMSA-2016-0010

Ubuntu

Canonical has released many security updates for their operating system Ubuntu.  For more information please see Ubuntu Security Notices.

List of Updates: