May 2014

Ubuntu 14.04 — xdelta3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — xdelta3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2901-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-9765 Upstream summary: It was discovered that xdelta3 incorrectly handled certain files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially-crafted file, a remote […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — coreutils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — coreutils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2473-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2009-4135 CVE-2014-9471 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the distcheck rule in dist-check.mk in GNU coreutils allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on […]

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