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

Ubuntu 14.04 — awstats — 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-3518-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000501 Upstream summary: It was discovered that AWStats incorrectly filtered certain parameters. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libxfont2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libxfont2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3500-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-16611 CVE-2017-13720 CVE-2017-13722 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libXfont incorrectly followed symlinks when opening font files. A local unprivileged user could use this issue to cause […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — collabtive — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — collabtive — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4590-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-0258 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Collabtive did not properly validate avatar image file uploads. An authenticated user could exploit this with a crafted file to […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — libytnef — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libytnef — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3667-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12141 CVE-2017-9058 CVE-2017-9146 CVE-2017-9471 CVE-2017-9473 CVE-2017-6298 CVE-2017-6299 CVE-2017-6300  +9 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that libytnef incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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SLES 12 — tcmu-runner — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — tcmu-runner — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2017:2601-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000198 CVE-2017-1000199 Upstream summary: tcmu-runner daemon version 0.9.0 to 1.2.0 is vulnerable to invalid memory references in the handler_glfs.so handler resulting in denial of service […]

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IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2016-8981 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.1

IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2016-8981 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2016-8981, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2016-8981 NVD summary: IBM BigFix Inventory v9 allows web pages to be stored locally which can be read by another user on the system. References: www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21994932   […]

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SLES 12 — procmail — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — procmail — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2014:1137-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3618 CVE-2017-16844 Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in formisc.c in formail in procmail 3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — iucode-tool — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — iucode-tool — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3186-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-0357 Upstream summary: It was discovered that iucode-tool incorrectly handled certain microcodes when using the -tr loader. If a user were tricked into processing a specially crafted […]

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