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

Ubuntu 16.04 — keystone — 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-3448-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2673 Upstream summary: Boris Bobrov discovered that OpenStack Keystone incorrectly handled federation mapping when there are rules in which group-based assignments are not used. A remote authenticated […]

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

SLES 12 — libgvnc — 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-2021:3125-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5884 CVE-2017-5885 Upstream summary: gtk-vnc before 0.7.0 does not properly check boundaries of subrectangle-containing tiles, which allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via the […]

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Debian 9 — icedove — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — icedove — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5470 CVE-2017-7753 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — libxcursor — 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-3729-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-9262 CVE-2017-16612 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libxcursor incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Table […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — sensible-utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — sensible-utils — 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-3584-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-17512 Upstream summary: Gabriel Corona discovered that sensible-utils incorrectly validated strings when launcher a browser with the sensible-browser tool. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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Debian 9 — jython — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — jython — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-4000 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — gst-plugins-good1.0 — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — gst-plugins-good1.0 — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3245-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10198 CVE-2016-10199 CVE-2017-5840 CVE-2017-5841 CVE-2017-5845 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1643901 Upstream summary: Hanno Böck discovered that GStreamer Good Plugins did not correctly handle certain malformed media files. If a user were […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — gcc-5 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — gcc-5 — 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-5770-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11671 Upstream summary: Todd Eisenberger discovered that certain versions of GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) could be made to clobber the status flag of RDRAND and RDSEED with […]

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Debian 9 — request-tracker4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — request-tracker4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6127 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — root-system — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — root-system — 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-4801-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000203 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ROOT incorrectly handled certain input arguments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents […]

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