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Ubuntu 14.04 — graphite2 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — graphite2 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 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-3398-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-7771 CVE-2017-7772 CVE-2017-7773 CVE-2017-7774 CVE-2017-7775 CVE-2017-7776 CVE-2017-7777 CVE-2017-7778  +12 more Upstream summary: Holger Fuhrmannek and Tyson Smith discovered that graphite2 incorrectly handled certain malformed fonts. If a […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — libcgroup — 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-4845-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-14348 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libcgroup incorrectly handled log file permissions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. Table of contents […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — puppet — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — puppet — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-4804-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-10689 CVE-2017-2295 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Puppet installed modules with world writable permissions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause […]

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SLES 12 — libqxp — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — libqxp — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-2018:1076-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9432 CVE-2017-9433 CVE-2018-1055 CVE-2018-6871 Upstream summary: Document Liberation Project libstaroffice before 2017-04-07 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a stack-based buffer overflow related to the […]

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SLES 12 — libzmf — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — libzmf — multiple vulnerabilities (6 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-2017:1821-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8947 CVE-2016-2052 CVE-2016-10327 CVE-2017-7870 CVE-2017-7882 CVE-2017-8358 Upstream summary: hb-ot-layout-gpos-table.hh in HarfBuzz before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or […]

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Debian 9 — isc-dhcp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — isc-dhcp — 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-2017-3144 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 16.04 — italc — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — italc — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4587-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-6051 CVE-2014-6052 CVE-2014-6053 CVE-2014-6054 CVE-2014-6055 CVE-2016-9941 CVE-2016-9942 CVE-2018-15127  +11 more Upstream summary: Nicolas Ruff discovered that iTALC had buffer overflows, divide-by-zero errors and didn't check malloc return […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — pidgin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — pidgin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 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-3231-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2640 CVE-2016-2365 CVE-2016-2366 CVE-2016-2367 CVE-2016-2368 CVE-2016-2369 CVE-2016-2370 CVE-2016-2371  +12 more Upstream summary: Joseph Bisch discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled certain xml messages. A remote attacker could use […]

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