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

Ubuntu 16.04 — ubufox — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 August 2016 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3391-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1711137 Upstream summary: USN-3391-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubufox. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — horizon — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — horizon — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 1 August 2016 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3447-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-4428 CVE-2014-3473 CVE-2014-3474 CVE-2014-3475 CVE-2014-3594 Upstream summary: Beth Lancaster and Brandon Sawyers discovered that OpenStack Horizon was incorrect protected against cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. A remote authenticated […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — pcsc-lite — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — pcsc-lite — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 July 2016 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3176-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10109 Upstream summary: Peter Wu discovered that the PC/SC service did not correctly handle certain resources. A local attacker could use this issue to cause PC/SC to […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0046 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-1999-0046 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 27 July 2016 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-1999-0046, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-1999-0046 NVD summary: Buffer overflow of rlogin program using TERM environmental variable. References: exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE   exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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