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Ubuntu 16.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-384 — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • December 8, 2018
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 December 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3662-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-6249 CVE-2018-6253 CVE-2017-5753 CVE-2017-6257 CVE-2017-6259 CVE-2017-6266 CVE-2017-6267 CVE-2017-6272 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers contained flaws in the kernel mode layer. A local […]

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SLES 15 — libwpd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libwpd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • December 7, 2018
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 December 2018 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2017:2931-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14226 CVE-2018-19208 Upstream summary: WP1StylesListener.cpp, WP5StylesListener.cpp, and WP42StylesListener.cpp in libwpd 0.10.1 mishandle iterators, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer […]

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SLES 12 — blktrace — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — blktrace — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • December 7, 2018
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 December 2018 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:0919-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10689 Upstream summary: blktrace (aka Block IO Tracing) 1.2.0, as used with the Linux kernel and Android, has a buffer overflow in the dev_map_read function […]

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Debian 9 — libxml2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — libxml2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • December 5, 2018
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 December 2018 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-0663 CVE-2017-15412 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 18.04 — fossil — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — fossil — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • December 4, 2018
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 December 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6770-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2064509 Upstream summary: USN-6729-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Server. The update lead to the discovery of a regression in Fossil with regards to the handling of […]

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SLES 15 — gzip — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — gzip — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • December 4, 2018
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🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 4 December 2018 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SA:2010:008 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2010-0001 CVE-2009-2624 Upstream summary: Integer underflow in the unlzw function in unlzw.c in gzip before 1.4 on 64-bit platforms, as used in ncompress and probably […]

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

Debian 9 — pcs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • December 3, 2018
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 December 2018 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1086 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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SLES 15 — gcab — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — gcab — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • December 3, 2018
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 December 2018 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-0552 CVE-2018-5345 Upstream summary: Directory traversal vulnerability in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in gcab 0.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via […]

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Debian 9 — icecast2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — icecast2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • December 2, 2018
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 December 2018 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18820 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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Debian 9 — iortcw — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — iortcw — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • December 1, 2018
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 December 2018 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11721 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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