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

Debian 9 — remctl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 May 2018 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-0493 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 — cinnamon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — cinnamon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 May 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4844-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-13054 Upstream summary: Matthias Gerstner discovered that the cinnamon-settings-users utility in Cinnamon did not safely handle symlinks. An unprivileged attacker could potentially use this vulnerability to overwrite […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 13 May 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3240-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-0318 CVE-2016-8826 CVE-2016-7382 CVE-2016-7389 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers contained a flaw in the kernel mode layer. A local attacker could use […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — jbigkit — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — jbigkit — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 May 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5742-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9937 Upstream summary: It was discovered that JBIG-KIT incorrectly handled decoding certain large image files. If a user or automated system using JBIG-KIT were tricked into opening […]

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

Debian 9 — erlang — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 May 2018 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000385 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 — sharutils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — sharutils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 May 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3605-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000097 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Sharutils incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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

SLES 12 — soundtouch — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 11 May 2018 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2018:3068-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000223 CVE-2018-17096 CVE-2018-17097 CVE-2018-17098 Upstream summary: soundtouch version up to and including 2.0.0 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in SoundStretch/WavFile.cpp:WavInFile::readHeaderBlock() that can result in arbitrary […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — x265 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — x265 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 May 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4809-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-13135 Upstream summary: It was discovered that VideoLAN x265 mishandled certain memory-allocation inputs. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash) Table […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — libcgroup — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 May 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~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 14.04 — phpmyadmin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — phpmyadmin — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 8 May 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4843-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-9218 CVE-2016-6609 CVE-2016-6619 CVE-2016-6630 CVE-2016-9849 CVE-2016-9866 CVE-2017-18264 CVE-2017-1000014  +12 more Upstream summary: Javier Nieto and Andres Rojas discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly managed input in the form of […]

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