Common Problems

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

Debian 9 — connman — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 December 2017 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12865 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

Read more
SLES 12 — libXcursor1 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — libXcursor1 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 17 December 2017 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2013:1103-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-2003 CVE-2015-9262 CVE-2017-16612 Upstream summary: Integer overflow in X.org libXcursor 1.1.13 and earlier allows X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer […]

Read more
SLES 12 — libkde4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — libkde4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 17 December 2017 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2017:1335-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-8422 Upstream summary: KDE kdelibs before 4.14.32 and KAuth before 5.34 allow local users to gain root privileges by spoofing a callerID and leveraging a […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 December 2017 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000083 CVE-2017-1000159 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

Read more
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: 12 December 2017 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 […]

Read more
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: 9 December 2017 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 […]

Read more
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: 9 December 2017 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 & […]

Read more
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: 8 December 2017 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 […]

Read more
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: 5 December 2017 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 […]

Read more
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: 5 December 2017 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 […]

Read more
CHAT