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Ubuntu 14.04 — mutt — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — mutt — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • October 17, 2018
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🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 17 October 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3719-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-14349 CVE-2018-14350 CVE-2018-14351 CVE-2018-14352 CVE-2018-14353 CVE-2018-14354 CVE-2018-14355 CVE-2018-14356  +5 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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

Debian 9 — openvpn — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • October 16, 2018
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 October 2018 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-7508 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 — libXRes1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libXRes1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • October 14, 2018
  • Linux
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 October 2018 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2013:1103-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1988 Upstream summary: Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXRes 1.0.6 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow […]

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Debian 9 — libtasn1-6 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — libtasn1-6 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • October 13, 2018
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 October 2018 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-10790 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 18.04 — linux-firmware — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — linux-firmware — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • October 13, 2018
  • Linux
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 October 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4351-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-5383 Upstream summary: Eli Biham and Lior Neumann discovered that certain Bluetooth devices incorrectly validated key exchange parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain […]

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SLES 15 — yast2-devtools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — yast2-devtools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • October 13, 2018
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 13 October 2018 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2018:1890-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-17042 Upstream summary: lib/yard/core_ext/file.rb in the server in YARD before 0.9.11 does not block relative paths with an initial ../ sequence, which allows attackers to […]

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

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

  • October 13, 2018
  • Linux
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🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 13 October 2018 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2018:2898-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12472 CVE-2018-12470 CVE-2018-12471 CVE-2014-3566 Upstream summary: A improper authentication using the HOST header in SUSE Linux SMT allows remote attackers to spoof a sibling server. […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — squid3 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — squid3 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • October 11, 2018
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🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 11 October 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3557-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-2569 CVE-2016-2570 CVE-2016-2571 CVE-2016-3948 CVE-2018-1000024 CVE-2018-1000027 CVE-2016-10002 CVE-2016-10003  +12 more Upstream summary: Mathias Fischer discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain long strings in headers. A malicious remote […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — blktrace — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — blktrace — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • October 10, 2018
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2019-1320 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 in btt/devmap.c […]

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SLES 15 — libavutil55 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libavutil55 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • October 9, 2018
  • Linux
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🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 9 October 2018 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-16840 CVE-2017-11665 CVE-2015-8216 CVE-2015-8217 CVE-2015-8218 CVE-2015-8219 CVE-2015-8363 CVE-2015-8364  +12 more Upstream summary: The VC-2 Video Compression encoder in FFmpeg 3.0 and 3.4 allows remote attackers […]

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