Fix Prevention

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 September 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4513-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-6960 Upstream summary: Dileep Kumar Jallepalli discovered that apng2gif incorrectly handled loading APNG files. An attacker could exploit this with a crafted APNG file to access sensitive […]

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 September 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3454-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000376 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libffi incorrectly enforced an executable stack. An attacker could possibly use this issue, in combination with another vulnerability, to facilitate […]

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 September 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3913-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-2335 CVE-2017-17969 Upstream summary: It was discovered that p7zip did not correctly handle certain malformed archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a […]

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 September 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4795-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6814 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache Groovy incorrectly handled serialization mechanisms. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents […]

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 September 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4771-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-8126 CVE-2017-16816 Upstream summary: It was discovered that HTCondor incorrectly invoked the mailx utility. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only […]

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 September 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4793-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6254 CVE-2017-16820 CVE-2017-7401 Upstream summary: It was discovered that collectd mishandled certain malformed packets. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause collectd to crash or […]

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 August 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3101-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1178402 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Tracker incorrectly handled certain malformed GIF images. If a user or automated system were tricked into downloading a specially-crafted GIF […]

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 August 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3562-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000494 CVE-2017-8798 Upstream summary: It was discovered that MiniUPnP incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly […]

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 August 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4803-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000421 CVE-2017-18120 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Gifsicle did not properly handle certain input. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious GIF, an attacker […]