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Ubuntu 14.04 — heat — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — heat — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 June 2015 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2249-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3801 Upstream summary: Jason Dunsmore discovered that OpenStack heat did not properly restrict access to template information. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to see URL […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — simplestreams — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — simplestreams — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 June 2015 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2746-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1499749 CVE-2015-1337 Upstream summary: USN-2746-1 fixed a vulnerability in Simple Streams. The update caused a regression preventing MAAS from downloading PXE images. This update fixes the problem. […]

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SLES 12 — libXt6 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — libXt6 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 11 June 2015 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2013:1101-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-2002 CVE-2013-2005 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in X.org libXt 1.1.3 and earlier allows X servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute […]

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

SLES 12 — kbd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 June 2015 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2011:007 Related CVEs: CVE-2011-0460 Upstream summary: The init script in kbd, possibly 1.14.1 and earlier, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /dev/shm/defkeymap.map. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — cgmanager — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — cgmanager — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 June 2015 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2451-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-1425 Upstream summary: Serge Hallyn discovered that cgmanager did not consistently enforce proper nesting when modifying cgroup properties. A local attacker in a privileged container could use […]

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SLES 12 — libthai0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — libthai0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 June 2015 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2010:002 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2009-4012 Upstream summary: Multiple integer overflows in LibThai before 0.1.13 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via long strings that trigger heap-based buffer […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — network-manager — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — network-manager — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 June 2015 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2581-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1322 Upstream summary: Tavis Ormandy discovered that NetworkManager incorrectly filtered paths when requested to read modem device contexts. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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

SLES 12 — rhythmbox — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 May 2015 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2012-3355 Upstream summary: (1) AlbumTab.py, (2) ArtistTab.py, (3) LinksTab.py, and (4) LyricsTab.py in the Context module in GNOME Rhythmbox 0.13.3 and earlier allows local users […]

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

SLES 12 — nut — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 May 2015 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2012:1077-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2012-2944 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in the addchar function in common/parseconf.c in upsd in Network UPS Tools (NUT) before 2.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute […]

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SLES 12 — python-ceilometer — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — python-ceilometer — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 May 2015 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-RU-2015:1730-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-0259 Upstream summary: OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4, 2014.2.x before 2014.2.3, and kilo before kilo-3 does not validate the origin of websocket requests, which allows […]

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