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Ubuntu 14.04 — lxc — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — lxc — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 March 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3375-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10124 CVE-2017-5985 CVE-2016-8649 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1501491 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1501310 CVE-2015-1335 CVE-2015-1331 CVE-2015-1334 Upstream summary: It was discovered that LXC incorrectly handled the TIOCSTI ioctl. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2005-4271 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2005-4271 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 12 March 2017 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2005-4271, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2005-4271 NVD summary: Buffer overflow in the malloc debug system in IBM AIX 5.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary code. References: secunia.com/advisories/18088   www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY78227&   www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419577/100/0/thr […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — apparmor — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — apparmor — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 11 March 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3784-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1788929 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1794848 CVE-2017-6507 CVE-2014-1424 Upstream summary: As a security improvement, this update adjusts the private-files abstraction to disallow writing to thumbnailer configuration files. Additionally adjust the private-files, […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — augeas — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 March 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3400-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-7555 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Augeas incorrectly handled certain strings. An attacker could use this issue to cause Augeas to crash, leading to a denial […]

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

SLES 12 — yodl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 March 2017 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2017:1504-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10375 Upstream summary: Yodl before 3.07.01 has a Buffer Over-read in the queue_push function in queue/queuepush.c. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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