Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — lftp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — lftp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 May 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3731-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10916 Upstream summary: It was discovered that LFTP incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Table of […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — openpyxl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — openpyxl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 May 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4821-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5992 Upstream summary: It was discovered that openpyxl incorrectly handled certain documents. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libxdmcp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libxdmcp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 April 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5690-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2625 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libXdmcp was generating weak session keys. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a brute force attack […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — librelp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — librelp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 April 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4828-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000140 Upstream summary: It was discovered that librelp did not properly manage x509 certificates, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — root-system — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — root-system — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 April 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4801-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000203 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ROOT incorrectly handled certain input arguments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — collectd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — collectd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 April 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~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 […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libmwaw — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libmwaw — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 April 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3319-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9433 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libmwaw incorrectly handled certain malformed document files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — uw-imap — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — uw-imap — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 March 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4160-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-19518 Upstream summary: It was discovered that UW IMAP incorrectly handled inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary OS commands. Table of […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — golang-github-seccomp-libseccomp-golang — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — golang-github-seccomp-libseccomp-golang — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 March 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4574-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-18367 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libseccomp-golang did not properly generate BPFs. If a process were running under a restrictive seccomp filter that specified multiple syscall […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — mpg123 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — mpg123 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 28 March 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4806-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12839 CVE-2017-12797 CVE-2017-9545 CVE-2017-11126 Upstream summary: It was discovered that mpg123 failed to handle certain malformed mp3 files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to potentially leak […]

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