Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — soundtouch — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — soundtouch — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 July 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4826-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9258 CVE-2017-9259 CVE-2017-9260 CVE-2018-1000223 CVE-2018-17096 CVE-2018-17097 CVE-2018-17098 Upstream summary: It was discovered that SoundTouch incorrectly handled certain WAV files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — libbson — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libbson — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 July 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4812-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14227 CVE-2018-16790 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libbson incorrectly validated input length. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — cinnamon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — cinnamon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 June 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4844-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-13054 Upstream summary: Matthias Gerstner discovered that the cinnamon-settings-users utility in Cinnamon did not safely handle symlinks. An unprivileged attacker could potentially use this vulnerability to overwrite […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — network-manager — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — network-manager — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 June 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3807-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-15688 Upstream summary: Felix Wilhelm discovered that the NetworkManager internal DHCPv6 client incorrectly handled certain DHCPv6 messages. In non-default configurations where the internal DHCP client is enabled, […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — glusterfs — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — glusterfs — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 June 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4770-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3619 CVE-2018-10841 CVE-2018-1088 CVE-2018-10904 CVE-2018-10907 CVE-2018-10911 CVE-2018-10913 CVE-2018-10914  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled network requests. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — gettext — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — gettext — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 May 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3815-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18751 Upstream summary: It was discovered that gettext incorrectly handled certain messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — afflib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — afflib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 May 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6518-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-8050 Upstream summary: Luis Rocha discovered that AFFLIB incorrectly handled certain input files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted AFF […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — jbigkit — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — jbigkit — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 May 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5742-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9937 Upstream summary: It was discovered that JBIG-KIT incorrectly handled decoding certain large image files. If a user or automated system using JBIG-KIT were tricked into opening […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — base-files — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — base-files — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 May 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3748-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-6557 Upstream summary: Sander Bos discovered that the MOTD update script incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of […]

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