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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 21 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3839-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-19840 CVE-2018-19841 CVE-2016-10169 CVE-2018-6767 Upstream summary: It was discovered that WavPack incorrectly handled certain WAV files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — libntlm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5108-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17455 Upstream summary: USN-5108-1 fixed a vulnerability in Libntlm. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — aria2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — aria2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4869-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3500 Upstream summary: It was discovered that aria2 could accidentally leak authentication data. An attacker could possibly use this to gain access to sensitive information. Table of […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — lcms2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — lcms2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3770-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10165 CVE-2018-16435 Upstream summary: Ibrahim El-Sayed discovered that Little CMS incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3784-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1788929 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1794848 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, private-files-strict and […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — lua5.3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — lua5.3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3941-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-6706 Upstream summary: Fady Othman discovered that Lua incorrectly handled certain scripts. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Table of […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — libvirt — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libvirt — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 13 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4047-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-10161 CVE-2018-12126 CVE-2018-12127 CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2019-11091 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/MDS CVE-2018-1064 CVE-2018-3639  +12 more Upstream summary: USN-4047-1 fixed a vulnerability in libvirt. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — texlive-bin — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3788-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5700 CVE-2018-17407 Upstream summary: Jakub Wilk discovered that Tex Live incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4852-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-20843 CVE-2019-15903 Upstream summary: It was discovered that VTK incorrectly handled certain XML files in the embedded Expat library. An attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — php-imagick — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — php-imagick — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4586-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-11037 Upstream summary: It was discovered that PHP ImageMagick extension didn't check the address used by an array. An attacker could use this issue to cause PHP […]

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