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Ubuntu 14.04 — mutt — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — mutt — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 17 October 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3719-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-14349 CVE-2018-14350 CVE-2018-14351 CVE-2018-14352 CVE-2018-14353 CVE-2018-14354 CVE-2018-14355 CVE-2018-14356  +5 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — linux-firmware — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — linux-firmware — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 October 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4351-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-5383 Upstream summary: Eli Biham and Lior Neumann discovered that certain Bluetooth devices incorrectly validated key exchange parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — squid3 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — squid3 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 11 October 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3557-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-2569 CVE-2016-2570 CVE-2016-2571 CVE-2016-3948 CVE-2018-1000024 CVE-2018-1000027 CVE-2016-10002 CVE-2016-10003  +12 more Upstream summary: Mathias Fischer discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain long strings in headers. A malicious remote […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — libzip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 October 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4811-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14107 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libzip mishandled certain malformed ZIP archives. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. Table […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — mongodb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 October 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8064-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-20802 Upstream summary: Eliot Horowitz discovered that MongoDB may fail to validate some instances of malformed BSON. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — gnome-keyring — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — gnome-keyring — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 September 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3894-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-20781 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GNOME Keyring incorrectly cleared out credentials supplied to the PAM module. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — singularity-container — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 September 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4840-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12021 CVE-2018-19295 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Singularity incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-19295) It was […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — freerdp — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — freerdp — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 24 September 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3845-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-8784 CVE-2018-8785 CVE-2018-8786 CVE-2018-8787 CVE-2018-8788 CVE-2018-8789 CVE-2014-0250 CVE-2014-0791  +6 more Upstream summary: Eyal Itkin discovered FreeRDP incorrectly handled certain stream encodings. A malicious server could use this […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 September 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4802-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000206 CVE-2018-13845 Upstream summary: It was discovered that HTSlib incorrectly handled certain data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue affected […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — lcms2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — lcms2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 September 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~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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