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

Ubuntu 16.04 — augeas — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 May 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~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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Ubuntu 16.04 — nagios3 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — nagios3 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 May 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3253-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1690380 CVE-2013-7108 CVE-2013-7205 CVE-2014-1878 CVE-2016-9566 Upstream summary: USN-3253-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Nagios. The update prevented log files from being displayed in the web interface. This update fixes […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 May 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3500-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-16611 CVE-2017-13720 CVE-2017-13722 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libXfont incorrectly followed symlinks when opening font files. A local unprivileged user could use this issue to cause […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — lame — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — lame — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 13 May 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4780-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-9099 CVE-2015-9100 CVE-2015-9101 CVE-2017-13712 CVE-2017-15018 CVE-2017-11720 CVE-2017-9411 CVE-2017-8419  +4 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that LAME incorrectly handled certain audio files. A remote attacker could possibly […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 May 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3446-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5251 CVE-2015-5286 CVE-2016-0757 CVE-2014-5356 Upstream summary: Hemanth Makkapati discovered that OpenStack Glance incorrectly handled access restrictions. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to change the […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — libice — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 May 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5744-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2626 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libICE was using a weak mechanism to generate the session cookies. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — policykit-desktop-privileges — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — policykit-desktop-privileges — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 May 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4037-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1832337 Upstream summary: The policykit-desktop-privileges Startup Disk Creator policy allowed administrative users to overwrite disks. As a security improvement, this operation now requires authentication. Table of contents […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — libspring-java — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libspring-java — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 May 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4774-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3192 CVE-2015-5211 CVE-2016-9878 CVE-2014-0225 CVE-2014-3625 CVE-2014-3578 Upstream summary: Toshiaki Maki discovered that Spring Framework incorrectly handled certain XML files. A remote attacker could exploit this with a […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — c-ares — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 May 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3395-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000381 CVE-2016-5180 Upstream summary: It was discovered that c-ares incorrectly handled certain NAPTR responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using c-ares […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 April 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3283-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8270 CVE-2015-8271 CVE-2015-8272 Upstream summary: Dave McDaniel discovered that rtmpdump incorrectly handled certain malformed streams. If a user were tricked into processing a specially crafted stream, a […]

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