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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 March 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5436-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-7949 CVE-2016-7950 Upstream summary: Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXrender incorrectly handled certain responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — emacs24 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — emacs24 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 March 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3427-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14482 Upstream summary: Charles A. Roelli discovered that Emacs incorrectly handled certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file (e.g., email messages […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — lxc — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — lxc — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 March 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3375-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10124 CVE-2017-5985 CVE-2016-8649 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1501491 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1501310 CVE-2015-1335 CVE-2015-1331 CVE-2015-1334 Upstream summary: It was discovered that LXC incorrectly handled the TIOCSTI ioctl. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 11 March 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3784-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1788929 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1794848 CVE-2017-6507 CVE-2014-1424 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, […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — augeas — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 March 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~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 — libpam-radius-auth — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libpam-radius-auth — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 March 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4290-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-9542 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libpam-radius-auth incorrectly handled certain long passwords. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libpam-radius-auth to crash, resulting […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — game-music-emu — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — game-music-emu — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 March 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4816-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-17446 Upstream summary: It was discovered that game-music-emu mishandled certain crafted input. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause game-music-emu to crash. Table of contents […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 March 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3693-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5203 CVE-2015-5221 CVE-2016-10248 CVE-2016-10250 CVE-2016-8883 CVE-2016-8887 CVE-2016-9262 CVE-2016-9387  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that JasPer incorrectly handled certain malformed JPEG-2000 image files. If a user […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — gtk-vnc — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 March 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3203-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5884 CVE-2017-5885 Upstream summary: It was discovered that gtk-vnc incorrectly validated certain data. A malicious server could use this issue to cause gtk-vnc to crash, resulting in […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — valgrind — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — valgrind — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 February 2017 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3337-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-2226 CVE-2016-4487 CVE-2016-4488 CVE-2016-4489 CVE-2016-4490 CVE-2016-4491 CVE-2016-4492 CVE-2016-4493  +1 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Valgrind incorrectly handled certain string operations. If a user or automated […]

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