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Ubuntu 14.04 — bsd-mailx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — bsd-mailx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 August 2015 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2455-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-7844 Upstream summary: It was discovered that bsd-mailx contained a feature that allowed syntactically valid email addresses to be treated as shell commands. A remote attacker could […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — commons-httpclient — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 August 2015 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2769-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2012-5783 CVE-2012-6153 CVE-2014-3577 CVE-2015-5262 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache Commons HttpClient did not properly verify the Common Name or subjectAltName fields of X.509 certificates. An […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — glib-networking — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — glib-networking — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 August 2015 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2913-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1528645 Upstream summary: USN-2913-1 removed 1024-bit RSA CA certificates from the ca-certificates package. This update adds support for alternate certificate chains to the glib-networking package to properly […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — mime-support — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — mime-support — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 July 2015 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2453-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-7209 Upstream summary: Timothy D. Morgan discovered that the run-mailcap tool incorrectly filtered certain shell metacharacters in filenames. If a user or automated system were tricked into […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-352 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-352 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 July 2015 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2814-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-7869 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly sanitized user mode inputs. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly gain root […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — libmodule-signature-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libmodule-signature-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 11 July 2015 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2607-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3406 CVE-2015-3407 CVE-2015-3408 CVE-2015-3409 Upstream summary: John Lightsey discovered that Module::Signature incorrectly handled PGP signature boundaries. A remote attacker could use this issue to trick Module::Signature into […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 9 July 2015 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3391-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1711137 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1498681 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1483858 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1398174 Upstream summary: USN-3391-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubufox. Original advisory details: Multiple security issues were discovered […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — network-manager-applet — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — network-manager-applet — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 June 2015 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3217-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1668321 Upstream summary: Frederic Bardy and Quentin Biguenet discovered that network-manager-applet incorrectly checked permissions when connecting to certain wireless networks. A local attacker could use this issue […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 June 2015 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2814-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-7869 CVE-2015-5950 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers incorrectly sanitized user mode inputs. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly gain […]

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