August 2015

SLES 12 — python-pywbem — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — python-pywbem — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2014:0580-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-6418 Upstream summary: PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier uses a separate connection to validate X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a peer via an […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — libyaml-libyaml-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libyaml-libyaml-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2461-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-9130 Upstream summary: Stanisław Pitucha and Jonathan Gray discovered that libyaml-libyaml-perl did not properly handle wrapped strings. An attacker could create specially crafted YAML data to trigger […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — node-semver — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — node-semver — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4776-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8855 Upstream summary: It was discovered that semver incorrectly handled certain inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Table […]

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SLES 12 — perl-PlRPC — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — perl-PlRPC — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2020:2238-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-7284 Upstream summary: The PlRPC module, possibly 0.2020 and earlier, for Perl uses the Storable module, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via […]

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SLES 12 — libtool — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — libtool — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2010:006 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3736 Upstream summary: ltdl.c in libltdl in GNU Libtool 1.5.x, and 2.2.6 before 2.2.6b, as used in Ham Radio Control Libraries, Q, and possibly other […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — fuse — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2617-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3202 Upstream summary: Tavis Ormandy discovered that FUSE incorrectly filtered environment variables. A local attacker could use this issue to gain administrative privileges. Table of contents Symptom […]

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SLES 12 — hardlink — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — hardlink — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2011-3630 CVE-2011-3631 CVE-2011-3632 Upstream summary: Hardlink before 0.1.2 suffer from multiple stack-based buffer overflow flaws because of the way directory trees with deeply nested directories are processed. A remote […]

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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: 25 May 2026 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: 25 May 2026 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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SLES 12 — perl-HTML-Parser — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — perl-HTML-Parser — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2009:020 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3627 Upstream summary: The decode_entities function in util.c in HTML-Parser before 3.63 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an […]

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