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

Ubuntu 18.04 — ntopng — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4842-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12520 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ntopng did not properly seed its random number generator, leading to predictable session tokens. An attacker could use this vulnerability […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — bwa — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4857-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-10269 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Burrows-Wheeler Aligner (BWA) mishandled certain crafted .alt files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service […]

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FreeBSD 12 — chromium-pulse — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — chromium-pulse — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: chromium — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0574 CVE-2014-7899 CVE-2014-7900 CVE-2014-7901 CVE-2014-7902 CVE-2014-7903 CVE-2014-7904 CVE-2014-7905  +12 more Upstream summary: Google Chrome releases reports: 40 security fixes in this release Please reference […]

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Alpine Linux edge — sdl_image — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — sdl_image — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.2.12-r5 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — sdl_image 1.2.12-r5 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13616 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships sdl_image 1.2.12-r5 which addresses CVE-2019-13616. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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FreeBSD 12 — lightning — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — lightning — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mozilla — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2006-6077 CVE-2007-0008 CVE-2007-0009 CVE-2007-0775 CVE-2007-0776 CVE-2007-0777 CVE-2007-0778 CVE-2007-0779  +5 more Upstream summary: The Mozilla Foundation reports of multiple security issues in Firefox, Seamonkey, and […]

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FreeBSD 12 — p5-DBI — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — p5-DBI — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: p5-DBI — insecure temporary file creation vulnerability Related CVEs: CAN-2005-0077 Upstream summary: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña reports: The DBI library, the Perl5 database interface, creates a temporary PID file in an […]

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SLES 15 — quagga — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — quagga — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2018:0455-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-5379 CVE-2018-5381 CVE-2013-2236 CVE-2016-1245 CVE-2016-2342 CVE-2016-4049 CVE-2017-16227 CVE-2018-5378  +4 more Upstream summary: The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 can double-free memory when […]

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Arch Linux — gvim — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — gvim — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201906-9 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12735 CVE-2017-11109 CVE-2017-5953 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 8.1.1186-1. Fixed in: 8.1.1467-1. Group: AVG-976. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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FreeBSD 12 — openvpn23-polarssl — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — openvpn23-polarssl — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: OpenVPN — two remote denial-of-service vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-7478 CVE-2017-7479 Upstream summary: Samuli Seppänen reports: OpenVPN v2.4.0 was audited for security vulnerabilities independently by Quarkslabs (funded by OSTIF) and Cryptography […]

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FreeBSD 12 — streamripper — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — streamripper — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: streamripper — multiple buffer overflows Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4829 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: A boundary error exists within http_parse_sc_header() in lib/http.c when parsing an overly long HTTP header starting with "Zwitterion […]

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