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

FreeBSD 12 — axel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: axel — remote buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0390 Upstream summary: A Debian Security Advisory reports: Ulf Härnhammar from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a buffer overflow in axel, a […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ecartis — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ecartis — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ecartis — unauthorised access to admin interface Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0781 CVE-2003-0782 CVE-2004-0913 Upstream summary: A Debian security advisory reports: A problem has been discovered in ecartis, a mailing-list manager, which […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — rls — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — rls — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2019:2203-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12083 CVE-2020-1967 CVE-2018-1000622 Upstream summary: The Rust Programming Language Standard Library 1.34.x before 1.34.2 contains a stabilized method which, if overridden, can violate Rust's safety […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libesmtp6_2_0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libesmtp6_2_0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2021:1235-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-19977 Upstream summary: libESMTP through 1.0.6 mishandles domain copying into a fixed-size buffer in ntlm_build_type_2 in ntlm/ntlmstruct.c, as demonstrated by a stack-based buffer over-read. Table […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — openssh — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — openssh — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-4368)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 May 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-4368 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14145 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — firefox — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 7 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: firefox — Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 150 Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0597 CVE-2004-0598 CVE-2004-0599 CVE-2004-0717 CVE-2004-0718 CVE-2004-0721 CVE-2004-0722 CVE-2004-0758  +12 more Upstream summary: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2026-40/ reports: Memory safety bugs present in […]

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Arch Linux — lib32-libcurl-gnutls — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — lib32-libcurl-gnutls — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201805-16 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000301 CVE-2018-1000300 CVE-2019-5436 CVE-2019-5435 CVE-2019-3823 CVE-2019-3822 CVE-2018-16890 CVE-2018-16840  +12 more Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 7.59.0-1. Fixed in: 7.60.0-1. Group: AVG-697. Table of contents […]

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Common Problems 115520

httpd Returns 403 Because of SELinux Context

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 6 May 2020 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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Common Problems 113060

Windows Server 2016 — VPN sessions fail due to MTU mismatch and packet fragmentation — Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 6 May 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution — Primary Fix Solution — Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors […]

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