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FreeBSD 12 — lynx-ssl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — lynx-ssl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: lynx — remote buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2005-3120 Upstream summary: Ulf Härnhammar reports: When Lynx connects to an NNTP server to fetch information about the available articles in a newsgroup, […]

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FreeBSD 12 — kio-extras — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — kio-extras — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: kio-extras — HTML Thumbnailer automatic remote file access Related CVEs: CVE-2018-19120 Upstream summary: Albert Astals Cid reports: Various KDE applications share a plugin system to create thumbnails of various file […]

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FreeBSD 12 — quassel-core — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — quassel-core — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: quassel — multiple vulnerabilities Upstream summary: Gentoo reports: quasselcore: corruption of heap metadata caused by qdatastream leading to preauth remote code execution. Severity: high, by default the server port is […]

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Gentoo Linux — sys-apps/iproute2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — sys-apps/iproute2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202008-06 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20795 Upstream summary: iproute2 was found to contain a use-after-free in get_netnsid_from_name in ip/ipnetns.c. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py35-djblets — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py35-djblets — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-djblets — Self-XSS vulnerability Upstream summary: Djblets Release Notes reports: A recently-discovered vulnerability in the datagrid templates allows an attacker to generate a URL to any datagrid page containing malicious […]

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FreeBSD 12 — sgeee — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — sgeee — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: sge — local root exploit in bundled rsh executable Upstream summary: Sun Microsystems reports: The SGE 6.0u7_1 release fixes a security bug which can allow malicious users to gain root […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — python-ecdsa — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 May 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4196-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14853 CVE-2019-14859 Upstream summary: It was discovered that python-ecdsa incorrectly handled certain signatures. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause python-ecdsa to generate unexpected […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — pyxdg — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 May 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4700-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12761 Upstream summary: Alexandre D'Hondt discovered that PyXDG did not properly sanitize input. An attacker could exploit this with a crafted .menu file to execute arbitrary code. […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — m4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — m4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2013:1329-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2009-4029 Upstream summary: The (1) dist or (2) distcheck rules in GNU Automake 1.11.1, 1.10.3, and release branches branch-1-4 through branch-1-9, when producing a distribution […]

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FreeBSD 12 — postgresql90-server — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — postgresql90-server — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: End of Life Ports Related CVEs: CVE-2014-8161 CVE-2015-0241 CVE-2015-0242 CVE-2015-0243 CVE-2015-0244 CVE-2015-3165 CVE-2015-3166 CVE-2015-3167  +2 more Upstream summary: These packages have reached End of Life status and/or have been removed […]

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