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Ubuntu 14.04 — gnupg2 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — gnupg2 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 1 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3675-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12020 CVE-2014-3591 CVE-2014-5270 CVE-2015-0837 CVE-2015-1606 CVE-2015-1607 CVE-2014-4617 Upstream summary: USN-3675-1 fixed a vulnerability in GnuPG 2 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the […]

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

Ubuntu 14.04 — librelp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3612-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000140 Upstream summary: Bas van Schaik and Kevin Backhouse discovered that librelp incorrectly handled checking certain x509 certificates. A remote attacker able to connect to rsyslog could […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4863-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13173 Upstream summary: It was discovered that fstream incorrectly handled certain crafted tarballs. An attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the filesystem. Table […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — KeePassX — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: KeePassX — information disclosure Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8378 Upstream summary: Yves-Alexis Perez reports: Starting an export (using File / Export to / KeepassX XML file) and cancelling it leads to KeepassX […]

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FreeBSD 12 — isc-dhcp41-client — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — isc-dhcp41-client — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: isc-dhcpd — Denial of Service Related CVEs: CVE-2011-0997 CVE-2015-8605 Upstream summary: ISC reports: A badly formed packet with an invalid IPv4 UDP length field can cause a DHCP server, client, […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — unarj — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: unarj — long filename buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0947 CVE-2004-1027 Upstream summary: Ludwig Nussel has discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in unarj's handling of long filenames which could potentially lead […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libvpx4 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libvpx4 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1621 CVE-2016-2464 Upstream summary: libvpx in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49H, and 6.0 before 2016-03-01 allows remote attackers to execute […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ja-mutt-devel — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ja-mutt-devel — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mutt — Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Upstream summary: SecurityFocus reports: Mutt is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability. This issue is due to the application's failure to properly bounds-check user-supplied […]

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Alpine Linux edge — bzip2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — bzip2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.0.6-r7 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — bzip2 1.0.6-r7 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12900 CVE-2016-3189 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships bzip2 1.0.6-r7 which addresses CVE-2019-12900. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — lftp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 February 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3731-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10916 Upstream summary: It was discovered that LFTP incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Table of […]

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