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openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby2.7-rubygem-multi_xml — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby2.7-rubygem-multi_xml — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2025:15122-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-0175 Upstream summary: multi_xml gem 0.5.2 for Ruby, as used in Grape before 0.2.6 and possibly other products, does not properly restrict casts of string […]

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Debian 9 — wpa — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — wpa — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 24 February 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-13077 CVE-2019-11555 CVE-2019-9495 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — surf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: surf — private information disclosure Related CVEs: CVE-2012-0842 Upstream summary: surf does not protect its cookie jar against access read access from other local users Table of contents Symptom & […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — sk-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openoffice — DOC document heap overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0752 CVE-2005-0941 Upstream summary: AD-LAB reports that a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in OpenOffice's handling of DOC documents. When reading […]

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Arch Linux — rpcbind — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — rpcbind — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201705-4 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-8779 Upstream summary: Type: denial of service. Status: Fixed. Affected: 0.2.4-2. Fixed in: 0.2.4-3. Group: AVG-261. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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SLES 15 — libXrandr2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libXrandr2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 February 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2013:1103-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1986 CVE-2016-7947 CVE-2016-7948 Upstream summary: Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXrandr 1.4.0 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a […]

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IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2019-4741 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.1

IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2019-4741 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 22 February 2019 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2019-4741, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2019-4741 NVD summary: IBM Content Navigator 3.0CD is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF). This may allow an unauthenticated attacker to send unauthorized requests from the […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — nmap — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — nmap — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2023-2333 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-15173 Upstream summary: Nmap through 7.70, when the -sV option is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — irssi — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — irssi — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 February 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4046-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-7054 CVE-2019-13045 CVE-2019-5882 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain disconnections. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service […]

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