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

FreeBSD 12 — rubygem-activemodel — multiple vulnerabilities (13 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: rails — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2012-2660 CVE-2012-2661 CVE-2013-4491 CVE-2013-6414 CVE-2013-6415 CVE-2013-6416 CVE-2013-6417 CVE-2015-7576  +5 more Upstream summary: Ruby on Rails blog: Rails 5.0.0.beta1.1, 4.2.5.1, 4.1.14.1, and 3.2.22.1 have been […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — postfixadmin — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — postfixadmin — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-2012-0811 CVE-2012-0812 CVE-2014-2655 CVE-2017-5930 Upstream summary: Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in Postfix Admin (aka postfixadmin) before 2.3.5 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mgetty+sendfax — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mgetty+sendfax — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mgetty+sendfax — symlink attack via insecure temporary files Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4936 Upstream summary: Debian reports: Faxspool in mgetty 1.1.36 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack […]

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Alpine Linux edge — libxfont2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — libxfont2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 2.0.3-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — libxfont2 2.0.3-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-16611 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships libxfont2 2.0.3-r0 which addresses CVE-2017-16611. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: lynx — SSL certificate validation error Related CVEs: CVE-2005-3120 CVE-2014-3566 CVE-2016-9179 Upstream summary: Axel Beckert reports: […] I was able to capture the password given on the commandline in traffic […]

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SLES 15 — yubikey-manager — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — yubikey-manager — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2017-15631 Upstream summary: TP-Link WVR, WAR and ER devices allow remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary commands via command injection in the new-workmode variable in the pptp_client.lua file. Table […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libvpx6 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libvpx6 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 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-2020:0105-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-2126 CVE-2017-0641 CVE-2017-13194 CVE-2019-9232 CVE-2019-9371 CVE-2019-9433 CVE-2019-9325 Upstream summary: In ParseContentEncodingEntry of mkvparser.cc, there is a possible double free due to a missing reset of […]

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