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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 0.20.1-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — gettext 0.20.1-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18751 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships gettext 0.20.1-r0 which addresses CVE-2018-18751. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — netkit-rsh — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — netkit-rsh — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 May 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5327-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-7282 Upstream summary: Hiroyuki Yamamori discovered that rsh incorrectly handled certain filenames. If a user or automated system were tricked into connecting to a malicious rsh server, […]

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SLES 15 — libxkbcommon0 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libxkbcommon0 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 May 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2021:232-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-15854 CVE-2018-15855 CVE-2018-15856 CVE-2018-15857 CVE-2018-15858 CVE-2018-15862 CVE-2018-15864 Upstream summary: Unchecked NULL pointer usage in xkbcommon before 0.8.1 could be used by local attackers to crash […]

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Arch Linux — transmission-cli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — transmission-cli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201801-13 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-5702 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary command execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 2.92-7. Fixed in: 2.92-8. Group: AVG-588. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ruby_static — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ruby_static — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 18 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: End of Life Ports Related CVEs: CVE-2005-1992 CVE-2005-2337 CVE-2006-3694 CVE-2006-5467 CVE-2006-6303 CVE-2008-2726 Upstream summary: These packages have reached End of Life status and/or have been removed from the Ports Tree. […]

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FreeBSD 12 — perl — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — perl — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 18 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Perl — heap buffer overflow when transliterating non-ASCII bytes Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0452 CVE-2005-0155 CVE-2005-0156 CVE-2005-0448 CVE-2005-3912 CVE-2005-3962 CVE-2007-5116 CVE-2013-1667  +11 more Upstream summary: 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e reports: A heap buffer overflow vulnerability […]

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Debian 9 — net-snmp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — net-snmp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 May 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18065 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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Arch Linux — expat — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — expat — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-201706-32 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9233 CVE-2016-9063 Upstream summary: Type: denial of service. Status: Fixed. Affected: 2.2.0-1. Fixed in: 2.2.1-1. Group: AVG-306. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — libtomcrypt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 May 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4868-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17362 Upstream summary: It was discovered that LibTomCrypt incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or read […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php56-phar — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php56-phar — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 18 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5589 CVE-2015-5590 CVE-2015-6831 CVE-2015-6832 CVE-2015-6833 CVE-2015-7803 CVE-2015-7804 CVE-2015-8383  +12 more Upstream summary: The PHP Group reports: Please reference CVE/URL list for details Table of […]

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