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

Arch Linux — opendoas — 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-202102-8 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-25016 Upstream summary: Type: privilege escalation. Status: Fixed. Affected: 6.6.1-2. Fixed in: 6.8.1-2. Group: AVG-1504. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — conky — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2011-3616 Upstream summary: The getSkillname function in the eve module in Conky 1.8.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/.cesf. Table […]

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SLES 12 — netpbm — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — netpbm — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 24 May 2019 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2024:0434-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5849 CVE-2017-2579 CVE-2017-2580 CVE-2017-2581 CVE-2017-2586 CVE-2017-2587 CVE-2018-8975 Upstream summary: tiffttopnm in netpbm 10.47.63 does not properly use the libtiff TIFFRGBAImageGet function, which allows remote attackers […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — newt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2009:017 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2009-2905 Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in textbox.c in newt 0.51.5, 0.51.6, and 0.52.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) […]

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SLES 12 — libpoppler44 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — libpoppler44 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 May 2019 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2017:1672-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9083 CVE-2018-10768 Upstream summary: poppler 0.54.0, as used in Evince and other products, has a NULL pointer dereference in the JPXStream::readUByte function in JPXStream.cc. For […]

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