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Arch Linux — gvim — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — gvim — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — 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-201906-9 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12735 CVE-2017-11109 CVE-2017-5953 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 8.1.1186-1. Fixed in: 8.1.1467-1. Group: AVG-976. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — tkdiff — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2005-4434 Upstream summary: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in AbleDesign ReSearch 2.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown vectors. NOTE: the provenance of this […]

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Debian 9 — qbittorrent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — qbittorrent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 May 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13640 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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Alpine Linux edge — libao — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.2.0-r3 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — libao 1.2.0-r3 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11548 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships libao 1.2.0-r3 which addresses CVE-2017-11548. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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SLES 15 — libudf0 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libudf0 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 May 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-18198 CVE-2017-18201 CVE-2017-18199 Upstream summary: print_iso9660_recurse in iso-info.c in GNU libcdio before 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — yara — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — yara — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-2016-10210 CVE-2017-8294 CVE-2017-9304 Upstream summary: libyara/lexer.l in YARA 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libstaroffice — 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-SU-2018:1076-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9432 Upstream summary: Document Liberation Project libstaroffice before 2017-04-07 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a stack-based buffer overflow related to the DatabaseName::read function in […]

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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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