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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 5.5.2-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — collectd 5.5.2-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6254 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships collectd 5.5.2-r0 which addresses CVE-2016-6254. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Gentoo Linux — sys-apps/bubblewrap — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — sys-apps/bubblewrap — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202006-18 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12439 Upstream summary: Bubblewrap misuses temporary directories in /tmp as a mount point. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — afflib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 May 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6518-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-8050 Upstream summary: Luis Rocha discovered that AFFLIB incorrectly handled certain input files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted AFF […]

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SLES 15 — python311-python-engineio — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — python311-python-engineio — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 May 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:2267-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13611 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in python-engineio through 3.8.2. There is a Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking (CSWSH) vulnerability that allows attackers to make WebSocket […]

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Gentoo Linux — net-analyzer/smokeping — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — net-analyzer/smokeping — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202209-08 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-20147 Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Smokeping. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — xdg-utils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — xdg-utils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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:2008:004 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2008-0386 CVE-2017-18266 Upstream summary: Xdg-utils 1.0.2 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL argument to (1) […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — vsftpd — 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-2015:0417-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1419 Upstream summary: Unspecified vulnerability in vsftpd 3.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions via unknown vectors, related to deny_file parsing. Table […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — gettext — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 May 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3815-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18751 Upstream summary: It was discovered that gettext incorrectly handled certain messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby2.2-rubygem-actionpack — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby2.2-rubygem-actionpack — 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 advisory SUSE-SU-2015:0863-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-7829 CVE-2016-2098 CVE-2014-7818 Upstream summary: Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.21, 4.0.x before 4.0.12, 4.1.x before […]

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