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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — cracklib — 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-CU-2019:695-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6318 Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in the FascistGecosUser function in lib/fascist.c in cracklib allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-hpack — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-hpack — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6581 Upstream summary: A HTTP/2 implementation built using any version of the Python HPACK library between v1.0.0 and v2.2.0 could be targeted for a denial of service attack, specifically […]

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Arch Linux — networkmanager-vpnc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — networkmanager-vpnc — 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-201807-13 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10900 Upstream summary: Type: privilege escalation. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.2.4-3. Fixed in: 1.2.6-1. Group: AVG-739. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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

Arch Linux — electron — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201911-7 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13720 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 7.0.0-1. Fixed in: 7.0.1-1. Group: AVG-1061. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libpgf6 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libpgf6 — 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 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-6673 Upstream summary: Use-after-free vulnerability in Decoder.cpp in libpgf before 6.15.32. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage […]

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Debian 9 — libssh2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — libssh2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 April 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3855 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — gromacs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — gromacs — 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 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2010-4001 Upstream summary: GMXRC.bash in Gromacs 4.5.1 and earlier places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — libidn2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libidn2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 April 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4168-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12290 CVE-2019-18224 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Libidn2 incorrectly handled certain inputs. A attacker could possibly use this issue to impersonate domains. (CVE-2019-12290) It was discovered […]

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

Arch Linux — patch — 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-201811-14 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-6952 CVE-2018-1000156 CVE-2018-6951 Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 2.7.6-3. Fixed in: 2.7.6-7. Group: AVG-808. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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SLES 15 — sharutils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — sharutils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 April 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000097 Upstream summary: Sharutils sharutils (unshar command) version 4.15.2 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Affected component on the file unshar.c at line 75, function […]

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