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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libgvnc — 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-SU-2021:3125-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5884 CVE-2017-5885 Upstream summary: gtk-vnc before 0.7.0 does not properly check boundaries of subrectangle-containing tiles, which allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via the […]

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Arch Linux — binutils — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — binutils — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-201906-3 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-20712 CVE-2018-20002 CVE-2018-19932 CVE-2018-19931 Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 2.31.1-4. Fixed in: 2.32-1. Group: AVG-832. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — ruby-nokogiri — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — ruby-nokogiri — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 April 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4175-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-5477 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Nokogiri incorrectly handled inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary OS commands. Table of contents […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — xfig — 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 security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2009-1962 CVE-2009-4227 Upstream summary: Xfig, possibly 3.2.5, allows local users to read and write arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) xfig-eps[PID], (2) […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libdw1 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libdw1 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-2014-0172 CVE-2014-9447 CVE-2018-18310 CVE-2019-7146 CVE-2019-7664 Upstream summary: Integer overflow in the check_section function in dwarf_begin_elf.c in the libdw library, as used in elfutils 0.153 and […]

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Debian 9 — python-ecdsa — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — python-ecdsa — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 April 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14853 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 — vim — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — vim — 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-201906-8 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-975. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — bundler — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — bundler — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 April 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4870-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3881 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Bundler incorrectly created directories with insecure permissions in /tmp. An attacker could write malicious libraries to this location for later […]

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SLES 15 — libopus0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libopus0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 April 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2017:0436-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-0381 Upstream summary: An information disclosure vulnerability in silk/NLSF_stabilize.c in libopus in Mediaserver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its […]

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

Ubuntu 16.04 — gunicorn — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 April 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4022-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000164 Upstream summary: It was discovered that gunicorn improperly handled certain input. An attacker could potentially use this issue execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. Table of […]

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