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

Arch Linux — ocaml — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201610-17 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8869 Upstream summary: Type: information disclosure. Status: Fixed. Affected: 4.02.3-2. Fixed in: 4.03.0-1. Group: AVG-13. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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

Debian 9 — mpv — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 March 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-6360 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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Ubuntu 18.04 — mqtt-client — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — mqtt-client — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6685-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-0222 Upstream summary: It was discovered that mqtt-client incorrectly handled memory while parsing malformed MQTT frames. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — liblept5 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — liblept5 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-7186 CVE-2018-7247 CVE-2018-7440 CVE-2018-7442 CVE-2018-3836 CVE-2018-7441 CVE-2017-18196 Upstream summary: Leptonica before 1.75.3 does not limit the number of characters in a %s format argument to […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — rocksndiamonds — 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-2011-4606 Upstream summary: Artsoft Entertainment Rocks'n'Diamonds (aka rocksndiamonds) 3.3.0.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on .rocksndiamonds/cache/artworkinfo.cache under a user's […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libcfg6 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libcfg6 — vulnerability — 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-2018:1136-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1084 Upstream summary: corosync before version 2.4.4 is vulnerable to an integer overflow in exec/totemcrypto.c. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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SLES 12 — haproxy — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — haproxy — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 March 2019 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:3125-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18277 CVE-2012-2391 CVE-2013-1912 CVE-2013-2175 CVE-2014-6269 CVE-2015-3281 Upstream summary: A flaw was found in HAProxy before 2.0.6. In legacy mode, messages featuring a transfer-encoding header missing […]

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Debian 9 — python2.7 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — python2.7 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 March 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1060 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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Ubuntu 14.04 — gnupg2 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — gnupg2 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 1 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3675-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12020 CVE-2014-3591 CVE-2014-5270 CVE-2015-0837 CVE-2015-1606 CVE-2015-1607 CVE-2014-4617 Upstream summary: USN-3675-1 fixed a vulnerability in GnuPG 2 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — librelp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — librelp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3612-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000140 Upstream summary: Bas van Schaik and Kevin Backhouse discovered that librelp incorrectly handled checking certain x509 certificates. A remote attacker able to connect to rsyslog could […]

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