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openSUSE Tumbleweed — conntrack-tools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — conntrack-tools — 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-2015:1545-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-6496 Upstream summary: conntrackd in conntrack-tools 1.4.2 and earlier does not ensure that the optional kernel modules are loaded before using them, which allows remote […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — tinc — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-16737 CVE-2018-16758 Upstream summary: tinc before 1.0.30 has a broken authentication protocol, without even a partial mitigation. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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SLES 12 — perl-Archive-Zip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — perl-Archive-Zip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 February 2019 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2018:2385-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10860 Upstream summary: perl-archive-zip is vulnerable to a directory traversal in Archive::Zip. It was found that the Archive::Zip module did not properly sanitize paths while […]

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Arch Linux — lib32-libxml2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — lib32-libxml2 — 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-201810-4 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-9251 Upstream summary: Type: denial of service. Status: Fixed. Affected: 2.9.8-3. Fixed in: 2.9.8-4. Group: AVG-673. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — pagure — 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-2019-7628 Upstream summary: Pagure 5.2 leaks API keys by e-mailing them to users. Few e-mail servers validate TLS certificates, so it is easy for man-in-the-middle […]

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Arch Linux — php — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — php — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — 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-201910-14 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-11043 CVE-2017-5340 CVE-2016-9936 CVE-2016-9935 CVE-2016-9934 CVE-2016-9933 CVE-2016-9138 CVE-2016-8670  +7 more Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 7.3.10-1. Fixed in: 7.3.11-1. Group: AVG-1052. Table of […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — log4net — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — log4net — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 February 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4699-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1285 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache Log4net incorrectly handled certain configuration files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. Table of […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-openpyxl — 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-2017-5992 Upstream summary: Openpyxl 2.4.1 resolves external entities by default, which allows remote attackers to conduct XXE attacks via a crafted .xlsx document. Table of […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — rssh — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — rssh — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 18 February 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3946-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-1000018 CVE-2019-3463 CVE-2019-3464 Upstream summary: It was discovered that rssh incorrectly handled certain command-line arguments and environment variables. An authenticated user could bypass rssh's command restrictions, allowing […]

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SLES 15 — sblim-sfcb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — sblim-sfcb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 18 February 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-6644 Upstream summary: SBLIM Small Footprint CIM Broker (SFCB) 1.4.9 has a null pointer (DoS) vulnerability via a crafted POST request to the /cimom URI. […]

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