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Ubuntu 16.04 — isc-kea — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — isc-kea — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 February 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7759-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-6473 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Kea DHCP did not correctly handle invalid hostnames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial […]

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

Debian 9 — mgetty — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 February 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-16741 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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SLES 15 — icedtea-web — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — icedtea-web — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 February 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:2033-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-10181 CVE-2019-10185 CVE-2013-4349 CVE-2019-10182 CVE-2011-2513 CVE-2011-2514 CVE-2011-3377 CVE-2012-3422  +6 more Upstream summary: It was found that in icedtea-web up to and including 1.7.2 and 1.8.2 […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — wesnoth — 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-2018-1999023 CVE-2015-0844 Upstream summary: The Battle for Wesnoth Project version 1.7.0 through 1.14.3 contains a Code Injection vulnerability in the Lua scripting engine that can […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libspiro1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libspiro1 — 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-2019-19847 Upstream summary: Libspiro through 20190731 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the spiro_to_bpath0() function in spiro.c. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — python-crypto — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — python-crypto — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 February 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3616-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-6594 CVE-2013-7459 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Python Crypto incorrectly generated ElGamal key parameters. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python3-Twisted — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python3-Twisted — 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-2017:0114-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1000111 Upstream summary: Twisted before 16.3.1 does not attempt to address RFC 3875 section 4.1.18 namespace conflicts and therefore does not protect CGI applications from […]

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Alpine Linux edge — mini_httpd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — mini_httpd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.30-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — mini_httpd 1.30-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18778 CVE-2017-17663 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships mini_httpd 1.30-r0 which addresses CVE-2018-18778. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — plexus-archiver — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — plexus-archiver — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 January 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4832-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1002200 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Plexus Archiver incorrectly handled directory traversal during extraction. An attacker could possibly use this for a Zip-Slip attack. Table of […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — http-parser — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — http-parser — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2020-1417 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-15605 CVE-2018-12121 CVE-2018-7159 Upstream summary: HTTP request smuggling in Node.js 10, 12, and 13 causes malicious payload delivery when transfer-encoding is malformed (CVE-2019-15605) Table of contents Symptom […]

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