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Ubuntu 16.04 — libsolv — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libsolv — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 January 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4851-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-20532 CVE-2018-20533 CVE-2018-20534 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Libsolv incorrectly handled certain malformed input. An attacker could use this issue to cause Libsolv to crash, resulting […]

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Debian 9 — wget — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — wget — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 January 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-13089 CVE-2018-0494 CVE-2019-5953 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification […]

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

Arch Linux — pcmanfm — 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-201706-26 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-8934 Upstream summary: Type: access restriction bypass. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.2.5-1. Fixed in: 1.2.5-2. Group: AVG-274. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Arch Linux — strongswan — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — strongswan — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-201809-4 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-16152 CVE-2018-16151 CVE-2018-6459 CVE-2018-5388 CVE-2017-11185 Upstream summary: Type: authentication bypass. Status: Fixed. Affected: 5.6.3-1. Fixed in: 5.7.0-1. Group: AVG-769. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby2.7-rubygem-web-console — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby2.7-rubygem-web-console — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2025:15129-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3224 Upstream summary: request.rb in Web Console before 2.1.3, as used with Ruby on Rails 3.x and 4.x, does not properly restrict the use of […]

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Alpine Linux edge — libidn2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — libidn2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 2.2.0-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — libidn2 2.2.0-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12290 CVE-2019-18224 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships libidn2 2.2.0-r0 which addresses CVE-2019-12290. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — libapache2-mod-perl2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libapache2-mod-perl2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 January 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3825-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2011-2767 Upstream summary: Jan Ingvoldstad discovered that mod_perl incorrectly handled configuration options to disable being used by unprivileged users, contrary to the documentation. A local attacker could […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — neovim — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 January 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4862-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12735 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Neovim incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute […]

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