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FreeBSD 12 — ioquake3-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ioquake3-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 June 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: id Tech 3 — remote code execution vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2017-6903 Upstream summary: The content auto-download of id Tech 3 can be used to deliver maliciously crafted content, that triggers […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php55-zip — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php55-zip — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 June 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8874 CVE-2015-8879 CVE-2016-5385 CVE-2016-5399 CVE-2016-5766 CVE-2016-5767 CVE-2016-5768 CVE-2016-5769  +12 more Upstream summary: PHP reports: Fixed bug #69975 (PHP segfaults when accessing nvarchar(max) defined columns) […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — python-os-brick — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — python-os-brick — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 June 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4420-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-10755 Upstream summary: David Hill and Eric Harney discovered that Cinder and os-brick incorrectly handled ScaleIO backend credentials. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — pam_yubico — 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-2018-9275 Upstream summary: In check_user_token in util.c in the Yubico PAM module (aka pam_yubico) 2.18 through 2.25, successful logins can leak file descriptors to the […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — hermes 0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-1914 CVE-2020-1915 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships hermes 0 which addresses CVE-2020-1914. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — libxslt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — libxslt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-4464)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 June 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4464 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18197 CVE-2019-11068 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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Oracle Linux 8 — ELSA-2020-5567-1: postgresql:10 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — ELSA-2020-5567-1: postgresql:10 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 June 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-5567-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25694 CVE-2020-25695 CVE-2020-25696 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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FreeBSD 12 — hostapd — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — hostapd — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 June 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: FreeBSD — EAP-pwd message reassembly issue with unexpected fragment Related CVEs: CVE-2015-4141 CVE-2015-4142 CVE-2015-4143 CVE-2015-4144 CVE-2015-4145 CVE-2015-4146 CVE-2015-5310 CVE-2015-5315  +12 more Upstream summary: Problem Description: EAP-pwd implementation in hostapd (EAP […]

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Arch Linux — python-lxml — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — python-lxml — 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-202012-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-27783 Upstream summary: Type: cross-site scripting. Status: Fixed. Affected: 4.6.1-3. Fixed in: 4.6.2-1. Group: AVG-1319. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ja-linux-mozillafirebird-gtk — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ja-linux-mozillafirebird-gtk — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 June 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: firefox & mozilla — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0762 CVE-2004-0765 CVE-2004-0904 CVE-2004-0905 CVE-2004-0908 CVE-2004-0909 CVE-2004-1156 CVE-2004-1157  +12 more Upstream summary: A Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory reports of multiple issues: Heap […]

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