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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 June 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ner/rsync — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0962 CVE-2004-0426 CVE-2004-0792 CVE-2007-4091 CVE-2011-1097 CVE-2016-9840 CVE-2016-9841 CVE-2016-9842  +12 more Upstream summary: The rsync project reports: Six CVEs are fixed in this release. All […]

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

Arch Linux — calibre — vulnerability — 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-201803-8 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-7889 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary command execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 3.18.0-1. Fixed in: 3.19.0-1. Group: AVG-650. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 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-2004-0902 CVE-2004-0904 CVE-2004-0905 CVE-2004-0908 CVE-2004-0909 CVE-2004-1156  +12 more Upstream summary: A Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory reports of multiple issues: Heap […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 June 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mutt — mutt_decode_uuencoded() can read past the of the input line Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0078 CVE-2007-2683 CVE-2014-0467 CVE-2014-9116 CVE-2018-14349 CVE-2018-14350 CVE-2018-14351 CVE-2018-14352  +12 more Upstream summary: Tavis Ormandy reports: mutt_decode_uuencoded(), the […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS – swap usage stays high after memory pressure event

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 June 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 Ubuntu 18.04.6 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS – dpkg interrupted state blocks package operations – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 June 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors […]

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RHEL 8 tuned Profile Misconfiguration Causing Latency Spikes

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 June 2020 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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Debian 10 — ldm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — ldm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 June 2020 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20373 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 — velocity-tools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — velocity-tools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 June 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6282-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-13959 Upstream summary: Jackson Henry discovered that Velocity Tools incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — dovecot — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-3713)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 June 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-3713 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-12674 CVE-2020-12100 CVE-2020-12673 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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