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FreeBSD 12 — mkvtoolnix — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mkvtoolnix — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mkvtoolnix — code execution via specially crafted files Upstream summary: Moritz Bunkus reports: most of the bugs fixed on 2016-09-06 and 2016-09-07 for issue #1780 are potentially exploitable. The scenario […]

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FreeBSD 12 — openjdk7-jre — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — openjdk7-jre — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 24 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: java — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-4734 CVE-2015-4803 CVE-2015-4805 CVE-2015-4806 CVE-2015-4810 CVE-2015-4835 CVE-2015-4840 CVE-2015-4842  +12 more Upstream summary: Oracle reports: This Critical Patch Update contains 25 new security fixes for […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py310-Flask-Cors — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py310-Flask-Cors — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-Flask-Cors — directory traversal vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25032 Upstream summary: praetorian-colby-morgan reports: An issue was discovered in Flask-CORS (aka CORS Middleware for Flask) before 3.0.9. It allows ../ directory traversal […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — irssi — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — irssi — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-5206 CVE-2018-5208 CVE-2018-7050 CVE-2018-7051 CVE-2018-7052 CVE-2018-7053 CVE-2018-7054 CVE-2019-15717  +12 more Upstream summary: When the channel topic is set without specifying a sender, Irssi before 1.0.6 […]

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RHEL 8 LVM Thin Pool Reaches 100 Percent and Stops Writes

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 23 May 2020 Affected versions: 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.10 📖 ~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 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php55-mysqli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php55-mysqli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mysql — SSL Downgrade Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3152 Upstream summary: Duo Security reports: Researchers have identified a serious vulnerability in some versions of Oracle’s MySQL database product that allows an attacker […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — kdirstat — 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-2014:0930-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-2528 Upstream summary: kcleanup.cpp in KDirStat 2.7.3 does not properly quote strings when deleting a directory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ghostscript9-agpl-base — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ghostscript9-agpl-base — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 23 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ghostscript — exploitable buffer overflow in (T)BCP in PS interpreter Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3228 CVE-2018-15908 CVE-2018-15909 CVE-2018-15910 CVE-2018-15911 CVE-2019-14811 CVE-2019-14812 CVE-2019-14813  +4 more Upstream summary: [email protected] reports: In Artifex Ghostscript through […]

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FreeBSD 12 — freeciv-gtk — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — freeciv-gtk — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: freeciv — Denial of Service Vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2006-0047 CVE-2006-3913 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: Luigi Auriemma has reported a vulnerability in Freeciv, which can be exploited by malicious people to […]

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FreeBSD 12 — viewcvs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — viewcvs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: viewcvs — information leakage Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0915 Upstream summary: The hide_cvsroot and forbidden configuration options are not properly honored by viewcvs when exporting to a tar file which can lead […]

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