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

FreeBSD 12 — rawstudio — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: dcraw — integer overflow condition Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3885 Upstream summary: ocert reports: The dcraw tool, as well as several other projects re-using its code, suffers from an integer overflow condition […]

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FreeBSD 12 — dovecot-managesieve — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — dovecot-managesieve — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: dovecot-managesieve — Script Name Directory Traversal Vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2008-5301 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: The security issue is caused due to an input validation error when processing script names. This […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — grub2-signed — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — grub2-signed — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 18 May 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4432-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1889556 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/GRUB2SecureBootBypass CVE-2020-10713 CVE-2020-14308 CVE-2020-14309 CVE-2020-14310 CVE-2020-14311 CVE-2020-15705  +2 more Upstream summary: USN-4432-1 fixed vulnerabilities in GRUB2 affecting Secure Boot environments. Unfortunately, the update introduced regressions for […]

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Arch Linux — graphicsmagick — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — graphicsmagick — multiple vulnerabilities (14 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-201801-7 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-16547 CVE-2017-15930 CVE-2017-14165 CVE-2017-13777 CVE-2017-13776 CVE-2017-13134 CVE-2017-13066 CVE-2017-13065  +6 more Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.3.26-3. Fixed in: 1.3.27-1. Group: AVG-355. Table of contents […]

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Debian 10 – boot is delayed by systemd-networkd-wait-online timeout

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 17 May 2020 Affected versions: Debian 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 Related Errors & […]

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FreeBSD 12 — OpenEXR — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — OpenEXR — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 17 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: OpenEXR — multiple remote code execution and denial of service vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9110 CVE-2017-9111 CVE-2017-9112 CVE-2017-9113 CVE-2017-9114 CVE-2017-9115 CVE-2017-9116 Upstream summary: Brandon Perry reports: [There] is a zip file […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — nut — 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-2012:1077-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2012-2944 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in the addchar function in common/parseconf.c in upsd in Network UPS Tools (NUT) before 2.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Package Install Blocked by dpkg Lock

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 17 May 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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FreeBSD 12 — linux-f10-dbus-glib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-f10-dbus-glib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: dbus-glib — privledge escalation Related CVEs: CVE-2013-0292 Upstream summary: Sebastian Krahmer reports: A privilege escalation flaw was found in the way dbus-glib, the D-Bus add-on library to integrate the standard […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 17 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: freerdp — clients using the `/video` command line switch might read uninitialized data Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11017 CVE-2020-11018 CVE-2020-11019 CVE-2020-11038 CVE-2020-11039 CVE-2020-11040 CVE-2020-11041 CVE-2020-11043  +12 more Upstream summary: MITRE reports: All […]

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