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Alpine Linux edge — soundtouch — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — soundtouch — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 2.1.2-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — soundtouch 2.1.2-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-17096 CVE-2018-17097 CVE-2018-17098 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships soundtouch 2.1.2-r0 which addresses CVE-2018-17096. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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FreeBSD 12 — libarchive — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — libarchive — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 April 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libarchive — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2006-5680 CVE-2013-0211 CVE-2015-2304 CVE-2015-8934 CVE-2016-1541 CVE-2016-4300 CVE-2016-4301 CVE-2016-4302 Upstream summary: Hanno Bock and Cisco Talos report: Out of bounds heap read in RAR parser […]

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Debian 9 — putty — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — putty — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 April 2020 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9894 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 16.04 — db5.3 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — db5.3 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 April 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4004-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-8457 CVE-2017-10140 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Berkeley DB incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive information. Table of […]

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

Arch Linux — gobby — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202101-26 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-35450 Upstream summary: Type: denial of service. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1:0.5.0+112+gd16519e-1. Fixed in: 1:0.5.0+116+g295e697-1. Group: AVG-1383. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Debian 10: certbot renewal fails because web server port is occupied

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 13 April 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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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Apache returns 503 due to PHP-FPM issues

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 13 April 2020 Affected versions: 14.04 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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FreeBSD 12 — cde — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — cde — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 April 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: x11/cde — Local privilege escalation via CDE dtsession Related CVEs: CVE-2020-2696 Upstream summary: Marco Ivaldi (marco.ivaldi () mediaservice net) reports: A buffer overflow in the CheckMonitor() function in the Common […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – significant time drift breaks auth and jobs – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 13 April 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 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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FreeBSD 12 — mantis — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mantis — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 13 April 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mantis — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CAN-2005-4238 CVE-2005-3335 CVE-2008-2276 CVE-2008-3102 CVE-2008-3331 CVE-2008-3332 CVE-2008-3333 CVE-2008-4687  +7 more Upstream summary: mantis reports: Teun Beijers reported a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the […]

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