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Oracle Linux 8 — gcc-toolset-14-gcc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — gcc-toolset-14-gcc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2025-1338)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 January 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2025-1338 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11023 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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Windows Server 2012 R2 — WindowsUpdate.log conversion fails because ETW decoder cannot find symbols — Fix & Prevention

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 25 January 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~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 […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — openssl-beta — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openssl — potential SSL 2.0 rollback Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0079 CVE-2005-2969 Upstream summary: Vulnerability: Such applications are affected if they use the option SSL_OP_MSIE_SSLV2_RSA_PADDING. This option is implied by use of […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — dk-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openoffice — DOC document heap overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0752 CVE-2005-0941 Upstream summary: AD-LAB reports that a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in OpenOffice's handling of DOC documents. When reading […]

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FreeBSD 12 — xpdf — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — xpdf — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Xpdf — Multiple Vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0888 CVE-2004-0889 CVE-2004-1125 CVE-2005-0064 CVE-2005-2097 CVE-2007-3387 CVE-2007-4352 CVE-2007-5392  +11 more Upstream summary: Xpdf 4.02 fixes two vulnerabilities. Both fixes have been backported to 3.04. […]

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SLES 15 — libdwarf1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libdwarf1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 January 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2023:2784-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-27545 Upstream summary: libdwarf before 20201017 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read because of an invalid pointer dereference via an invalid line table in a crafted […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — java-11-openjdk — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — java-11-openjdk — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2019-1817)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 January 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-1817 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-2786 CVE-2019-2762 CVE-2019-2745 CVE-2019-2769 CVE-2019-2821 CVE-2019-2816 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — rubygem-passenger — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — rubygem-passenger — multiple vulnerabilities (7 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-2018-12026 CVE-2014-1831 CVE-2014-1832 CVE-2015-7519 CVE-2016-1247 CVE-2018-12029 CVE-2013-2119 Upstream summary: During the spawning of a malicious Passenger-managed application, SpawningKit in Phusion Passenger 5.3.x before 5.3.2 allows […]

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