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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 2.1.8-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — libevent 2.1.8-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10195 CVE-2016-10196 CVE-2016-10197 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships libevent 2.1.8-r0 which addresses CVE-2016-10195. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mysql-connector-c — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mysql-connector-c — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: MySQL Client — Multiple vulerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2020-2752 CVE-2020-2875 CVE-2020-2922 CVE-2020-2933 CVE-2020-2934 Upstream summary: Oracle reports: This Critical Patch Update contains 45 new security patches for Oracle MySQL. 9 of […]

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Debian 9 — graphicsmagick — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — graphicsmagick — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 January 2020 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-10794 CVE-2019-12921 CVE-2019-19950 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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Could Not Resolve security.ubuntu.com

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 January 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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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS boot drops to initramfs after unclean shutdown

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 January 2020 Affected versions: 16.04 16.04.7 📖 ~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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Alpine Linux edge — chrony — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — chrony — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 3.5.1-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — chrony 3.5.1-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14367 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships chrony 3.5.1-r0 which addresses CVE-2020-14367. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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FreeBSD 12 — p5-XSLoader — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — p5-XSLoader — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: p5-XSLoader — local arbitrary code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6185 Upstream summary: Jakub Wilk reports: XSLoader tries to load code from a subdirectory in the cwd when called inside a string […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — winrs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2019:1111-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3816 Upstream summary: Openwsman, versions up to and including 2.6.9, are vulnerable to arbitrary file disclosure because the working directory of openwsmand daemon was set […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: OpenJPH < 0.24.5 — multiple vulnerabilities Upstream summary: Aous Naman reports several vulnerabilities fixed in OpenJPH versions up to 0.24.5 and credits Cary Phillips for reporting them from the OSS-fuzz […]

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