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SLES 15 — system-user-root — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — system-user-root — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 6 January 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2019:697-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-5021 Upstream summary: Versions of the Official Alpine Linux Docker images (since v3.3) contain a NULL password for the `root` user. This vulnerability appears to […]

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FreeBSD 12 — percona55-client — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — percona55-client — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: MySQL Client — Multiple vulerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-4792 CVE-2015-4802 CVE-2015-4807 CVE-2015-4815 CVE-2015-4826 CVE-2015-4830 CVE-2015-4836 CVE-2015-4858  +12 more Upstream summary: Oracle reports: This Critical Patch Update contains 45 new security patches […]

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Windows Server 2012 R2 — Chocolatey package install fails due to TLS 1.2 handshake error — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 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 — dokuwiki-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — dokuwiki-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: dokuwiki — Local File Inclusion with register_globals on Related CVEs: CVE-2006-4674 CVE-2006-4675 CVE-2006-4679 CVE-2006-5098 CVE-2006-5099 CVE-2007-3930 CVE-2009-1960 Upstream summary: DokuWiki reports: A security hole was discovered which allows an attacker […]

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Windows Server 2019 — MSI install fails with error 1603 fatal error during installation — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 January 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~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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Windows Server 2019 – Storport miniport resets under heavy I/O – Fix and Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 January 2020 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~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 — flphoto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — flphoto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 January 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 — apache+mod_ssl+mod_snmp+mod_deflate — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — apache+mod_ssl+mod_snmp+mod_deflate — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: apache — Prevent chunk-size integer overflow on platforms where sizeof(int) < sizeof(long) Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2088 CVE-2005-3352 CVE-2006-3747 Upstream summary: Apache ChangeLog reports: Integer overflow in the ap_proxy_send_fb function in proxy/proxy_util.c […]

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Arch Linux — podofo — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — podofo — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202101-36 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9687 CVE-2019-9199 CVE-2018-5783 CVE-2018-20751 CVE-2018-19532 CVE-2018-14320 CVE-2018-12982 CVE-2018-11256  +3 more Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 0.9.6-3. Fixed in: 0.9.7-1. Group: AVG-867. Table of contents […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py35-matrix-synapse — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py35-matrix-synapse — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-matrix-synapse — users of single-sign-on are vulnerable to phishing Related CVEs: CVE-2019-5885 Upstream summary: Matrix developers report: [The 1.11.1] release includes a security fix impacting installations using Single Sign-On (i.e. […]

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