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FreeBSD 12 — sql-ledger — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — sql-ledger — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 19 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: sql-ledger — security bypass vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2006-4244 CVE-2006-4731 CVE-2006-5872 Upstream summary: Chris Travers reports: George Theall of Tenable Security notified the LedgerSMB core team today of an authentication bypass […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py23-django — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py23-django — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 19 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: django — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2008-2302 CVE-2009-3695 CVE-2010-3082 Upstream summary: The Django project reports: Please reference CVE/URL list for details Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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FreeBSD 12 — gcpio — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — gcpio — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 19 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: GNU cpio — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2014-9112 CVE-2015-1197 CVE-2016-2037 CVE-2019-14866 Upstream summary: Sergey Poznyakoff reports: This stable release fixes several potential vulnerabilities CVE-2015-1197: cpio, when using the –no-absolute-filenames option, […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — freetds — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — freetds — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 December 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4173-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13508 Upstream summary: Felix Wilhelm discovered that FreeTDS incorrectly handled certain types after a protocol downgrade. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause FreeTDS to […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — WALinuxAgent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — WALinuxAgent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2019-1527)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 19 December 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2019-1527 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-0804 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 14.04 LTS rsyslog Stops Writing Logs

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 18 December 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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — lzo — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: LZO — potential buffer overrun when processing malicious input data Related CVEs: CVE-2014-4608 Upstream summary: Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer reports, in the package's NEWS file: Fixed a potential integer […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python-Beaker — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python-Beaker — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2012-3458 Upstream summary: Beaker before 1.6.4, when using PyCrypto to encrypt sessions, uses AES in ECB cipher mode, which might allow remote attackers to obtain portions of sensitive session […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — tnftp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: tnftp — mget does not check for directory escapes Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1294 Upstream summary: When downloading a batch of files from an FTP server the mget command does not check […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – apt fails behind proxy with Could not resolve security.ubuntu.com – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 17 December 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 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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