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SLES 15 — eog — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — eog — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 December 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2016:2532-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-7447 CVE-2016-6855 Upstream summary: Integer overflow in the gdk_cairo_set_source_pixbuf function in gdk/gdkcairo.c in GTK+ before 3.9.8, as used in eom, gnome-photos, eog, gambas3, thunar, pinpoint, […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — libvpx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-4629)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 December 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4629 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-2126 CVE-2019-9371 CVE-2019-9232 CVE-2019-9433 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS user cannot log in after home directory permission drift

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 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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Windows Server 2016 — DNS Server service crashes after zone reload — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 4 December 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~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 — gtk-pixbuf — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — gtk-pixbuf — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gdk-pixbuf — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2862 CVE-2017-2870 Upstream summary: TALOS reports: An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the tiff_image_parse functionality. An exploitable heap-overflow vulnerability exists in the gdk_pixbuf__jpeg_image_load_increment […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — alsaplayer — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: alsaplayer — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2006-4089 Upstream summary: Luigi Auriemma reports three vulnerabilities within alsaplayer: The function which handles the HTTP connections is vulnerable to a buffer-overflow that happens […]

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FreeBSD 12 — rubygem-web-console — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — rubygem-web-console — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: rubygem-rails — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1840 CVE-2015-3224 CVE-2015-3225 CVE-2015-3226 CVE-2015-3227 Upstream summary: Ruby on Rails blog: Rails 3.2.22, 4.1.11 and 4.2.2 have been released, along with web console and […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libXinerama1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libXinerama1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2013:1103-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1985 Upstream summary: Integer overflow in X.org libXinerama 1.1.2 and earlier allows X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 4 December 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: FreeBSD — Missing validation in ptrace(PT_SC_REMOTE) Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0230 CVE-2013-3077 CVE-2013-4851 CVE-2013-5209 CVE-2014-1453 CVE-2014-3000 CVE-2014-3711 CVE-2014-3873  +12 more Upstream summary: Problem Description: ptrace(PT_SC_REMOTE) failed to properly validate parameters for the […]

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