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

FreeBSD 12 — xshisen — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xshisen — local buffer overflows Related CVEs: CVE-2003-1053 CVE-2005-0117 Upstream summary: Steve Kemp has found buffer overflows in the handling of the command line flag -KCONV and the XSHISENLIB environment […]

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FreeBSD 12 — pl-ekg — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — pl-ekg — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 28 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libgadu — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2005-1850 CVE-2005-1851 CVE-2005-1852 CVE-2005-1916 CVE-2005-2369 CVE-2005-2370 CVE-2005-2448 Upstream summary: Wojtek Kaniewski reports: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libgadu, a library for handling Gadu-Gadu […]

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NTP unreachable due to firewall policy

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 November 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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RHEL 8 SELinux Denies httpd Binding to Custom Port

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 November 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 — php5-odbc — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php5-odbc — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 28 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2007-0905 CVE-2007-0906 CVE-2007-0907 CVE-2007-0908 CVE-2007-0909 CVE-2007-0910 CVE-2007-0988 CVE-2007-1001 Upstream summary: The PHP development team reports: Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.2 and PHP […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: tarsnap — buffer overflow and local DoS Upstream summary: Colin Percival reports: 1. SECURITY FIX: When constructing paths of objects being archived, a buffer could overflow by one byte upon […]

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Arch Linux — texlive-bin — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — texlive-bin — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201812-4 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-17407 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 2018.47465-5. Fixed in: 2018.48691-1. Group: AVG-770. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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FreeBSD 12 — libwww — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — libwww — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 28 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: expat — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2005-3183 CVE-2009-3560 CVE-2009-3720 CVE-2016-9063 CVE-2017-9233 Upstream summary: Mitre reports: An integer overflow during the parsing of XML using the Expat library. XML External Entity […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — oniguruma — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-4827)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 28 November 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4827 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13225 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 18.04 LTS apt Lock Contention During Unattended Upgrades

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 27 November 2019 Affected versions: 18.04 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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