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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — logwatch — 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-SR:2011:005 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2011-1018 Upstream summary: logwatch.pl in Logwatch 7.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a log file name, as demonstrated via […]

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FreeBSD 12 — apache22-event-mpm — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — apache22-event-mpm — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 14 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: apache22 — chunk header parsing defect Related CVEs: CVE-2012-0833 CVE-2012-2687 CVE-2012-3499 CVE-2012-4558 CVE-2013-1862 CVE-2013-1896 CVE-2013-5704 CVE-2013-6438  +5 more Upstream summary: Apache Foundation reports: CVE-2015-3183 core: Fix chunk header parsing defect. […]

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SLES 15 — perl-Archive-Zip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — perl-Archive-Zip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 November 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2018:2385-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10860 Upstream summary: perl-archive-zip is vulnerable to a directory traversal in Archive::Zip. It was found that the Archive::Zip module did not properly sanitize paths while […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libwmf — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libwmf — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2006:019 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2006-3376 CVE-2015-0848 CVE-2015-4588 CVE-2015-4695 CVE-2015-4696 Upstream summary: Integer overflow in player.c in libwmf 0.2.8.4, as used in multiple products including (1) wv, (2) abiword, (3) […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — http-parser — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — http-parser — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-0708)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 14 November 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-0708 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-15605 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 16.04 LTS – systemd service enters restart loop – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 13 November 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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Dracut emergency shell after storage changes

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 13 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 — nettle — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: nettle 3.7.2 — fix serious ECDSA signature verify bug Upstream summary: Niels Möller reports: I've prepared a new bug-fix release of Nettle, a low-level cryptographics library, to fix a serious […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: bftpd — Multiple vulnerabilities Upstream summary: Bftpd project reports: Bftpd is vulnerable to out of bounds memory access, file descriptor leak and a potential buffer overflow. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — evolution-ews — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — evolution-ews — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2020-1475 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3890 Upstream summary: It was discovered evolution-ews before 3.31.3 does not check the validity of SSL certificates. An attacker could abuse this flaw to get confidential information […]

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