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Arch Linux — mpv — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — mpv — 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-201802-7 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-6360 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1:0.27.0-6. Fixed in: 1:0.27.1-1. Group: AVG-605. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – apt update fails because dpkg lock is held

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 13 October 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 Ubuntu 16.04.7 📖 ~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 […]

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Windows Server 2016 – Container DNS resolution fails on NAT network – Fix & Prevention (FIX-PREVENTION-2)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 13 October 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — perl-Convert-ASN1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — perl-Convert-ASN1 — 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-2021:0172-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-7488 Upstream summary: perl-Convert-ASN1 (aka the Convert::ASN1 module for Perl) through 0.27 allows remote attackers to cause an infinite loop via unexpected input. Table of […]

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FreeBSD 12 — electrum-py — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — electrum-py — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: electrum — JSONRPC vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2018-6353 Upstream summary: MITRE reports: JSONRPC vulnerability Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution […]

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FreeBSD 12 — apache-struts — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — apache-struts — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Apache Commons FileUpload — denial of service (DoS) vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2016-3092 Upstream summary: Mark Thomas reports: CVE-2016-3092 is a denial of service vulnerability that has been corrected in the […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ja-lynx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ja-lynx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: lynx — SSL certificate validation error Related CVEs: CVE-2005-3120 Upstream summary: Axel Beckert reports: […] I was able to capture the password given on the commandline in traffic of an […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — python-ecdsa — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — python-ecdsa — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 October 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4196-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14853 CVE-2019-14859 Upstream summary: It was discovered that python-ecdsa incorrectly handled certain signatures. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause python-ecdsa to generate unexpected […]

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SLES 15 — libnma0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libnma0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 13 October 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-6590 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in network-manager-applet (aka network-manager-gnome) in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and 16.10. A local attacker could […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — gzip — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — gzip — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SA:2010:008 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2010-0001 CVE-2009-2624 Upstream summary: Integer underflow in the unlzw function in unlzw.c in gzip before 1.4 on 64-bit platforms, as used in ncompress and probably […]

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