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SLES 15 — perl-Net-Server — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — perl-Net-Server — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 September 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2023:0746-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1841 Upstream summary: Net-Server, when the reverse-lookups option is enabled, does not check if the hostname resolves to the source IP address, which might allow […]

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FreeBSD 12 — gitlab — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — gitlab — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 26 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Gitlab — Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in GitLab Projects Import Related CVEs: CVE-2016-4340 CVE-2016-4738 CVE-2016-9086 CVE-2017-0882 CVE-2017-0915 CVE-2017-11438 CVE-2017-12426 CVE-2017-5029  +8 more Upstream summary: Gitlab reports: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability […]

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FreeBSD 12 — isc-dhcp3-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — isc-dhcp3-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: isc-dhcpd — format string vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1006 Upstream summary: The ISC DHCP programs are vulnerable to several format string vulnerabilities which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary […]

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FreeBSD 12 — uk-gd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — uk-gd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gd — integer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0990 Upstream summary: infamous41md reports about the GD Graphics Library: There is an integer overflow when allocating memory in the routine that handles loading […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — srt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2019:2083-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-15784 Upstream summary: Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) through 1.3.4 has a CSndUList array overflow if there are many SRT connections. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py27-imaging — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py27-imaging — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-imaging, py-pillow — Buffer overflow in PCD decoder Related CVEs: CVE-2016-0775 Upstream summary: The Pillow maintainers report: In all versions of Pillow, dating back at least to the last PIL […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — gnats — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gnats — format string vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0623 Upstream summary: Gnats suffers from a format string bug, which may enable an attacker to execute arbitary code. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Debian 10 — libidn2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — libidn2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 September 2019 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18224 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 — xmltooling — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — xmltooling — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 September 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3921-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9628 Upstream summary: It was discovered that XMLTooling incorrectly handled certain XML files with invalid data. An attacker could use this issue to cause XMLTooling to crash, […]

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Debian 9 — dovecot — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — dovecot — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 September 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14461 CVE-2019-11500 CVE-2019-3814 CVE-2019-7524 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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