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SLES 15 — perl-HTML-Parser — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — perl-HTML-Parser — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 18 September 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2009:020 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3627 Upstream summary: The decode_entities function in util.c in HTML-Parser before 3.63 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an […]

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Arch Linux — bitcoin-qt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — bitcoin-qt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201809-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-17144 Upstream summary: Type: denial of service. Status: Fixed. Affected: 0.16.2-2. Fixed in: 0.16.3-1. Group: AVG-766. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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FreeBSD 12 — rubygem-sanitize — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — rubygem-sanitize — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Sanitize — XSS vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2018-3740 Upstream summary: Sanitize release: Fixed an HTML injection vulnerability that could allow XSS. When Sanitize <= 4.6.2 is used in combination with libxml2 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py37-buildbot — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py37-buildbot — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: buildbot — OAuth Authentication Vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12300 CVE-2019-7313 Upstream summary: Buildbot accepted user-submitted authorization token from OAuth and used it to authenticate user. The vulnerability can lead to malicious […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — ctorrent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Enhanced cTorrent — stack-based overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2009-1759 Upstream summary: Securityfocus reports: cTorrent and dTorrent are prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability because the software fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mysql55-client — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mysql55-client — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 17 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mysql — denial of service vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2015-4792 CVE-2015-4802 CVE-2015-4807 CVE-2015-4815 CVE-2015-4826 CVE-2015-4830 CVE-2015-4836 CVE-2015-4858  +12 more Upstream summary: Openwall reports: C client library for MySQL (libmysqlclient.so) has use-after-free […]

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FreeBSD 12 — bogofilter-tdb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — bogofilter-tdb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: bogofilter — RFC 2047 decoder denial-of-service vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1007 Upstream summary: The bogofilter team has been provided with a test case of a malformatted (non-conformant) RFC-2047 encoded word that […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — mesa — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — mesa — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 September 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4271-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-5068 Upstream summary: Tim Brown discovered that Mesa incorrectly handled shared memory permissions. A local attacker could use this issue to obtain and possibly alter sensitive information […]

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

Arch Linux — phpmyadmin — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201802-11 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-7260 Upstream summary: Type: cross-site scripting. Status: Fixed. Affected: 4.7.7-1. Fixed in: 4.7.8-1. Group: AVG-630. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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