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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: guile2 — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2016-8605 CVE-2016-8606 Upstream summary: Ludovic Courtès reports: The REPL server is vulnerable to the HTTP inter-protocol attack The ‘mkdir’ procedure of GNU Guile, an […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — milkytracker — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — milkytracker — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 August 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4499-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14464 CVE-2019-14496 CVE-2019-14497 Upstream summary: It was discovered that MilkyTracker did not properly handle certain input. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious file, an […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — obs-service-tar — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — obs-service-tar — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — 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-2019:0326-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12476 CVE-2018-12473 CVE-2018-12474 Upstream summary: Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in obs-service-tar_scm of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allows remote attackers with control over […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — mailman — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 10 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mailman < 2.1.38 — CSRF vulnerability of list mod or member against list admin page Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0038 CVE-2003-0965 CVE-2003-0991 CVE-2003-0992 CVE-2004-0412 CVE-2004-1143 CVE-2005-0202 CVE-2006-1712  +12 more Upstream summary: Mark […]

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Debian 10 — pam-python — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — pam-python — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 August 2019 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16729 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 kernel panic after package upgrade

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 9 August 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 – systemd StartLimitHit Keeps Critical Service Down

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 9 August 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — tnef — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — tnef — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-8911 Upstream summary: An integer underflow has been identified in the unicode_to_utf8() function in tnef 1.4.14. This might lead to invalid write operations, controlled by […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — libvncserver — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 9 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libvncserver — multiple buffer overflows Related CVEs: CVE-2014-6051 CVE-2014-6052 CVE-2014-6053 CVE-2014-6054 CVE-2014-6055 CVE-2016-9941 CVE-2016-9942 Upstream summary: libvnc server reports: Two unrelated buffer overflows can be used by a malicious server […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — bip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 August 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: bip — buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2012-0806 Upstream summary: Julien Tinnes reports, Bip doesn't check if fd is equal or larger than FD_SETSIZE. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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