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FreeBSD 12 — teTeX-base — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — teTeX-base — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xpdf — makeFileKey2() buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0888 CVE-2004-0889 CVE-2004-1125 CVE-2005-0064 Upstream summary: An iDEFENSE Security Advisory reports: Remote exploitation of a buffer overflow vulnerability in the xpdf PDF […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — hibagent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 July 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6493-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2043739 Upstream summary: USN-6493-1 fixed a vulnerability in hibagent. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: On […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — chromium-npapi — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 26 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: chromium — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1212 CVE-2015-1213 CVE-2015-1214 CVE-2015-1215 CVE-2015-1216 CVE-2015-1217 CVE-2015-1218 CVE-2015-1219  +12 more Upstream summary: Google Chrome Releases reports: 5 security fixes in this release, including: [698622] […]

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Windows Server 2012 R2 SMB File Server Latency Spikes During Backup Window – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 25 July 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~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 […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — mp3gain — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — mp3gain — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2020:0522-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12911 CVE-2019-18359 Upstream summary: The "apetag.c" file in MP3Gain 1.5.2.r2 has a vulnerability which results in a stack memory corruption when opening a crafted MP3 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — transmission-cli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — transmission-cli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libutp — remote denial of service or arbitrary code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2012-6129 Upstream summary: NVD reports: Stack-based buffer overflow in utp.cpp in libutp, as used in Transmission before 2.74 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py34-amf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py34-amf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-amf — input sanitization errors Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8549 Upstream summary: oCERT reports: A specially crafted AMF payload, containing malicious references to XML external entities, can be used to trigger Denial […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: extman — password bypass vulnerability Upstream summary: Extmail team reports: Emergency update #4 fixes a serious security vulnerability. Successful exploit of this vulnerability would allow attacker to change user's password […]

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FreeBSD 12 — w3m-m17n-img — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — w3m-m17n-img — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: w3m — format string vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2006-6772 Upstream summary: An anonymous person reports: w3m-0.5.1 crashes when using the -dump or -backend options to open a HTTPS URL with a […]

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