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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 8 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: X.org libraries — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1981 CVE-2013-1982 CVE-2013-1983 CVE-2013-1984 CVE-2013-1985 CVE-2013-1986 CVE-2013-1987 CVE-2013-1988  +12 more Upstream summary: Matthieu Herrb reports: Tobias Stoeckmann from the OpenBSD project has discovered […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS – apt update shows NO_PUBKEY for repository signatures

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 7 July 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 Ubuntu 18.04.6 📖 ~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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-Twisted — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-Twisted — 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-2019:1760-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12387 CVE-2019-12855 Upstream summary: In Twisted before 19.2.1, twisted.web did not validate or sanitize URIs or HTTP methods, allowing an attacker to inject invalid characters […]

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FreeBSD 12 — vim-lite — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — vim-lite — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: vim — arbitrary command execution Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1138 CVE-2005-2368 CVE-2007-2953 CVE-2008-2712 CVE-2008-3076 CVE-2016-1248 Upstream summary: Mitre reports: vim before patch 8.0.0056 does not properly validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax' […]

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Debian 9 — kwallet-pam — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — kwallet-pam — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 July 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10380 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — perl-HTML-Parser — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — perl-HTML-Parser — 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-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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Ubuntu 16.04 — aspell — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — aspell — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 July 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5023-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-25051 CVE-2019-17544 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Aspell incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a […]

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Alpine Linux edge — ctags — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — ctags — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 5.8-r5 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — ctags 5.8-r5 Related CVEs: CVE-2014-7204 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships ctags 5.8-r5 which addresses CVE-2014-7204. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 7 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ffmpeg — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2014-9316 CVE-2014-9317 CVE-2014-9603 CVE-2014-9604 CVE-2015-1872 CVE-2015-3395 CVE-2015-3417 CVE-2015-6761  +12 more Upstream summary: NVD reports: An issue was discovered in the FFmpeg package, where vp3_decode_frame […]

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