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openSUSE Tumbleweed — prboom-plus — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — prboom-plus — vulnerability — 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-2020:0807-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20797 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in e6y prboom-plus 2.5.1.5. There is a buffer overflow in client and server code responsible for handling received […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — exempi — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — exempi — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 July 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3668-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-18233 CVE-2017-18234 CVE-2017-18236 CVE-2017-18238 CVE-2018-7728 CVE-2018-7729 CVE-2018-7730 CVE-2018-7731 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Exempi incorrectly handled certain media files. If a user or automated system were […]

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Cloud-init stalls first boot networking on cloned images

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 July 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 — viewvc — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — viewvc — 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 security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2012-3356 CVE-2012-3357 Upstream summary: The remote SVN views functionality (lib/vclib/svn/svn_ra.py) in ViewVC before 1.1.15 does not properly perform authorization, which allows remote attackers to bypass […]

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Common Problems 113000

Windows Server 2016 — DNS resolution times out for external hosts — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 July 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~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 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — gd — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — gd — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libgd — integer overflow which could lead to heap buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0990 CVE-2007-3472 CVE-2007-3473 CVE-2007-3474 CVE-2007-3475 CVE-2007-3476 CVE-2007-3477 CVE-2007-3478  +5 more Upstream summary: LibGD reports: An integer overflow […]

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FreeBSD 12 — cyrus-imspd — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — cyrus-imspd — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Cyrus IMSPd multiple vulnerabilities Upstream summary: The Cyrus team reported multiple vulnerabilities in older versions of Cyrus IMSPd: These releases correct a recently discovered buffer overflow vulnerability, as well as […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — k3s — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — k3s — 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 security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-1002101 CVE-2019-9946 Upstream summary: The kubectl cp command allows copying files between containers and the user machine. To copy files from a container, Kubernetes creates […]

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FreeBSD 12 — syslog-ng — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — syslog-ng — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: syslog-ng2 — startup directory leakage in the chroot environment Related CVEs: CVE-2008-5110 Upstream summary: Florian Grandel reports: I have not had the time to analyze all of syslog-ng code. But […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — npm4 — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — npm4 — multiple vulnerabilities (8 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-2016:2496-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-7052 CVE-2016-7099 CVE-2016-1669 CVE-2016-2178 CVE-2016-5180 CVE-2016-5325 CVE-2016-6304 CVE-2016-6306 Upstream summary: crypto/x509/x509_vfy.c in OpenSSL 1.0.2i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer […]

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