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Ubuntu 14.04 — transmission — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — transmission — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 July 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3533-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-5702 CVE-2014-4909 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Transmission incorrectly handled certain POST requests to the RPC server and allowed DNS rebinding attack. An attacker could possibly […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — nagios-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: nagios — Command Injection Vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2007-5803 CVE-2009-2288 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: A vulnerability has been reported in Nagios, which can be exploited by malicious users to potentially compromise […]

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FreeBSD 12 — tor — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — tor — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: security/tor — SOCKS4(a) inversion bug Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2643 CVE-2006-0414 CVE-2009-0414 CVE-2009-0936 CVE-2009-0937 CVE-2009-0938 CVE-2010-1676 CVE-2011-0427  +3 more Upstream summary: The Tor Project reports: TROVE-2022-002: The SafeSocks option for SOCKS4(a) is […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: plans — multiple vulnerabilities Upstream summary: Secunia reports: A vulnerability has been reported in Plans, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks. Input passed to […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 4.8.4-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — lftp 4.8.4-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10916 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships lftp 4.8.4-r0 which addresses CVE-2018-10916. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ffmpeg — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3395 CVE-2015-3417 CVE-2015-6761 CVE-2015-6818 CVE-2015-6819 CVE-2015-6820 CVE-2015-6821 CVE-2015-6822  +12 more Upstream summary: NVD reports: An issue was discovered in the FFmpeg package, where vp3_decode_frame […]

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SLES 15 — whois — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — whois — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 1 July 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SA:2011:035 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2011-2483 Upstream summary: crypt_blowfish before 1.1, as used in PHP before 5.3.7 on certain platforms, PostgreSQL before 8.4.9, and other products, does not properly handle […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: wireshark — PCNFSD Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0176 CVE-2004-0365 CVE-2004-0367 CVE-2004-0504 CVE-2004-0505 CVE-2004-0506 CVE-2004-0507 CVE-2004-0633  +12 more Upstream summary: Secunia reports: A vulnerability has been reported in […]

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Debian 9 — ghostscript — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — ghostscript — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 July 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9611 CVE-2018-11645 CVE-2018-15908 CVE-2018-16509 CVE-2018-19134 CVE-2019-10216 CVE-2019-14811 CVE-2019-14869  +3 more Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-ruamel.yaml — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-ruamel.yaml — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20478 Upstream summary: In ruamel.yaml through 0.16.7, the load method allows remote code execution if the application calls this method with an untrusted argument. In […]

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