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

FreeBSD 12 — heartbeat — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: heartbeat — insecure temporary file creation vulnerability Related CVEs: CAN-2005-2231 Upstream summary: Eric Romang reports a temporary file creation vulnerability within heartbeat. The vulnerability is caused by hardcoded temporary file […]

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FreeBSD 12 — apache-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — apache-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 29 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Apache OpenOffice — master password vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3575 CVE-2015-1774 CVE-2015-4551 CVE-2015-5212 CVE-2015-5213 CVE-2015-5214 CVE-2016-1513 CVE-2017-12607  +11 more Upstream summary: The Apache Openoffice project reports: Apache OpenOffice supports the storage […]

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FreeBSD 12 — linux-c7-openssl-libs — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-c7-openssl-libs — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: OpenSSL — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2016-7055 CVE-2016-8610 CVE-2017-3730 CVE-2017-3731 CVE-2017-3732 Upstream summary: The OpenSSL project reports: Truncated packet could crash via OOB read (CVE-2017-3731) Bad (EC)DHE parameters cause a […]

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Gentoo Linux — net-analyzer/arpwatch — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — net-analyzer/arpwatch — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202007-25 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Gentoo’s arpwatch ebuild made excessive permission operations on its data directories, possibly changing ownership of unintended files. This only affects OpenRC systems, as the flaw […]

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SLES 15 — libXinerama1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libXinerama1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 June 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2013:1103-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1985 Upstream summary: Integer overflow in X.org libXinerama 1.1.2 and earlier allows X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via […]

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SLES 15 — libSoundTouch0 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libSoundTouch0 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 June 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2018:3068-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000223 CVE-2018-17096 CVE-2018-17097 CVE-2018-17098 Upstream summary: soundtouch version up to and including 2.0.0 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in SoundStretch/WavFile.cpp:WavInFile::readHeaderBlock() that can result in arbitrary […]

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Windows Server 2016 — Cluster-Aware Updating Run Fails Mid-Wave During Cumulative Patch — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 June 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 — apache+ssl — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — apache+ssl — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 28 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Apache 1.3 — mod_proxy reverse proxy exposure Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0993 CVE-2004-0940 CVE-2005-2088 CVE-2005-3352 CVE-2006-3747 CVE-2011-3368 Upstream summary: Apache HTTP server project reports: An exposure was found when using mod_proxy in […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — horde-base — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 June 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: horde-base — XSS: VCARD attachments vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2008-3823 CVE-2008-3824 Upstream summary: The Horde team reports: The major changes compared to Horde version 3.3.10 are: * Fixed XSS vulnerability when […]

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