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FreeBSD 12 — php56-phar — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php56-phar — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 18 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5589 CVE-2015-5590 CVE-2015-6831 CVE-2015-6832 CVE-2015-6833 CVE-2015-7803 CVE-2015-7804 CVE-2015-8383  +12 more Upstream summary: The PHP Group reports: Please reference CVE/URL list for details Table of […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py36-cryptography — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py36-cryptography — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-cryptography — tag forgery vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10903 Upstream summary: The Python Cryptographic Authority (PyCA) project reports: finalize_with_tag() allowed tag truncation by default which can allow tag forgery in some […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — libsxlt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libxslt — DoS vulnerability due to type confusing error Related CVEs: CVE-2015-7995 Upstream summary: libxslt maintainer reports: CVE-2015-7995: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/10 We need to check that the parent node is an element […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — ncompress — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — ncompress — 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:2006:020 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2006-1168 Upstream summary: The decompress function in compress42.c in (1) ncompress 4.2.4 and (2) liblzw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), […]

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FreeBSD 12 — zabbix2-agent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — zabbix2-agent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: zabbix — shell command injection vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2013-6824 Upstream summary: Recurity Labs Team project reports: Zabbix agent is vulnerable to remote command execution from the Zabbix server in some […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — ircservices — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: IRC Services– Denial of Service Vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2007-6122 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: A vulnerability has been reported in IRC Services, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libplist — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libplist — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2017:1368-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5209 CVE-2017-5834 CVE-2017-6440 CVE-2017-6436 Upstream summary: The base64decode function in base64.c in libimobiledevice libplist through 1.12 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory […]

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FreeBSD 12 — linux-c7-curl — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — linux-c7-curl — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 17 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: curl — password overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2017-8816 CVE-2017-8817 CVE-2017-8818 CVE-2018-14618 Upstream summary: curl security problems: CVE-2018-14618: NTLM password overflow via integer overflow The internal function Curl_ntlm_core_mk_nt_hash multiplies the length […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — libseccomp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 May 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4001-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9893 Upstream summary: Jann Horn discovered that libseccomp did not correctly generate 64-bit syscall argument comparisons with arithmetic operators (LT, GT, LE, GE). An attacker could use […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — libsrtp — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — libsrtp — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2020-1530 Related CVEs: CVE-2013-2139 CVE-2015-6360 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in srtp.c in libsrtp in srtp 1.4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors […]

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