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Ubuntu 18.04 — uw-imap — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — uw-imap — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 May 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4160-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-19518 Upstream summary: It was discovered that UW IMAP incorrectly handled inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary OS commands. Table of […]

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Arch Linux — libmspack — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — libmspack — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201802-9 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-6419 CVE-2017-11423 Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 0.5alpha-1. Fixed in: 1:0.6alpha-1. Group: AVG-603. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — libbsd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libbsd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 May 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4243-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-2090 CVE-2019-20367 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libbsd incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — openconnect — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 May 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4565-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16239 Upstream summary: It was discovered that OpenConnect has a buffer overflow when a malicious server uses HTTP chunked encoding with crafted chunk sizes. An attacker could […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 15 May 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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FreeBSD 12 — bacula — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — bacula — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: bacula — Console ACL Bypass Related CVEs: CVE-2012-4430 Upstream summary: A security issue has been reported in Bacula, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions. […]

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Alpine Linux edge — lua5.3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — lua5.3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 5.3.5-r2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — lua5.3 5.3.5-r2 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-6706 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships lua5.3 5.3.5-r2 which addresses CVE-2019-6706. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — apache-solr — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Solr — Apache Log4J Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12629 CVE-2019-17558 Upstream summary: Solr reports: Apache Solr affected by Apache Log4J Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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Gentoo Linux — dev-cpp/yaml-cpp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-cpp/yaml-cpp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202007-14 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11692 Upstream summary: The function Scanner::peek in scanner.cpp may have an assertion failure. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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Debian 9 — dbus — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — dbus — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 May 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12749 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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