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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2018-20732 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2018-20732 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 2 May 2019 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2018-20732, IBM PSIRT advisory page CVE: CVE-2018-20732 NVD summary: SAS Web Infrastructure Platform before 9.4M6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Java deserialization variant. References: www.securityfocus.com/bid/106648   support.sas.com/kb/63/391.html   […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — vsftpd — 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-SU-2015:0417-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1419 Upstream summary: Unspecified vulnerability in vsftpd 3.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions via unknown vectors, related to deny_file parsing. Table […]

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FreeBSD 12 — libidn — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — libidn — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libidn2 — roundtrip check vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2015-2059 CVE-2015-8948 CVE-2016-6261 CVE-2016-6262 CVE-2016-6263 CVE-2019-12290 Upstream summary: CVE list: GNU libidn2 before 2.2.0 fails to perform the roundtrip checks specified in RFC3490 […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — gr-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openoffice — DOC document heap overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0752 CVE-2005-0941 Upstream summary: AD-LAB reports that a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in OpenOffice's handling of DOC documents. When reading […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — gettext — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — gettext — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 May 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3815-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18751 Upstream summary: It was discovered that gettext incorrectly handled certain messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby2.2-rubygem-actionpack — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby2.2-rubygem-actionpack — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-2015:0863-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-7829 CVE-2016-2098 CVE-2014-7818 Upstream summary: Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.21, 4.0.x before 4.0.12, 4.1.x before […]

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FreeBSD 12 — exact-image — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — exact-image — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: dcraw — integer overflow condition Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3885 Upstream summary: ocert reports: The dcraw tool, as well as several other projects re-using its code, suffers from an integer overflow condition […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — fi-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openoffice — DOC document heap overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0752 CVE-2005-0941 Upstream summary: AD-LAB reports that a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in OpenOffice's handling of DOC documents. When reading […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — zziplib — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — zziplib — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 May 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3699-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-6381 CVE-2018-6484 CVE-2018-6540 CVE-2018-6541 CVE-2018-6869 CVE-2018-7725 CVE-2018-7726 CVE-2017-5974  +6 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that zziplib incorrectly handled certain malformed ZIP files. If a user or […]

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