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Ubuntu 16.04 — hdf5 — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — hdf5 — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 April 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5272-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-17233 CVE-2018-17234 CVE-2018-17237 CVE-2017-17505 CVE-2017-17506 CVE-2017-17508 Upstream summary: It was discovered that HDF5 incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.2.5-r1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — pcmanfm 1.2.5-r1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-8934 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships pcmanfm 1.2.5-r1 which addresses CVE-2017-8934. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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SLES 15 — go1.12 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — go1.12 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 April 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:2940-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17596 CVE-2019-16276 Upstream summary: Go before 1.12.11 and 1.3.x before 1.13.2 can panic upon an attempt to process network traffic containing an invalid DSA public […]

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FreeBSD 12 — rubygem19-dragonfly — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — rubygem19-dragonfly — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: rubygem-dragonfly — arbitrary code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1756 Upstream summary: Mark Evans reports: Unfortnately there is a security vulnerability in Dragonfly when used with Rails which would potentially allow an […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — cracklib — 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-CU-2019:695-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6318 Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in the FascistGecosUser function in lib/fascist.c in cracklib allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ja-tdiary — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ja-tdiary — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: tdiary — injection vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2006-6174 Upstream summary: An undisclosed eRuby injection vulnerability had been discovered in tDiary. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — mod_auth_mellon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mod_auth_mellon — Redirect URL validation bypass Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13038 Upstream summary: Jakub Hrozek reports: Version 0.17.0 and older of mod_auth_mellon allows the redirect URL validation to be bypassed by specifying […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-hpack — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-hpack — 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 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6581 Upstream summary: A HTTP/2 implementation built using any version of the Python HPACK library between v1.0.0 and v2.2.0 could be targeted for a denial of service attack, specifically […]

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Arch Linux — networkmanager-vpnc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — networkmanager-vpnc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201807-13 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10900 Upstream summary: Type: privilege escalation. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.2.4-3. Fixed in: 1.2.6-1. Group: AVG-739. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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FreeBSD 12 — p5-UI-Dialog — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — p5-UI-Dialog — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: p5-UI-Dialog — shell command execution vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2008-7315 Upstream summary: Matthijs Kooijman reports: It seems that the whiptail, cdialog and kdialog backends apply some improper escaping in their shell […]

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