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FreeBSD 12 — v — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — v — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 28 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: node, iojs, and v8 — denial of service Related CVEs: CVE-2011-4815 CVE-2011-4838 CVE-2011-5036 CVE-2011-5037 CVE-2015-5380 Upstream summary: node reports: This release of Node.js fixes a bug that triggers an out-of-band […]

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Arch Linux — electron — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — electron — vulnerability — 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-201911-7 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13720 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 7.0.0-1. Fixed in: 7.0.1-1. Group: AVG-1061. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libpgf6 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libpgf6 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-6673 Upstream summary: Use-after-free vulnerability in Decoder.cpp in libpgf before 6.15.32. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — aacplusenc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: aacplusenc — denial of service Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14181 Upstream summary: Gentoo developers report: DeleteBitBuffer in libbitbuf/bitbuffer.c in mp4tools aacplusenc 0.17.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid […]

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FreeBSD 12 — htmldoc — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — htmldoc — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: HTMLDOC — buffer overflow issues when reading AFM files and parsing page sizes Upstream summary: Michael Sweet reports: HTMLDOC 1.8.28 fixes some known security issues and formatting bugs. Changes include: […]

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FreeBSD 12 — xkbcomp — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — xkbcomp — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xkbcomp — Several vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2018-15859 CVE-2018-15861 CVE-2018-15863 Upstream summary: X.Org reports: Multiple issues have been found in xkbcomp that have been previously been published as CVEs in libxbkcommon. […]

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Debian 9 — libssh2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — libssh2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 April 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3855 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — gromacs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — gromacs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2010-4001 Upstream summary: GMXRC.bash in Gromacs 4.5.1 and earlier places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via […]

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FreeBSD 12 — xymon-server — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — xymon-server — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 26 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xymon-server — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1430 CVE-2016-2054 CVE-2016-2055 CVE-2016-2056 CVE-2016-2057 CVE-2016-2058 CVE-2019-13273 CVE-2019-13274  +6 more Upstream summary: Japheth Cleaver reports: Several buffer overflows were reported by University of Cambridge […]

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