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

FreeBSD 12 — cross-binutils — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: GNU binutils — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2014-8501 CVE-2014-8502 CVE-2014-8503 Upstream summary: US-CERT/NIST reports: The _bfd_XXi_swap_aouthdr_in function in bfd/peXXigen.c in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — libidn2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libidn2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 April 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4168-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12290 CVE-2019-18224 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Libidn2 incorrectly handled certain inputs. A attacker could possibly use this issue to impersonate domains. (CVE-2019-12290) It was discovered […]

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Arch Linux — patch — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — patch — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — 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-201811-14 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-6952 CVE-2018-1000156 CVE-2018-6951 Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 2.7.6-3. Fixed in: 2.7.6-7. Group: AVG-808. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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SLES 15 — sharutils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — sharutils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 April 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000097 Upstream summary: Sharutils sharutils (unshar command) version 4.15.2 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Affected component on the file unshar.c at line 75, function […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — curl — multiple vulnerabilities (20 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: curl — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0490 CVE-2005-4077 CVE-2006-1061 CVE-2009-0037 CVE-2010-0734 CVE-2011-2192 CVE-2013-2174 CVE-2013-6422  +12 more Upstream summary: The curl project reports: Multiple vulnerabilities Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — wireshark — multiple vulnerabilities (20 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: wireshark — multiple security issues Related CVEs: CVE-2007-3389 CVE-2007-3390 CVE-2007-3391 CVE-2007-3392 CVE-2007-3393 CVE-2007-6112 CVE-2007-6113 CVE-2007-6114  +12 more Upstream summary: wireshark developers reports: wnpa-sec-2018-05. IEEE 802.11 dissector crash. (CVE-2018-7335) wnpa-sec-2018-06. Large […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: corkscrew — buffer overflow vulnerability Upstream summary: The affected corkscrew versions use sscanf calls without proper bounds checking. In the authentication file parsing routine this can cause an exploitable buffer […]

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Alpine Linux edge — rdesktop — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — rdesktop — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.8.6-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — rdesktop 1.8.6-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-8794 CVE-2018-8795 CVE-2018-8797 CVE-2018-20175 CVE-2018-20176 CVE-2018-8791 CVE-2018-8792 CVE-2018-8793  +11 more Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships rdesktop 1.8.6-r0 which […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — faad — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: faad2 — heap overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4201 Upstream summary: CVE reports: Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeMP4file function (frontend/main.c) in FAAD2 2.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause […]

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