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

FreeBSD 12 — dircproxy — 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: dircproxy — remote denial of service Related CVEs: CVE-2007-5226 Upstream summary: Securiweb reports: dircproxy allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via an ACTION command without […]

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SLES 12 — libtcnative — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — libtcnative — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 April 2019 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:14014-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-8020 CVE-2017-15698 CVE-2018-8019 Upstream summary: Apache Tomcat Native 1.2.0 to 1.2.16 and 1.1.23 to 1.1.34 has a flaw that does not properly check OCSP pre-produced […]

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Debian 9 — libarchive — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — libarchive — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 April 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10209 CVE-2019-18408 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python3-cupshelpers — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python3-cupshelpers — 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-2011-4405 Upstream summary: The cupshelpers scripts in system-config-printer in Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10, as used by the automatic printer driver download service, uses an "insecure […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — hive — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: hive — authorization logic vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2015-7521 Upstream summary: Sushanth Sowmyan reports: Some partition-level operations exist that do not explicitly also authorize privileges of the parent table. This can […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — rkhunter — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: rkhunter — insecure temporary file creation Related CVEs: CVE-2005-1270 Upstream summary: Gentoo reports: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen and Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Team have reported that the check_update.sh […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libthai0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libthai0 — 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-SR:2010:002 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2009-4012 Upstream summary: Multiple integer overflows in LibThai before 0.1.13 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via long strings that trigger heap-based buffer […]

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FreeBSD 12 — timidity++-xaw — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — timidity++-xaw — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 24 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: TiMidity++ — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11546 CVE-2017-11547 CVE-2017-11549 Upstream summary: qflb.wu of DBAPPSecurity reports: Ihe insert_note_steps function in readmidi.c in TiMidity++ 2.14.0 can cause a denial of service(divide-by-zero error […]

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Alpine Linux edge — ldns — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — ldns — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.7.0-r1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — ldns 1.7.0-r1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000231 CVE-2017-1000232 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships ldns 1.7.0-r1 which addresses CVE-2017-1000231. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — bidwatcher — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: bidwatcher — format string vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0158 Upstream summary: A Debian Security Advisory reports: Ulf Härnhammer from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a format string vulnerability in bidwatcher, […]

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