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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libgadu — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2005-1850 CVE-2005-1851 CVE-2005-1852 CVE-2005-2369 CVE-2005-2370 CVE-2005-2448 Upstream summary: Wojtek Kaniewski reports: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libgadu, a library for handling Gadu-Gadu instant […]

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FreeBSD 12 — chasen-base — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — chasen-base — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ChaSen — buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2011-4000 Upstream summary: JVN iPedia reports: ChaSen provided by Nara Institute of Science and Technology is a software for morphologically analyzing Japanese. ChaSen contains […]

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FreeBSD 12 — isc-dhcp30-client — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — isc-dhcp30-client — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: isc-dhcp-client — Stack overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2009-0692 Upstream summary: US-CERT reports: The ISC DHCP dhclient application contains a stack buffer overflow, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php56-mysql — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php56-mysql — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mysql — SSL Downgrade Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3152 Upstream summary: Duo Security reports: Researchers have identified a serious vulnerability in some versions of Oracle’s MySQL database product that allows an attacker […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — libpgf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libpgf — use-after-free Related CVEs: CVE-2015-6673 Upstream summary: Pengsu Cheng reports: An use-after-free issue in Decoder.cpp was reported to upstream. The problem is due to lack of validation of ColorTableSize. […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libdrm2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libdrm2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SA:2009:003 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2008-3831 Upstream summary: The i915 driver in (1) drivers/char/drm/i915_dma.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.24 on Debian GNU/Linux and (2) sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c in OpenBSD does not restrict […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py31-pycrypto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py31-pycrypto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pycrypto — PRNG reseed race condition Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1445 Upstream summary: Dwayne Litzenberger reports: In PyCrypto before v2.6.1, the Crypto.Random pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) exhibits a race condition that may […]

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FreeBSD 12 — zh-mutt-devel — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — zh-mutt-devel — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mutt — Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Upstream summary: SecurityFocus reports: Mutt is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability. This issue is due to the application's failure to properly bounds-check user-supplied […]

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

Debian 9 — libevt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 April 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-8754 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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Ubuntu 16.04 — nfs-utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — nfs-utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 April 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4400-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3689 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the nfs-utils package set incorrect permissions on the /var/lib/nfs directory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. […]

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