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SLES 15 — pidgin-plugin-otr — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — pidgin-plugin-otr — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 April 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2012:0703-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2012-2369 CVE-2015-8833 Upstream summary: Format string vulnerability in the log_message_cb function in otr-plugin.c in the Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) pidgin-otr plugin before 3.2.1 for Pidgin might […]

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Arch Linux — krb5 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — krb5 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-201710-8 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11462 CVE-2017-11368 CVE-2018-5730 CVE-2018-5729 CVE-2018-5709 Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.15.1-1. Fixed in: 1.15.2-1. Group: AVG-414. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — yast2-devtools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — yast2-devtools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2018:1908-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-17042 Upstream summary: lib/yard/core_ext/file.rb in the server in YARD before 0.9.11 does not block relative paths with an initial ../ sequence, which allows attackers to […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py39-twisted — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py39-twisted — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-twisted — cookie and authorization headers are leaked when following cross-origin redirects Upstream summary: Twisted developers report: Cookie and Authorization headers are leaked when following cross-origin redirects in twited.web.client.RedirectAgent and […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: jpgraph2 — XSS vulnerability Upstream summary: Martin Barbella reports: JpGraph is an object oriented library for PHP that can be used to create various types of graphs which also contains […]

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Alpine Linux edge — csync2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — csync2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 2.0-r3 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — csync2 2.0-r3 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-15522 CVE-2019-15523 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships csync2 2.0-r3 which addresses CVE-2019-15522. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Debian 9 — vim-syntastic — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — vim-syntastic — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 April 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-11319 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 — password-store — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — password-store — 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 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12356 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in password-store.sh in pass in Simple Password Store 1.7.x before 1.7.2. The signature verification routine parses the output […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — libonig — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libonig — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 April 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5662-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16163 CVE-2019-19012 CVE-2019-19203 CVE-2019-19204 CVE-2019-19246 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Oniguruma incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a […]

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