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

FreeBSD 12 — libXrender — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • April 6, 2019
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🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: X.org libraries — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1981 CVE-2013-1982 CVE-2013-1983 CVE-2013-1984 CVE-2013-1985 CVE-2013-1986 CVE-2013-1987 CVE-2013-1988  +12 more Upstream summary: Matthieu Herrb reports: Tobias Stoeckmann from the OpenBSD project has discovered […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — aspell — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • April 6, 2019
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🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2021:1181-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-25051 Upstream summary: objstack in GNU Aspell 0.60.8 has a heap-based buffer overflow in acommon::ObjStack::dup_top (called from acommon::StringMap::add and acommon::Config::lookup_list). Table of contents Symptom & […]

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

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

  • April 6, 2019
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 April 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-1000018 CVE-2019-3463 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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FreeBSD 12 — koffice — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — koffice — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • April 5, 2019
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🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Calligra, KOffice — input validation failure Related CVEs: CAN-2005-2972 CVE-2004-0888 CVE-2004-0889 CVE-2004-1125 CVE-2005-0064 CVE-2007-4352 CVE-2007-5392 CVE-2007-5393  +2 more Upstream summary: KDE Security Advisory reports: A flaw has been found which […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php56-bz — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php56-bz — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • April 5, 2019
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🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8879 CVE-2016-5385 CVE-2016-5399 CVE-2016-6288 CVE-2016-6289 CVE-2016-6290 CVE-2016-6291 CVE-2016-6292  +4 more Upstream summary: PHP reports: Fixed bug #69975 (PHP segfaults when accessing nvarchar(max) defined columns) […]

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

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

  • April 5, 2019
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: tcpreplay — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2019-8376 CVE-2019-8377 CVE-2019-8381 Upstream summary: fklassen on Github reports: This release fixes the following security issues: memory access in do_checksum() NULL pointer dereference get_layer4_v6() […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py37-psutil — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py37-psutil — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • April 5, 2019
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-psutil — double free vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18874 Upstream summary: ret2libc reports: psutil (aka python-psutil) through 5.6.5 can have a double free. This occurs because of refcount mishandling within a […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — flask — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — flask — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • April 5, 2019
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 April 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4378-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000656 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Flask incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Table of […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — ntp — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — ntp — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • April 5, 2019
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🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 April 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4229-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12327 CVE-2018-7182 CVE-2018-7183 CVE-2018-7184 CVE-2018-7185 CVE-2016-2519 CVE-2016-7426 CVE-2016-7427  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that ntpq and ntpdc incorrectly handled some arguments. An attacker could possibly […]

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

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

  • April 4, 2019
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 April 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xloadimage — buffer overflows in NIFF image title handling Related CVEs: CVE-2001-0775 CVE-2005-0638 CVE-2005-3178 Upstream summary: Ariel Berkman reports: Unlike most of the supported image formats in xloadimage, the NIFF […]

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