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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 13 March 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ntp — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2009-0159 CVE-2009-1252 CVE-2013-5211 CVE-2014-9293 CVE-2014-9294 CVE-2014-9295 CVE-2014-9296 CVE-2015-1798  +12 more Upstream summary: nwtime.org reports: Three ntp vulnerabilities, Depending on configuration, may have little impact […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php70-bcmath — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php70-bcmath — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 March 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2016-3074 Upstream summary: The PHP Group reports: BCMath: Fixed bug #72093 (bcpowmod accepts negative scale and corrupts _one_ definition). Exif: Fixed bug #72094 (Out […]

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FreeBSD 12 — isc-dhcp3-relay — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — isc-dhcp3-relay — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 March 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: isc-dhcpd — format string vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0460 CVE-2004-1006 Upstream summary: The ISC DHCP programs are vulnerable to several format string vulnerabilities which may allow a remote attacker to execute […]

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FreeBSD 12 — zh-openoffice — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — zh-openoffice — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 March 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openoffice — DOC document heap overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0941 Upstream summary: AD-LAB reports that a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in OpenOffice's handling of DOC documents. When reading a […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 March 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: bitcoin — Denial of Service and Possible Mining Inflation Related CVEs: CVE-2012-3789 CVE-2015-3641 CVE-2018-17144 Upstream summary: Bitcoin Core reports: CVE-2018-17144, a fix for which was released on September 18th in […]

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Gentoo Linux — app-shells/rssh — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — app-shells/rssh — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202007-29 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-1000018 CVE-2019-3463 CVE-2019-3464 Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in rssh. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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Arch Linux — mupdf-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — mupdf-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (10 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-201805-7 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-6544 CVE-2018-6192 CVE-2018-6187 CVE-2018-5686 CVE-2018-1000051 CVE-2017-17858 CVE-2017-15587 CVE-2017-14687  +2 more Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.12.0-2. Fixed in: 1.13.0-1. Group: AVG-688. Table of contents […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — texlive-bin — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — texlive-bin — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3788-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5700 CVE-2018-17407 Upstream summary: Jakub Wilk discovered that Tex Live incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — vtk — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — vtk — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4852-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-20843 CVE-2019-15903 Upstream summary: It was discovered that VTK incorrectly handled certain XML files in the embedded Expat library. An attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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

SLES 15 — openvswitch — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 March 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2012-3449 Upstream summary: Open vSwitch 1.4.2 uses world writable permissions for (1) /var/lib/openvswitch/pki/controllerca/incoming/ and (2) /var/lib/openvswitch/pki/switchca/incoming/, which allows local users to delete and overwrite arbitrary […]

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