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FreeBSD 12 — dtc — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — dtc — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 1 March 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: dtc — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2011-0434 CVE-2011-0435 CVE-2011-0436 CVE-2011-0437 Upstream summary: Ansgar Burchardt reports: Ansgar Burchardt discovered several vulnerabilities in DTC, a web control panel for admin and accounting […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py310-beaker — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py310-beaker — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 March 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-beaker — arbitrary code execution vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2013-7489 Upstream summary: matheusbrat reports: The Beaker library through 1.12.1 for Python is affected by deserialization of untrusted data, which could lead […]

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Debian 9 — python2.7 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — python2.7 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 March 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1060 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 14.04 — gnupg2 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — gnupg2 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 1 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3675-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12020 CVE-2014-3591 CVE-2014-5270 CVE-2015-0837 CVE-2015-1606 CVE-2015-1607 CVE-2014-4617 Upstream summary: USN-3675-1 fixed a vulnerability in GnuPG 2 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — librelp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — librelp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3612-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000140 Upstream summary: Bas van Schaik and Kevin Backhouse discovered that librelp incorrectly handled checking certain x509 certificates. A remote attacker able to connect to rsyslog could […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — node-fstream — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — node-fstream — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 March 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4863-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13173 Upstream summary: It was discovered that fstream incorrectly handled certain crafted tarballs. An attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the filesystem. Table […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — KeePassX — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: KeePassX — information disclosure Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8378 Upstream summary: Yves-Alexis Perez reports: Starting an export (using File / Export to / KeepassX XML file) and cancelling it leads to KeepassX […]

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FreeBSD 12 — isc-dhcp41-client — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — isc-dhcp41-client — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: isc-dhcpd — Denial of Service Related CVEs: CVE-2011-0997 CVE-2015-8605 Upstream summary: ISC reports: A badly formed packet with an invalid IPv4 UDP length field can cause a DHCP server, client, […]

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FreeBSD 12 — unarj — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — unarj — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: unarj — long filename buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0947 CVE-2004-1027 Upstream summary: Ludwig Nussel has discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in unarj's handling of long filenames which could potentially lead […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libvpx4 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libvpx4 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-2016-1621 CVE-2016-2464 Upstream summary: libvpx in mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49H, and 6.0 before 2016-03-01 allows remote attackers to execute […]

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