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IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2019-4741 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.1

IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2019-4741 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 22 February 2019 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2019-4741, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2019-4741 NVD summary: IBM Content Navigator 3.0CD is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF). This may allow an unauthenticated attacker to send unauthorized requests from the […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — nmap — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — nmap — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2023-2333 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-15173 Upstream summary: Nmap through 7.70, when the -sV option is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — irssi — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — irssi — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 February 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4046-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-7054 CVE-2019-13045 CVE-2019-5882 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain disconnections. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service […]

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

SLES 15 — dstat — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 February 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3894 Upstream summary: Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in dstat before 0.7.0 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Python module in (1) the current working […]

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Gentoo Linux — net-mail/cyrus-imapd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — net-mail/cyrus-imapd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202006-23 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-19783 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in Cyrus IMAP Server where sieve script uploading is excessively trusted. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 22 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mozilla — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-16541 CVE-2017-7843 CVE-2017-7844 CVE-2018-12358 CVE-2018-12359 CVE-2018-12360 CVE-2018-12361 CVE-2018-12362  +12 more Upstream summary: Mozilla Foundation reports: CVE-2019-11751: Malicious code execution through command line parameters CVE-2019-11746: […]

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FreeBSD 12 — openoffice.org-2-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — openoffice.org-2-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openoffice — arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2008-2237 CVE-2008-2238 Upstream summary: The OpenOffice Team reports: A security vulnerability with the way OpenOffice 2.x process WMF files may allow a […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — procmail — 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 advisory openSUSE-SU-2014:1114-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3618 CVE-2017-16844 Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in formisc.c in formail in procmail 3.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and […]

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FreeBSD 12 — grub2-bhyve — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — grub2-bhyve — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: grub2-bhyve — multiple privilege escalations Upstream summary: Reno Robert reports: FreeBSD uses a two-process model for running a VM. For booting non-FreeBSD guests, a modified grub-emu is used (grub-bhyve). Grub-bhyve […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — eperl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: eperl — Remote code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2001-0733 Upstream summary: David Madison reports: ePerl is a multipurpose Perl filter and interpreter program for Unix systems. The ePerl preprocessor contains an […]

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