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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mod_pagespeed — critical cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2012-4001 CVE-2012-4360 CVE-2013-6111 Upstream summary: mod_pagespeed developers report: Various versions of mod_pagespeed are subject to critical cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability, CVE-2013-6111. […]

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SLES 12 — perl-Archive-Zip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — perl-Archive-Zip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 February 2019 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2018:2385-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10860 Upstream summary: perl-archive-zip is vulnerable to a directory traversal in Archive::Zip. It was found that the Archive::Zip module did not properly sanitize paths while […]

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Arch Linux — lib32-libxml2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — lib32-libxml2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201810-4 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-9251 Upstream summary: Type: denial of service. Status: Fixed. Affected: 2.9.8-3. Fixed in: 2.9.8-4. Group: AVG-673. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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FreeBSD 12 — kdegraphics — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 19 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xpdf — multiple remote Stream.CC vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0888 CVE-2004-0889 CVE-2004-1125 CVE-2005-0064 CVE-2005-2097 CVE-2006-0301 CVE-2007-3387 CVE-2007-4352  +2 more Upstream summary: Secunia Research reports: Secunia Research has discovered some vulnerabilities in […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — pagure — vulnerability — 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-2019-7628 Upstream summary: Pagure 5.2 leaks API keys by e-mailing them to users. Few e-mail servers validate TLS certificates, so it is easy for man-in-the-middle […]

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FreeBSD 12 — GraphicsMagick — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — GraphicsMagick — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 19 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: GraphicsMagick — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2012-3438 CVE-2016-2317 CVE-2016-7800 CVE-2016-7996 CVE-2016-7997 CVE-2016-9830 CVE-2017-10794 CVE-2017-10799  +3 more Upstream summary: GraphicsMagick News: Read "Security Fixes:" section for details. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Arch Linux — php — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — php — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201910-14 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-11043 CVE-2017-5340 CVE-2016-9936 CVE-2016-9935 CVE-2016-9934 CVE-2016-9933 CVE-2016-9138 CVE-2016-8670  +7 more Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 7.3.10-1. Fixed in: 7.3.11-1. Group: AVG-1052. Table of […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — log4net — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — log4net — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 February 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4699-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1285 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache Log4net incorrectly handled certain configuration files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. Table of […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xpm — image decoding vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0687 CVE-2004-0688 Upstream summary: Chris Evans discovered several vulnerabilities in the libXpm image decoder: A stack-based buffer overflow in xpmParseColors An integer overflow […]

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FreeBSD 12 — kf5-kauth — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — kf5-kauth — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: kf5-kauth — Insecure handling of arguments in helpers Related CVEs: CVE-2017-8422 CVE-2019-7443 Upstream summary: Albert Astals Cid reports: KAuth allows to pass parameters with arbitrary types to helpers running as […]

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