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

Amazon Linux 2 — hunspell — 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 ALAS2-2020-1518 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16707 Upstream summary: Hunspell 1.7.0 has an invalid read operation in SuggestMgr::leftcommonsubstring in suggestmgr.cxx. (CVE-2019-16707) Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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

SLES 15 — lftp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 February 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:0642-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10916 Upstream summary: It has been discovered that lftp up to and including version 4.8.3 does not properly sanitize remote file names, leading to a […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — xdm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xdm — remote denial of service Related CVEs: CVE-2013-2179 Upstream summary: nvd.nist.gov reports X.Org xdm 1.1.10, 1.1.11, and possibly other versions, when performing authentication using certain implementations of the crypt […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ja-eb — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ja-eb — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: eb — Potential buffer overrun vulnerability Upstream summary: Kazuhiro Ito reports: Potential buffer overrun vulnerability is found in eb/multiplex.c. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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FreeBSD 12 — cvs+ipv — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — cvs+ipv — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 9 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: cvsbug — race condition Related CVEs: CAN-2005-2693 CVE-2004-0180 CVE-2004-0405 CVE-2004-0414 CVE-2004-0416 CVE-2004-0417 CVE-2004-0418 CVE-2004-0778 Upstream summary: Problem description A temporary file is created, used, deleted, and then re-created with the […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php73-imap — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php73-imap — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php-imap — imap_open allows to run arbitrary shell commands via mailbox parameter Upstream summary: The PHP team reports: imap_open allows to run arbitrary shell commands via mailbox parameter. Table of […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — csound — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — csound — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-2012:0315-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2012-0270 CVE-2012-2106 CVE-2012-2107 CVE-2012-2108 Upstream summary: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Csound before 5.16.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py39-sqlalchemy — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py39-sqlalchemy — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py39-sqlalchemy12 — multiple SQL Injection vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2019-7164 CVE-2019-7548 Upstream summary: 21k reports: SQLAlchemy through 1.2.17 and 1.3.x through 1.3.0b2 allows SQL Injection via the order_by parameter. nosecurity reports: […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — wordpress-mu — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 9 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: wordpress — remote admin password reset vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2007-4894 CVE-2008-4107 CVE-2008-5278 CVE-2009-2762 Upstream summary: WordPress reports: A specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py25-django-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py25-django-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: django — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2008-2302 CVE-2009-3695 CVE-2010-3082 Upstream summary: The Django project reports: Please reference CVE/URL list for details Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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