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

Ubuntu 18.04 — libebml — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 February 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4073-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13615 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libEBML incorrectly handled certain media files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted media file, libEBML could […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libyaml — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libyaml — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2014:0403-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-6393 CVE-2014-2525 CVE-2014-9130 Upstream summary: The yaml_parser_scan_tag_uri function in scanner.c in LibYAML before 0.1.5 performs an incorrect cast, which allows remote attackers to cause a […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — libntlm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 February 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5108-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17455 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Libntlm incorrectly handled specially crafted NTML requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service […]

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

SLES 15 — tboot — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 February 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2017:3090-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-16837 Upstream summary: Certain function pointers in Trusted Boot (tboot) through 1.9.6 are not validated and can cause arbitrary code execution, which allows local users […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libexempi8 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libexempi8 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-2019:1649-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12648 CVE-2018-7728 CVE-2018-7729 CVE-2018-7730 CVE-2018-7731 Upstream summary: The WEBP::GetLE32 function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/WEBP_Support.hpp in Exempi 2.4.5 has a NULL pointer dereference. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — postfix-base — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Postfix — memory corruption vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2011-0411 CVE-2011-1720 Upstream summary: The Postfix SMTP server has a memory corruption error, when the Cyrus SASL library is used with authentication mechanisms […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — bogofilter-sqlite — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: bogofilter — heap corruption by invalid base64 input Related CVEs: CVE-2010-2494 CVE-2012-5468 Upstream summary: David Relson reports: Fix a heap corruption in base64 decoder on invalid input. Analysis and patch […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — isc-kea — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — isc-kea — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 February 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7759-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-6473 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Kea DHCP did not correctly handle invalid hostnames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py-django-cms — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py-django-cms — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: django-cms — XSS Vulnerability Upstream summary: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability Jonas Obrist reports: The security issue allows users with limited admin access to elevate their privileges through XSS injection using […]

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FreeBSD 12 — zziplib — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — zziplib — multiple vulnerabilities (17 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 February 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: zziplib – multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5974 CVE-2017-5975 CVE-2017-5976 CVE-2017-5977 CVE-2017-5978 CVE-2017-5979 CVE-2017-5980 CVE-2017-5981  +9 more Upstream summary: NIST reports (by search in the range 2017/01/01 – 2018/07/06): 17 security […]

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