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

FreeBSD 12 — ruby+nopthreads — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 January 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Multiple implementations — DoS via hash algorithm collision Related CVEs: CVE-2011-4815 CVE-2011-4838 CVE-2011-5036 CVE-2011-5037 Upstream summary: oCERT reports: A variety of programming languages suffer from a denial-of-service (DoS) condition against […]

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Arch Linux — bzip2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — bzip2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201702-19 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-3189 Upstream summary: Type: denial of service. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.0.6-5. Fixed in: 1.0.6-6. Group: AVG-4. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Debian 9 — netatalk — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — netatalk — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 January 2019 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1160 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 — mysql-5.5 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — mysql-5.5 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 January 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3799-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-3133 CVE-2018-3143 CVE-2018-3144 CVE-2018-3155 CVE-2018-3156 CVE-2018-3161 CVE-2018-3162 CVE-2018-3171  +12 more Upstream summary: Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py27-amf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py27-amf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 January 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-amf — input sanitization errors Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8549 Upstream summary: oCERT reports: A specially crafted AMF payload, containing malicious references to XML external entities, can be used to trigger Denial […]

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FreeBSD 12 — zh-openoffice-CN — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — zh-openoffice-CN — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 January 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openoffice — DOC document heap overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0752 CVE-2005-0941 Upstream summary: AD-LAB reports that a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in OpenOffice's handling of DOC documents. When reading […]

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FreeBSD 12 — i2p — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — i2p — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 January 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: i2p — Multiple Vulnerabilities Upstream summary: The i2p project reports: XSS and remote execution vulnerabilities reported by Exodus Intelligence. Exodus Intelligence reports: The vulnerability we have found is able to […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — gcab — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-0552 CVE-2018-5345 Upstream summary: Directory traversal vulnerability in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in gcab 0.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — it-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 January 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openoffice — DOC document heap overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0752 CVE-2005-0941 Upstream summary: AD-LAB reports that a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in OpenOffice's handling of DOC documents. When reading […]

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FreeBSD 12 — opendchub — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — opendchub — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 January 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Open DC Hub — remote buffer overflow vulnerability Upstream summary: Donato Ferrante reported an exploitable buffer overflow in this software package. Any user that can login with 'admin' privileges can […]

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