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FreeBSD 12 — cscope — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — cscope — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 December 2018 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: cscope — multiple buffer overflows Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0996 CVE-2004-2541 CVE-2006-4262 CVE-2009-0148 CVE-2009-1577 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Cscope, which potentially can be exploited by malicious […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 December 2018 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: unreal — denial of service Upstream summary: Unreal reports: Summary: If SASL support is enabled in UnrealIRCd (this is not the default) and is also enabled in your services package […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 December 2018 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: TiMidity++ — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11546 CVE-2017-11547 CVE-2017-11549 Upstream summary: qflb.wu of DBAPPSecurity reports: Ihe insert_note_steps function in readmidi.c in TiMidity++ 2.14.0 can cause a denial of service(divide-by-zero error […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 December 2018 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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Ubuntu 14.04 — libraw — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libraw — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 22 December 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3838-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-5807 CVE-2018-5810 CVE-2018-5811 CVE-2018-5812 CVE-2018-5813 CVE-2018-5815 CVE-2018-5816 CVE-2017-16909  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that LibRaw incorrectly handled photo files. If a user or automated system […]

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SLES 15 — liboath0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — liboath0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 December 2018 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2013-7322 Upstream summary: usersfile.c in liboath in OATH Toolkit before 2.4.1 does not properly handle lines containing an invalid one-time-password (OTP) type and a user name in /etc/users.oath, which […]

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FreeBSD 12 — pcre-utf — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — pcre-utf — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 21 December 2018 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pcre — arbitrary code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2491 CVE-2007-1659 CVE-2007-1660 CVE-2007-1661 CVE-2007-1662 CVE-2007-4766 CVE-2007-4767 CVE-2007-4768 Upstream summary: Debian project reports: Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team has discovered several […]

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

Debian 9 — discount — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 December 2018 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-11468 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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Debian 9 — git-annex — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — git-annex — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 December 2018 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12976 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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