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

SLES 15 — kdump — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 August 2018 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2016:2553-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-5759 Upstream summary: The mkdumprd script called "dracut" in the current working directory "." allows local users to trick the administrator into executing code as […]

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SLES 15 — libvorbis0 — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libvorbis0 — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 August 2018 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2008:012 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2008-1420 CVE-2009-3379 CVE-2012-0444 CVE-2017-14160 CVE-2017-14632 CVE-2017-14633 CVE-2018-10392 CVE-2018-10393  +1 more Upstream summary: Integer overflow in residue partition value (aka partvals) evaluation in Xiph.org libvorbis 1.2.0 […]

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Debian 9 — openafs — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — openafs — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 August 2018 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-17432 CVE-2018-16947 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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

Debian 9 — freerdp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 August 2018 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2834 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 — transfig — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — transfig — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 August 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3760-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-16140 Upstream summary: It was discovered that transfig incorrectly handled certain FIG files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom […]

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

SLES 15 — nut — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 August 2018 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2012:1077-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2012-2944 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in the addchar function in common/parseconf.c in upsd in Network UPS Tools (NUT) before 2.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute […]

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Debian 9 — tor — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — tor — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 August 2018 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-0376 CVE-2017-0380 CVE-2017-8819 CVE-2018-0490 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — pcre — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — pcre — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2023-2082 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8390 CVE-2015-8394 Upstream summary: PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the [: and substrings in character classes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — libiberty — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libiberty — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 24 August 2018 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4326-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12641 CVE-2018-12697 CVE-2018-12698 CVE-2018-12934 CVE-2018-17794 CVE-2018-17985 CVE-2018-18483 CVE-2018-18484  +6 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated […]

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