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openSUSE Tumbleweed — mp3gain — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — mp3gain — multiple vulnerabilities (2 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-2020:0522-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12911 CVE-2019-18359 Upstream summary: The "apetag.c" file in MP3Gain 1.5.2.r2 has a vulnerability which results in a stack memory corruption when opening a crafted MP3 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — transmission-cli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — transmission-cli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libutp — remote denial of service or arbitrary code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2012-6129 Upstream summary: NVD reports: Stack-based buffer overflow in utp.cpp in libutp, as used in Transmission before 2.74 […]

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How to Set Up a Certificate Authority on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Certificate Authority on Windows Server 2016

How to Set Up Windows Server 2016 Certificate Authority A Certificate Authority (CA) is a cornerstone of public key infrastructure (PKI). In Windows Server 2016, Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) provides the role needed to issue and manage digital certificates used for authentication, encryption, and digital signatures. This guide walks you through installing and […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py34-amf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py34-amf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 July 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 — extman — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: extman — password bypass vulnerability Upstream summary: Extmail team reports: Emergency update #4 fixes a serious security vulnerability. Successful exploit of this vulnerability would allow attacker to change user's password […]

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FreeBSD 12 — w3m-m17n-img — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — w3m-m17n-img — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: w3m — format string vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2006-6772 Upstream summary: An anonymous person reports: w3m-0.5.1 crashes when using the -dump or -backend options to open a HTTPS URL with a […]

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

Arch Linux — evince — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201707-14 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000083 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary command execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 3.24.0+8+ga8363215-1. Fixed in: 3.24.0+12+g717df38f-1. Group: AVG-348. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Common Problems 118548

MySQL service fails to start after package upgrade

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 24 July 2019 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libsaml12 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libsaml12 — vulnerability — 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-2017:3241-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-16853 Upstream summary: The DynamicMetadataProvider class in saml/saml2/metadata/impl/DynamicMetadataProvider.cpp in OpenSAML-C in OpenSAML before 2.6.1 fails to properly configure itself with the MetadataFilter plugins and does […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — gv — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — gv — vulnerability — 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-2022:10031-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2012-3386 Upstream summary: The "make distcheck" rule in GNU Automake before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 grants world-writable permissions to the extraction directory, which introduces […]

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