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FreeBSD 13 — calligra — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — calligra — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Calligra, KOffice — input validation failure Related CVEs: CVE-2012-3455 CVE-2012-3456 Upstream summary: KDE Security Advisory reports: A flaw has been found which can allow malicious code to take advantage of […]

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FreeBSD 13 — php55-bcmath — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — php55-bcmath — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2016-3074 Upstream summary: The PHP Group reports: BCMath: Fixed bug #72093 (bcpowmod accepts negative scale and corrupts _one_ definition). Exif: Fixed bug #72094 (Out […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py310-markdown — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py310-markdown — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-markdown2 — regular expression denial of service vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11888 CVE-2021-26813 Upstream summary: Ben Caller reports: markdown2 >=1.0.1.18, fixed in 2.4.0, is affected by a regular expression denial of […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — network-manager-applet — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — network-manager-applet — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALEA-2022:1758 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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FreeBSD 13 — rinetd — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — rinetd — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: fd_set — bitmap index overflow in multiple applications Upstream summary: 3APA3A reports: If programmer fails to check socket number before using select() or fd_set macros, it's possible to overwrite memory […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — libapache2-mod-auth-mellon — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libapache2-mod-auth-mellon — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 August 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5069-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3639 CVE-2019-13038 CVE-2019-3877 CVE-2019-3878 Upstream summary: It was discovered that mod-auth-mellon incorrectly filtered certain URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an open […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — lasso security and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — lasso security and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2021-4325)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 August 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-4325 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-28091 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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FreeBSD 13 — py27-imaging — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py27-imaging — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-imaging, py-pillow — Buffer overflow in PCD decoder Related CVEs: CVE-2016-0775 Upstream summary: The Pillow maintainers report: In all versions of Pillow, dating back at least to the last PIL […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Expired GPG Keys Break apt Repositories

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 14 August 2021 Affected versions: 16.04 LTS 📖 ~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 & […]

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FreeBSD 13 — qt4-imageformats — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — qt4-imageformats — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: qt4-imageformats, qt4-gui, qt5-gui — Multiple Vulnerabilities in Qt Image Format Handling Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0190 CVE-2015-1858 CVE-2015-1859 CVE-2015-1860 Upstream summary: Richard J. Moore reports: Due to two recent vulnerabilities identified in […]

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