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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — xscreensaver — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2015:2053-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8025 Upstream summary: driver/subprocs.c in XScreenSaver before 5.34 does not properly perform an internal consistency check, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php5-ftp — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php5-ftp — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php5 — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-4643 CVE-2015-4644 Upstream summary: The PHP project reports: DOM and GD: Fixed bug #69719 (Incorrect handling of paths with NULs). FTP: Improved fix for […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — kvirc — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: kvirc — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2010-2451 CVE-2010-2452 Upstream summary: Two security vulnerabilities have been discovered: Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the DCC functionality in KVIrc 3.4 and 4.0 have […]

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How to Configure OpenDKIM with Postfix on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure OpenDKIM with Postfix on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Configure OpenDKIM with Postfix on FreeBSD 12 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 12 server operator. FreeBSD 12 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for packet […]

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FreeBSD 12 — sdl2_image — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — sdl2_image — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: SDL2_image — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2019-5051 CVE-2019-5052 CVE-2019-5057 CVE-2019-5058 CVE-2019-5059 CVE-2019-5060 Upstream summary: SDL_image developers report: Fixed a number of security issues: TALOS-2019-0820 TALOS-2019-0821 TALOS-2019-0841 TALOS-2019-0842 TALOS-2019-0843 TALOS-2019-0844 Table […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pango — buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2009-1194 CVE-2018-15120 CVE-2019-1010238 Upstream summary: Gnome Pango 1.42 and later is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: The heap based buffer overflow can […]

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Alpine Linux edge — nfdump — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — nfdump — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.6.18-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — nfdump 1.6.18-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14459 CVE-2019-1010057 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships nfdump 1.6.18-r0 which addresses CVE-2019-14459. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ru-wordpress — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ru-wordpress — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 22 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: wordpress — multiple issues Related CVEs: CVE-2013-0235 CVE-2013-0236 CVE-2013-0237 CVE-2013-2199 CVE-2013-2200 CVE-2013-2201 CVE-2013-2202 CVE-2013-2203  +12 more Upstream summary: wordpress developers reports: This security and maintenance release features 1 bug fix […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — apache-peruser — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Apache — Insecure LD_LIBRARY_PATH handling Related CVEs: CVE-2011-3192 CVE-2012-0883 Upstream summary: Apache reports: Insecure handling of LD_LIBRARY_PATH was found that could lead to the current working directory to be searched […]

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