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

FreeBSD 12 — vlc-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: vlc — arbitrary code execution in the RealMedia processor Related CVEs: CVE-2008-5032 CVE-2008-5036 CVE-2008-5276 Upstream summary: Tobias Klein from TrapKit reports: The VLC media player contains an integer overflow vulnerability […]

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

SLES 15 — unixODBC — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 10 September 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2011-1145 Upstream summary: The SQLDriverConnect() function in unixODBC before 2.2.14p2 have a possible buffer overflow condition when specifying a large value for SAVEFILE parameter in […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — libtirpc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — libtirpc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-9449)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 10 September 2019 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-9449 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-14621 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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How to Install Icinga2 on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Icinga2 on Debian 9

Introduction This guide explains how to Install Icinga2 on Debian 9 on Debian 9 Stretch. Debian Stretch uses systemd for service management, nftables as the underlying packet filter (with ufw or iptables front-ends still available), and AppArmor for mandatory access control. Every command is designed for a minimal Debian 9 install with the standard repositories […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py34-cryptography — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py34-cryptography — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-cryptography — tag forgery vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2016-9243 CVE-2018-10903 Upstream summary: The Python Cryptographic Authority (PyCA) project reports: finalize_with_tag() allowed tag truncation by default which can allow tag forgery in […]

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Alpine Linux edge — nodejs — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — nodejs — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 8.9.3-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — nodejs 8.9.3-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-15896 CVE-2017-15897 CVE-2018-12115 CVE-2018-7167 CVE-2018-7161 CVE-2018-1000168 CVE-2018-7158 CVE-2018-7159  +12 more Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships nodejs 8.9.3-r0 which […]

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FreeBSD 12 — php5-shmop — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php5-shmop — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 9 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2007-0905 CVE-2007-0906 CVE-2007-0907 CVE-2007-0908 CVE-2007-0909 CVE-2007-0910 CVE-2007-0988 CVE-2007-1001 Upstream summary: The PHP development team reports: Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.2.2 and PHP […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — ikiwiki — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — ikiwiki — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2016:1261-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-3714 CVE-2008-0169 CVE-2009-2944 CVE-2011-0428 CVE-2011-1401 CVE-2012-0220 CVE-2014-1572 CVE-2016-10026  +6 more Upstream summary: The (1) EPHEMERAL, (2) HTTPS, (3) MVG, (4) MSL, (5) TEXT, (6) SHOW, […]

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FreeBSD 12 — caml-light — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — caml-light — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 September 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: caml-light — insecure use of temporary files Related CVEs: CVE-2011-4119 Upstream summary: caml-light uses mktemp() insecurely, and also does unsafe things in /tmp during make install. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — python-gnupg — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — python-gnupg — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 September 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4839-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12020 CVE-2019-6690 Upstream summary: Marcus Brinkmann discovered that python-gnupg improperly handled certain command line parameters. A remote attacker could use this to spoof the output of python-gnupg […]

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