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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: brotli — buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1624 CVE-2016-1968 Upstream summary: Google Chrome Releases reports: [583607] High CVE-2016-1624: Buffer overflow in Brotli. Credit to lukezli. Mozilla Foundation reports: Security researcher Luke […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libakai0 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libakai0 — 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 security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12950 CVE-2017-12954 Upstream summary: The gig::Region::Region function in gig.cpp in libgig 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mohawk — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mohawk — multiple vulnerabilities Upstream summary: The mohawk project reports: Segfault when parsing malformed / unescaped url, coredump when setting syslog facility. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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Gentoo Linux — app-admin/doas — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — app-admin/doas — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202107-11 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-25016 Upstream summary: OpenDoas does not properly filter the PATH variable from the resulting shell after escalating privileges. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — ntopng — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — ntopng — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 May 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4842-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12520 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ntopng did not properly seed its random number generator, leading to predictable session tokens. An attacker could use this vulnerability […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — bwa — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — bwa — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 May 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4857-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-10269 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Burrows-Wheeler Aligner (BWA) mishandled certain crafted .alt files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — chromium-pulse — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 23 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: chromium — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0574 CVE-2014-7899 CVE-2014-7900 CVE-2014-7901 CVE-2014-7902 CVE-2014-7903 CVE-2014-7904 CVE-2014-7905  +12 more Upstream summary: Google Chrome releases reports: 40 security fixes in this release Please reference […]

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FreeBSD 12 — lightning — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — lightning — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 22 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mozilla — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2006-6077 CVE-2007-0008 CVE-2007-0009 CVE-2007-0775 CVE-2007-0776 CVE-2007-0777 CVE-2007-0778 CVE-2007-0779  +5 more Upstream summary: The Mozilla Foundation reports of multiple security issues in Firefox, Seamonkey, and […]

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FreeBSD 12 — p5-DBI — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — p5-DBI — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 May 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: p5-DBI — insecure temporary file creation vulnerability Related CVEs: CAN-2005-0077 Upstream summary: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña reports: The DBI library, the Perl5 database interface, creates a temporary PID file in an […]

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