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FreeBSD 12 — php5-sqlite — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php5-sqlite — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • October 16, 2019
  • BSD
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — use-after-free vulnerability 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  +1 more Upstream summary: Symeon Paraschoudis reports: Use-after-free vulnerability in sqlite3SafetyCheckSickOrOk() Table of contents Symptom & […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libgme0 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libgme0 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • October 16, 2019
  • Linux
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2017:0022-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-9957 CVE-2016-9959 Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in game-music-emu before 0.6.1. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage […]

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FreeBSD 12 — isc-dhcpd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — isc-dhcpd — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • October 16, 2019
  • BSD
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: isc-dhcpd — format string vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1006 Upstream summary: The ISC DHCP programs are vulnerable to several format string vulnerabilities which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — htslib — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — htslib — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • October 16, 2019
  • Linux
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 October 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4802-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000206 CVE-2018-13845 Upstream summary: It was discovered that HTSlib incorrectly handled certain data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue affected […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — thunderbird — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — thunderbird — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • October 16, 2019
  • Linux
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🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 October 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3927-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18506 CVE-2019-9788 CVE-2019-9790 CVE-2019-9791 CVE-2019-9792 CVE-2019-9793 CVE-2019-9795 CVE-2019-9796  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Thunderbird allowed PAC files to specify that requests to localhost are […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — opencv — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — opencv — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • October 16, 2019
  • Linux
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 October 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4818-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-15939 CVE-2019-14491 CVE-2017-18009 CVE-2019-14492 CVE-2019-14493 Upstream summary: It was discovered that OpenCV did not properly manage certain objects, leading to a divide-by-zero. If a user were tricked […]

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Gentoo Linux — media-sound/bladeenc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — media-sound/bladeenc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • October 16, 2019
  • Linux
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202107-18 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14648 Upstream summary: A crafted file could cause a buffer overflow in the iteration_loop function in BladeEnc. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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FreeBSD 12 — postfix-current-base — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — postfix-current-base — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • October 15, 2019
  • BSD
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Postfix — memory corruption vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2011-0411 CVE-2011-1720 Upstream summary: The Postfix SMTP server has a memory corruption error, when the Cyrus SASL library is used with authentication mechanisms […]

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How to Register SLES 15 with SUSE Customer Center — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Register SLES 15 with SUSE Customer Center

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Register SLES 15 with SUSE Customer Center on SLES 15. SLES 15 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 15 system is up to date: zypper […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py26-pycrypto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py26-pycrypto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • October 15, 2019
  • BSD
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pycrypto — PRNG reseed race condition Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1445 Upstream summary: Dwayne Litzenberger reports: In PyCrypto before v2.6.1, the Crypto.Random pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) exhibits a race condition that may […]

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