Security Hardening

FreeBSD 12 — teTeX-base — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — teTeX-base — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xpdf — makeFileKey2() buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0888 CVE-2004-0889 CVE-2004-1125 CVE-2005-0064 Upstream summary: An iDEFENSE Security Advisory reports: Remote exploitation of a buffer overflow vulnerability in the xpdf PDF […]

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

Ubuntu 18.04 — hibagent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 July 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6493-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2043739 Upstream summary: USN-6493-1 fixed a vulnerability in hibagent. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: On […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 26 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: chromium — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1212 CVE-2015-1213 CVE-2015-1214 CVE-2015-1215 CVE-2015-1216 CVE-2015-1217 CVE-2015-1218 CVE-2015-1219  +12 more Upstream summary: Google Chrome Releases reports: 5 security fixes in this release, including: [698622] […]

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Windows Server 2012 R2 SMB File Server Latency Spikes During Backup Window – Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 25 July 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~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 […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — mp3gain — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — mp3gain — 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 advisory openSUSE-SU-2020:0522-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12911 CVE-2019-18359 Upstream summary: The "apetag.c" file in MP3Gain 1.5.2.r2 has a vulnerability which results in a stack memory corruption when opening a crafted MP3 […]

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How to Manage Systemd Services on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Manage Systemd Services on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Manage Systemd Services on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (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 12 system is up to date: zypper refresh […]

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FreeBSD 12 — transmission-cli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — transmission-cli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libutp — remote denial of service or arbitrary code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2012-6129 Upstream summary: NVD reports: Stack-based buffer overflow in utp.cpp in libutp, as used in Transmission before 2.74 […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py34-amf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py34-amf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-amf — input sanitization errors Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8549 Upstream summary: oCERT reports: A specially crafted AMF payload, containing malicious references to XML external entities, can be used to trigger Denial […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: extman — password bypass vulnerability Upstream summary: Extmail team reports: Emergency update #4 fixes a serious security vulnerability. Successful exploit of this vulnerability would allow attacker to change user's password […]

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