Security Hardening

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 19 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gnupg — AEAD key import overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0971 CVE-2005-0366 CVE-2006-0049 CVE-2006-0455 CVE-2006-3082 CVE-2006-6235 CVE-2008-1530 CVE-2013-4402  +5 more Upstream summary: Importing an OpenPGP key having a preference list for AEAD […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ja-netscape-navigator-linux — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ja-netscape-navigator-linux — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 19 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libpng stack-based buffer overflow and other code concerns Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0597 CVE-2004-0598 CVE-2004-0599 Upstream summary: Chris Evans has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in libpng, which can be exploited by malicious people […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 19 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: phpList — SQL injection and XSS vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2009-0422 CVE-2012-2740 CVE-2012-2741 Upstream summary: Zero Science Lab reports: Input passed via the parameter 'sortby' is not properly sanitised before being […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — libksba — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 19 July 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libksba — local denial of service vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2016-4353 CVE-2016-4354 CVE-2016-4355 CVE-2016-4356 Upstream summary: Martin Prpic, Red Hat Product Security Team, reports: Denial of Service due to stack overflow […]

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Gentoo Linux — dev-libs/fribidi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-libs/fribidi — 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-202003-41 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18397 Upstream summary: A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in GNU FriBidi. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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SLES 15 — pam-modules — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — pam-modules — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 19 July 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2018:1760-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2011-3172 Upstream summary: A vulnerability in pam_modules of SUSE Linux Enterprise allows attackers to log into accounts that should have been disabled. Affected releases are […]

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Common Problems 118603

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – cron jobs stop running after timezone changes – Fix & Prevention

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 18 July 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 📖 ~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 Errors […]

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Common Problems 117954

Ubuntu 18.04 high CPU usage from background indexing

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 18 July 2019 📖 ~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 Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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