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FreeBSD 13 — vim6+ruby — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — vim6+ruby — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: vim6 — heap-based overflow while parsing shell metacharacters Related CVEs: CVE-2008-3432 Upstream summary: Description for CVE-2008-3432 says: Heap-based buffer overflow in the mch_expand_wildcards function in os_unix.c in Vim 6.2 and […]

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How to Secure MySQL on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Secure MySQL on FreeBSD 13

Introduction FreeBSD 13 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up secure mysql on freebsd 13 on FreeBSD 13 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any Linux distribution. This […]

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Alpine Linux edge — live-media — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — live-media — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 2022.02.07-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — live-media 2022.02.07-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-38380 CVE-2021-38381 CVE-2021-38382 CVE-2021-38383 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships live-media 2022.02.07-r0 which addresses CVE-2021-38380. Table of contents Symptom […]

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FreeBSD 13 — apache-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — apache-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 9 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Apache OpenOffice — master password vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3575 CVE-2015-1774 CVE-2015-4551 CVE-2015-5212 CVE-2015-5213 CVE-2015-5214 CVE-2016-1513 CVE-2017-12607  +11 more Upstream summary: The Apache Openoffice project reports: Apache OpenOffice supports the storage […]

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Debian 11 — rust-crossbeam-deque — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — rust-crossbeam-deque — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32810 Upstream summary: crossbeam-deque is a package of work-stealing deques for building task schedulers when programming in Rust. In versions prior to 0.7.4 and 0.8.0, the result of […]

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FreeBSD 13 — tikiwik — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — tikiwik — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 9 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: tikiwiki — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2007-4554 CVE-2007-5683 CVE-2007-5684 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in TikiWiki, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — tang — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — tang — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2023-7022)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 9 September 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-7022 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-1672 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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FreeBSD 13 — linux-netscape-communicator — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — linux-netscape-communicator — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 9 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~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 — py38-flask-caching — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py38-flask-caching — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-flask-caching — remote code execution or local privilege escalation vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33026 Upstream summary: subnix reports: The Flask-Caching extension through 2.0.2 for Flask relies on Pickle for serialization, which […]

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Debian 11 — mc — multiple vulnerabilities (18 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — mc — multiple vulnerabilities (18 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 9 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2003-1023 CVE-2004-0226 CVE-2004-0231 CVE-2004-0232 CVE-2004-1004 CVE-2004-1005 CVE-2004-1009 CVE-2004-1090  +10 more Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in vfs_s_resolve_symlink of vfs/direntry.c for Midnight Commander (mc) 4.6.0 and earlier, and possibly […]

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