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Debian 12 — ibutils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — ibutils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 December 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2013-2561 Upstream summary: OpenFabrics ibutils 1.5.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) ibdiagnet.db, (2) ibdiagnet.fdbs, (3) ibdiagnet_ibis.log, (4) ibdiagnet.log, (5) ibdiagnet.lst, […]

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Debian 12 — milkytracker — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — milkytracker — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 December 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14464 CVE-2019-14496 CVE-2019-14497 CVE-2020-15569 CVE-2022-34927 Upstream summary: XMFile::read in XMFile.cpp in milkyplay in MilkyTracker 1.02.00 has a heap-based buffer overflow. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libQt5Svg5 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libQt5Svg5 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2023:2967-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-45930 CVE-2023-32573 CVE-2021-3481 Upstream summary: Qt SVG in Qt 5.0.0 through 5.15.2 and 6.0.0 through 6.2.1 has an out-of-bounds write in QtPrivate::QCommonArrayOps<QPainterPath::Element>::growAppend (called from QPainterPath::addPath […]

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Debian 12 — s3d — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — s3d — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 December 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2013-6876 CVE-2014-1226 Upstream summary: The (1) pty_init_terminal and (2) pipe_init_terminal functions in main.c in s3dvt 0.2.2 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging setuid permissions […]

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FreeBSD 14 — squirrelmail — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — squirrelmail — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: SquirrelMail — post-authentication access privileges Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1036 CVE-2005-0075 CVE-2005-0103 CVE-2005-0104 CVE-2005-1769 CVE-2005-2095 CVE-2006-0188 CVE-2006-0195  +6 more Upstream summary: Florian Grunow reports: An attacker able to exploit this vulnerability can […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — xlreader — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — xlreader — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged xlreader<0.9.0nb1 for vulnerability class 'remote-code-execution'. Reference: http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/xlreader.txt Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary […]

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How to Configure Suricata IDS on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Suricata IDS on FreeBSD 14

Introduction Deploying configure suricata ids on freebsd 14 on a FreeBSD 14 machine differs from Linux in several important ways: packages come from the FreeBSD Ports Collection or the binary pkg repository, services are registered in /etc/rc.conf via sysrc(8), and firewall rules are written in pf.conf(5) syntax. This tutorial stays entirely within the standard base […]

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FreeBSD 14 — isc-dhcp30-client — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — isc-dhcp30-client — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: isc-dhcp-client — Stack overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2009-0692 Upstream summary: US-CERT reports: The ISC DHCP dhclient application contains a stack buffer overflow, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — seamonkey — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — seamonkey — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2006-2894 CVE-2008-2803 CVE-2008-2811 CVE-2008-0016 CVE-2008-4058 CVE-2008-4062 CVE-2008-2798 CVE-2008-4065  +2 more Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged seamonkey{,-bin,-gtk1}<1.1.5 for vulnerability class 'remote-information-exposure'. Reference: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2894 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Debian 12 — glade — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — glade — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 December 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-36774 Upstream summary: plugins/gtk+/glade-gtk-box.c in GNOME Glade before 3.38.1 and 3.39.x before 3.40.0 mishandles widget rebuilding for GladeGtkBox, leading to a denial of service (application crash). Table of […]

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