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NetBSD 9.4 — p5-Locale-Maketext — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — p5-Locale-Maketext — 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 p5-Locale-Maketext<1.23 for vulnerability class 'arbitrary-code-execution'. Reference: http://secunia.com/advisories/51498/ Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary […]

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Debian 11 — flintqs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — flintqs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 November 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2023-29465 Upstream summary: SageMath FlintQS 1.0 relies on pathnames under TMPDIR (typically world-writable), which (for example) allows a local user to overwrite files with the privileges of a […]

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Debian 12 — gnome-session — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — gnome-session — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 November 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11171 Upstream summary: Bad reference counting in the context of accept_ice_connection() in gsm-xsmp-server.c in old versions of gnome-session up until version 2.29.92 allows a local attacker to establish […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — kdewebdev-3.4.0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — kdewebdev-3.4.0 — 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 kdewebdev-3.4.0{,nb1} for vulnerability class 'remote-code-execution'. Reference: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050504-1.txt Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — emacs — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — emacs — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 28.2-r6 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — emacs 28.2-r6 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-27986 CVE-2023-27985 CVE-2022-45939 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships emacs 28.2-r6 which addresses CVE-2023-27986. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — zbar — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — zbar — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 November 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7118-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-40889 CVE-2023-40890 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ZBar did not properly handle certain QR codes. If a user or automated system using ZBar were tricked into […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — bitchx — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — bitchx — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-2007-3360 CVE-2007-4584 CVE-2007-5839 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged bitchx<1.0.3.17nb1 for vulnerability class 'remote-user-shell'. Reference: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2087 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage […]

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How to Configure journald Log Persistence on Debian 12 — step-by-step Debian 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure journald Log Persistence on Debian 12

Introduction Deploying configure journald log persistence on debian 12 on a Debian 12 Bookworm machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. Prerequisites Before you […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — samba — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — samba — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2022:0332 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-44142 CVE-2022-38023 CVE-2016-2124 CVE-2020-25717 CVE-2021-23192 CVE-2023-3961 CVE-2023-4091 CVE-2023-42669  +12 more Upstream summary: Samba is an open-source implementation of the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol and the related Common Internet […]

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