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openSUSE Leap 15.6 — libcairo2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Leap 15.6

openSUSE Leap 15.6 — libcairo2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Leap 15.6 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2025:02843-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2025-50422 Upstream summary: Cairo through 1.18.4, as used in Poppler through 25.08.0, has an "unscaled->face == NULL" assertion failure for _cairo_ft_unscaled_font_fini in cairo-ft-font.c. Table […]

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Windows Server 2019 — KB5068865 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019 — KB5068865 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Microsoft KB5068865 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2025-60716 CVE-2025-60724 CVE-2025-64678 CVE-2025-59505 CVE-2025-59506 CVE-2025-59507 CVE-2025-59508 CVE-2025-59509  +12 more Affected components: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) Microsoft summary: Use after free in Windows […]

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Alpine Linux 3.19 — geary — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.19

Alpine Linux 3.19 — geary — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.19 / fixed in 3.37.91-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — geary 3.37.91-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-24661 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.19 ships geary 3.37.91-r0 which addresses CVE-2020-24661. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — postgresql13-server — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — postgresql13-server — multiple vulnerabilities (9 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-2020-25696 CVE-2020-25694 CVE-2020-25695 CVE-2021-3677 CVE-2021-23214 CVE-2021-3393 CVE-2021-20229 CVE-2021-32028  +1 more Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged postgresql13-server<13.1 for vulnerability class 'arbitrary-code-execution'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25696 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — appstream-data — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — appstream-data — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2020:4436 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-10759 Upstream summary: The gnome-software packages contain an application that makes it easy to add, remove, and update software in the GNOME desktop. The appstream-data package provides the distribution […]

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Amazon Linux 2023 — open-vm-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2023 — open-vm-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2023 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2023-2025-1226 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-41244 CVE-2023-34058 CVE-2023-34059 CVE-2023-20900 CVE-2025-22247 CVE-2023-20867 Upstream summary: VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious local actor with non-administrative privileges […]

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openSUSE Leap 15.6 — tor — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Leap 15.6

openSUSE Leap 15.6 — tor — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Leap 15.6 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2025-4444 Upstream summary: A security flaw has been discovered in Tor up to 0.4.7.16/0.4.8.17. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Onion Service […]

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Windows Server 2019 — KB5068904 — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019 — KB5068904 — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Microsoft KB5068904 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2025-60724 CVE-2025-64678 CVE-2025-59513 CVE-2025-60703 CVE-2025-60704 CVE-2025-60705 CVE-2025-60709 CVE-2025-60719  +7 more Affected components: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) Microsoft summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft […]

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Alpine Linux 3.19 — gegl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.19

Alpine Linux 3.19 — gegl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.19 / fixed in 0.4.34-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — gegl 0.4.34-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-45463 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.19 ships gegl 0.4.34-r0 which addresses CVE-2021-45463. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — postgresql73-lib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — postgresql73-lib — 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 postgresql73-lib<7.3.9 for vulnerability class 'remote-code-execution'. Reference: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0245 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary […]

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