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Ubuntu 20.04 — freetype — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — freetype — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 March 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7352-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-27363 CVE-2023-2004 CVE-2022-27404 CVE-2022-27405 CVE-2022-27406 CVE-2022-31782 CVE-2020-15999 Upstream summary: It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain memory operations when parsing font subglyph structures. A remote attacker […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — transfig — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — transfig — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2021:1439-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-21532 CVE-2020-21533 CVE-2020-21534 CVE-2020-21680 CVE-2020-21681 CVE-2020-21682 CVE-2020-21683 CVE-2025-46397  +12 more Upstream summary: fig2dev 3.2.7b contains a global buffer overflow in the setfigfont function in genepic.c. […]

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Alpine Linux 3.20 — nmap — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.20

Alpine Linux 3.20 — nmap — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.20 / fixed in 7.80-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — nmap 7.80-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-18594 CVE-2018-15173 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vv3.20 ships nmap 7.80-r0 which addresses CVE-2017-18594. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — jupyter-notebook — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — jupyter-notebook — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 March 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7464-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-25887 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Jupyter Notebook did not properly parse HTML comments under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — ruby3.2 — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — ruby3.2 — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 10 March 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8137-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-61594 CVE-2025-24294 CVE-2024-35176 CVE-2024-27282 CVE-2024-27280 CVE-2024-39908 CVE-2024-41123 CVE-2024-43398  +7 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that the Ruby URI gem did not properly handle sensitive information when […]

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openSUSE Leap 15.6 — fontforge — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Leap 15.6

openSUSE Leap 15.6 — fontforge — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-2025:4353-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2025-50949 CVE-2017-17521 Upstream summary: FontForge v20230101 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the component DlgCreate8. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — postgresql:16 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — postgresql:16 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2025-1743)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 10 March 2025 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2025-1743 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-1094 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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Alpine Linux 3.19 — brotli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.19

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.19 / fixed in 1.0.9-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — brotli 1.0.9-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-8927 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vv3.19 ships brotli 1.0.9-r0 which addresses CVE-2020-8927. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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CentOS Stream 9 — php-pecl-xdebug3 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on CentOS Stream 9

CentOS Stream 9 — php-pecl-xdebug3 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 10 March 2025 Affected versions: CentOS Stream 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux/RHEL advisory ALSA-2026:1409 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-1220 CVE-2025-14177 CVE-2025-14178 CVE-2025-14180 CVE-2025-1735 CVE-2025-6491 CVE-2024-11235 CVE-2025-1217  +12 more Upstream summary: PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server. Security Fix(es): * […]

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SLES 12 — fontforge — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — fontforge — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 10 March 2025 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory RHSA-2024:4267 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2024-25081 CVE-2024-25082 CVE-2020-25690 CVE-2020-5395 CVE-2020-5496 CVE-2017-11568 CVE-2017-11569 CVE-2017-11570  +7 more Upstream summary: Splinefont in FontForge through 20230101 allows command injection via crafted filenames. Table of […]

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