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Debian 12 — libvdpau — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — libvdpau — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 November 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5198 CVE-2015-5199 CVE-2015-5200 Upstream summary: libvdpau before 1.1.1, when used in a setuid or setgid application, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to the […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.19 / fixed in 6.9.5-r2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — oniguruma 6.9.5-r2 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-26159 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vv3.19 ships oniguruma 6.9.5-r2 which addresses CVE-2020-26159. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Debian 12 — sosreport — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — sosreport — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 November 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0246 CVE-2015-3171 CVE-2015-7529 Upstream summary: SOSreport stores the md5 hash of the GRUB bootloader password in an archive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 20 November 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0193 CVE-2017-11110 CVE-2018-20451 CVE-2018-20453 CVE-2019-7156 CVE-2019-7233 CVE-2023-31979 CVE-2023-41633  +4 more Upstream summary: msxlsview.sh in xlsview for catdoc 0.91 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via […]

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openSUSE Leap 15.5 — bouncycastle — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Leap 15.5

openSUSE Leap 15.5 — bouncycastle — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Leap 15.5 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2023:2843-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-33201 CVE-2024-30171 Upstream summary: Bouncy Castle For Java before 1.74 is affected by an LDAP injection vulnerability. The vulnerability only affects applications that use […]

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Debian 12 — crawl — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — crawl — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 November 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0103 CVE-2006-0045 CVE-2020-11722 Upstream summary: crawl before 4.0.0 beta23 does not properly "apply a size check" when copying a certain environment variable, which may allow local users to […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — tpm2-tss — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — tpm2-tss — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 November 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6796-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-22745 CVE-2024-29040 Upstream summary: Fergus Dall discovered that TPM2 Software Stack did not properly handle layer arrays. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause TPM2 […]

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Debian 12 — bubblewrap — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — bubblewrap — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 19 November 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-8659 CVE-2017-5226 CVE-2019-12439 CVE-2020-5291 Upstream summary: Bubblewrap before 0.1.3 sets the PR_SET_DUMPABLE flag, which might allow local users to gain privileges by attaching to the process, as demonstrated […]

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

Debian 12 — sniffit — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 November 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-5439 Upstream summary: Multiple Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerabilities exists in Sniffit prior to 0.3.7 via a crafted configuration file that will bypass Non-eXecutable bit NX, stack smashing protector […]

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

Debian 12 — gss-ntlmssp — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 19 November 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2023-25563 CVE-2023-25564 CVE-2023-25565 CVE-2023-25566 CVE-2023-25567 Upstream summary: GSS-NTLMSSP is a mechglue plugin for the GSSAPI library that implements NTLM authentication. Prior to version 1.2.0, multiple out-of-bounds reads when […]

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