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Debian 11 — mailutils — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — mailutils — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0984 CVE-2005-1520 CVE-2005-1521 CVE-2005-1522 CVE-2005-1523 CVE-2005-1824 CVE-2005-2878 CVE-2019-18862 Upstream summary: Unknown vulnerability in the dotlock implementation in mailutils before 1:0.5-4 on Debian GNU/Linux allows attackers to gain privileges. […]

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Debian 13 — xzgv — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — xzgv — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0994 CVE-2006-1060 Upstream summary: Multiple integer overflows in xzgv 0.8 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via images with large width and height values, which […]

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Debian 11 — socat — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — socat — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1484 CVE-2010-2799 CVE-2012-0219 CVE-2013-3571 CVE-2014-0019 CVE-2015-1379 CVE-2016-2217 CVE-2024-54661 Upstream summary: Format string vulnerability in the _msg function in error.c in socat 1.4.0.3 and earlier, when used as an […]

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Debian 13 — zip — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — zip — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1010 CVE-2018-13410 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in Info-Zip 2.3 and possibly earlier versions, when using recursive folder compression, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a ZIP […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-9273 CVE-2021-3504 CVE-2021-3622 Upstream summary: lib/handle.c in Hivex before 1.3.11 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and gain privileges via a small hive files, which triggers an […]

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Debian 13 — jsch — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — jsch — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-5725 Upstream summary: Directory traversal vulnerability in JCraft JSch before 0.1.54 on Windows, when the mode is ChannelSftp.OVERWRITE, allows remote SFTP servers to write to arbitrary files via a […]

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

Debian 12 — lv — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0188 Upstream summary: lv reads a .lv file from the current working directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as other lv users by placing malicious […]

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Debian 12 — guestfs-tools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — guestfs-tools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2022-2211 Upstream summary: A vulnerability was found in libguestfs. This issue occurs while calculating the greatest possible number of matching keys in the get_keys() function. This flaw leads […]

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