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FreeBSD 14 — py32-salt — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — py32-salt — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 8 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: salt — multiple vulnerabilities in salt-master process Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1866 CVE-2016-3176 CVE-2017-12791 CVE-2017-14695 CVE-2017-14696 CVE-2018-15750 CVE-2018-15751 CVE-2019-17361  +2 more Upstream summary: F-Secure reports: CVE-2020-11651 – Authentication bypass vulnerabilities The ClearFuncs […]

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FreeBSD 14 — rubygem19-dragonfly — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — rubygem19-dragonfly — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: rubygem-dragonfly — arbitrary code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1756 Upstream summary: Mark Evans reports: Unfortnately there is a security vulnerability in Dragonfly when used with Rails which would potentially allow an […]

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Alpine Linux edge — optipng — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — optipng — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 0.7.8-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — optipng 0.7.8-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-43907 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships optipng 0.7.8-r0 which addresses CVE-2023-43907. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — wpa_supplicant — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — wpa_supplicant — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2021-1624 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-27803 CVE-2023-52160 CVE-2021-0326 CVE-2018-14526 Upstream summary: A flaw was found in the wpa_supplicant, in the way it processes P2P (Wi-Fi Direct) provision discovery requests. This flaw allows […]

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Debian 12 — node-json5 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — node-json5 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 December 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2022-46175 Upstream summary: JSON5 is an extension to the popular JSON file format that aims to be easier to write and maintain by hand (e.g. for config files). […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — libXfixes — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — libXfixes — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2016-7944 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged libXfixes<5.0.1 for vulnerability class 'buffer-overflow'. Reference: http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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FreeBSD 14 — linux-c6-libsndfile — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — linux-c6-libsndfile — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 8 December 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libsndfile — out-of-bounds reads Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12562 CVE-2017-14245 CVE-2017-14246 CVE-2017-14634 CVE-2017-17456 CVE-2017-17457 CVE-2017-6892 CVE-2017-7585  +7 more Upstream summary: Xin-Jiang on Github reports: CVE-2017-14245 (Medium): An out of bounds read in […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 December 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10721 CVE-2016-10722 CVE-2017-6596 Upstream summary: partclone.restore in Partclone 0.2.87 is prone to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation of the partclone image header. An attacker […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — llvm-toolchain-15 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — llvm-toolchain-15 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 December 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6258-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-29932 CVE-2023-29933 CVE-2023-29934 CVE-2023-29939 Upstream summary: It was discovered that LLVM Toolchain did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening […]

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