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Debian 12 — lua5.1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — lua5.1 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 November 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-5461 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in the vararg functions in ldo.c in Lua 5.1 through 5.2.x before 5.2.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) […]

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FreeBSD 14 — py33-pycrypto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — py33-pycrypto — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 November 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pycrypto — PRNG reseed race condition Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1445 Upstream summary: Dwayne Litzenberger reports: In PyCrypto before v2.6.1, the Crypto.Random pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) exhibits a race condition that may […]

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Debian 11 — taglib — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — taglib — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 November 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2012-1107 CVE-2012-1108 CVE-2012-1584 CVE-2012-2396 CVE-2017-12678 CVE-2018-11439 CVE-2023-47466 Upstream summary: The analyzeCurrent function in ape/apeproperties.cpp in TagLib 1.7 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service […]

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

Debian 12 — pdfresurrect — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 November 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14267 CVE-2019-14934 CVE-2020-20740 CVE-2020-9549 CVE-2021-3508 Upstream summary: PDFResurrect 0.15 has a buffer overflow via a crafted PDF file because data associated with startxref and %%EOF is mishandled. Table […]

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openSUSE Leap 15.5 — python3-pycryptodome — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Leap 15.5

openSUSE Leap 15.5 — python3-pycryptodome — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Leap 15.5 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-RU-2024:1829-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-52323 Upstream summary: PyCryptodome and pycryptodomex before 3.19.1 allow side-channel leakage for OAEP decryption, exploitable for a Manger attack. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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

Debian 12 — libffi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 November 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000376 Upstream summary: libffi requests an executable stack allowing attackers to more easily trigger arbitrary code execution by overwriting the stack. Please note that libffi is used by […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — python-cryptography — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — python-cryptography — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2025-15874)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 November 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2025-15874 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-49083 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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Oracle Linux 8 — gssntlmssp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — gssntlmssp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-3097)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 November 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-3097 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-25564 CVE-2023-25563 CVE-2023-25565 CVE-2023-25566 CVE-2023-25567 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative […]

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FreeBSD 14 — py27-django-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — py27-django-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 27 November 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: django — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2012-3442 CVE-2012-3443 CVE-2012-3444 CVE-2013-1443 CVE-2013-4315 CVE-2014-0472 CVE-2014-0473 CVE-2014-0474  +12 more Upstream summary: Tim Graham reports: Malicious redirect and possible XSS attack via user-supplied redirect […]

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Gentoo Linux — media-libs/gst-plugins-bad — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — media-libs/gst-plugins-bad — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202406-06 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-40474 CVE-2023-40475 CVE-2023-40476 CVE-2023-44429 CVE-2023-44446 CVE-2021-3185 CVE-2021-3497 CVE-2021-3498  +1 more Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GStreamer, GStreamer Plugins. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for […]

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