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CentOS Stream 9 — bcel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on CentOS Stream 9

CentOS Stream 9 — bcel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 13 July 2023 Affected versions: CentOS Stream 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux/RHEL advisory ALSA-2023:0005 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-42920 Upstream summary: The Byte Code Engineering Library (Apache Commons BCEL) is intended to give users a convenient way to analyze, create, and manipulate (binary) Java class files […]

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SLES 12 — qpdf — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — qpdf — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 13 July 2023 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:2669-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-36978 CVE-2017-11624 CVE-2017-11625 CVE-2017-11627 CVE-2022-34503 CVE-2017-9208 CVE-2017-9209 CVE-2017-9210  +3 more Upstream summary: QPDF 9.x through 9.1.1 and 10.x through 10.0.4 has a heap-based buffer overflow […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — dvipsk — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — dvipsk — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2010-0739 CVE-2010-1440 CVE-2018-17407 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged dvipsk<5.98nb1 for vulnerability class 'arbitrary-code-execution'. Reference: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0739 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage […]

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Debian 12 — cups — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — cups — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 13 July 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2002-1366 CVE-2002-1367 CVE-2002-1368 CVE-2002-1369 CVE-2002-1371 CVE-2002-1372 CVE-2002-1383 CVE-2002-1384  +12 more Upstream summary: Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 allows local users with lp privileges to create […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — taglib — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — taglib — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12678 CVE-2018-11439 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged taglib<1.7.1 for vulnerability class 'denial-of-service'. Reference: http://secunia.com/advisories/48211/ Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step […]

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Amazon Linux 2023 — gawk — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2023 — gawk — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2023 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2023-2023-292 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4156 Upstream summary: A heap out-of-bounds read flaw was found in builtin.c in the gawk package which may result in a crash of the software. (CVE-2023-4156) Table […]

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Debian 12 — sdl-mixer1.2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — sdl-mixer1.2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 July 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2007-6720 Upstream summary: libmikmod 3.1.9 through 3.2.0, as used by MikMod, SDL-mixer, and possibly other products, relies on the channel count of the last loaded song, rather than […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — libgxps — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — libgxps — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11590 CVE-2018-10733 CVE-2018-10767 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged libgxps-[0-9]* for vulnerability class 'denial-of-service'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11590 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage […]

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Debian 12 — twitter-bootstrap4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — twitter-bootstrap4 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 July 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-8331 Upstream summary: In Bootstrap before 3.4.1 and 4.3.x before 4.3.1, XSS is possible in the tooltip or popover data-template attribute. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 July 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0274 CVE-2007-2807 CVE-2009-1789 Upstream summary: Share.mod in Eggheads Eggdrop IRC bot 1.6.10 through 1.6.15 can mistakenly assign STAT_OFFERED status to a bot that is not a sharebot, which […]

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