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FreeBSD 13 — spamdyke — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — spamdyke — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 July 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: spamdyke — Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2008-2784 CVE-2012-0070 CVE-2012-0802 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: Fixed a number of very serious errors in the usage of snprintf()/vsnprintf(). The return value was […]

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Debian 11 — ncompress — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — ncompress — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 July 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2001-1413 CVE-2006-1168 CVE-2010-0001 Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in the comprexx function for ncompress 4.2.4 and earlier, when used in situations that cross security boundaries (such as FTP […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — fossil — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — fossil — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 July 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6770-1 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2064509 Upstream summary: USN-6729-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Server. The update lead to the discovery of a regression in Fossil with regards to the handling of […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — usbredir — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — usbredir — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 July 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5784-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3700 Upstream summary: It was discovered that usbredir incorrectly handled memory when serializing large amounts of data in the case of a slow or blocked destination. An […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — tmux — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — tmux — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 July 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5843-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-47016 Upstream summary: It was discovered that tmux incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Table of […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — dbus — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — dbus — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 July 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5704-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-42010 CVE-2022-42011 CVE-2022-42012 CVE-2020-35512 CVE-2020-12049 CVE-2019-12749 Upstream summary: It was discovered that DBus incorrectly handled messages with invalid type signatures. A local attacker could possibly use this […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — grunt — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — grunt — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 July 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5847-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-7729 CVE-2022-0436 CVE-2022-1537 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Grunt was not properly loading YAML files before parsing them. An attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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Gentoo Linux — net-wireless/hostapd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — net-wireless/hostapd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202309-16 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-30004 CVE-2022-23303 CVE-2022-23304 Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in hostapd and wpa_supplicant. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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SLES 15 — fribidi — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — fribidi — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 July 2022 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2021:233-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18397 CVE-2022-25308 CVE-2022-25309 CVE-2022-25310 Upstream summary: A buffer overflow in the fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels_ex() function in lib/fribidi-bidi.c of GNU FriBidi through 1.0.7 allows an attacker to cause […]

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