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AlmaLinux 8 — perl-LDAP — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — perl-LDAP — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALEA-2020:1575 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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FreeBSD 13 — brotli — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — brotli — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 February 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: brotli — buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1624 CVE-2016-1968 Upstream summary: Google Chrome Releases reports: [583607] High CVE-2016-1624: Buffer overflow in Brotli. Credit to lukezli. Mozilla Foundation reports: Security researcher Luke […]

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FreeBSD 13 — mpg — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — mpg — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 19 February 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mpg123 — buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0577 CVE-2003-0865 CVE-2004-0805 CVE-2004-0982 CVE-2004-0991 CVE-2004-1284 Upstream summary: Yuri D'Elia has found a buffer overflow vulnerability in mpg123's parsing of frame headers in […]

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FreeBSD 13 — libarchive — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — libarchive — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 19 February 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libarchive — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2006-5680 CVE-2013-0211 CVE-2015-2304 CVE-2015-8934 CVE-2016-1541 CVE-2016-4300 CVE-2016-4301 CVE-2016-4302 Upstream summary: Hanno Bock and Cisco Talos report: Out of bounds heap read in RAR parser […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py34-cryptography — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py34-cryptography — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 February 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-cryptography — tag forgery vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2016-9243 CVE-2018-10903 Upstream summary: The Python Cryptographic Authority (PyCA) project reports: finalize_with_tag() allowed tag truncation by default which can allow tag forgery in […]

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FreeBSD 13 — ctorrent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — ctorrent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 February 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Enhanced cTorrent — stack-based overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2009-1759 Upstream summary: Securityfocus reports: cTorrent and dTorrent are prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability because the software fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py310-tuf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py310-tuf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 February 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: The Update Framwork — path traversal vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2021-41131 Upstream summary: NVD reports: python-tuf is a Python reference implementation of The Update Framework (TUF). In both clients (`tuf/client` and […]

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Debian 11 — libmodplug — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libmodplug — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 19 February 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2006-4192 CVE-2009-1438 CVE-2009-1513 CVE-2011-1574 CVE-2011-1761 CVE-2011-2911 CVE-2011-2912 CVE-2011-2913  +4 more Upstream summary: Multiple buffer overflows in MODPlug Tracker (OpenMPT) 1.17.02.43 and earlier and libmodplug 0.8 and earlier, as […]

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Debian 11 — karchive — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — karchive — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 February 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6232 Upstream summary: Directory traversal vulnerability in KArchive before 5.24, as used in KDE Frameworks, allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot […]

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