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FreeBSD 13 — py38-bleach — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py38-bleach — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 February 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-bleach — regular expression denial-of-service Related CVEs: CVE-2020-6817 Upstream summary: Bleach developers reports: bleach.clean behavior parsing style attributes could result in a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS). Calls to […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 February 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ejabberd — Potential DDoS in XML Parser Related CVEs: CVE-2009-0934 CVE-2010-0305 CVE-2011-1753 Upstream summary: ejabberd team reports: This release adds new options that limit max memory used by XML parser […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py37-pyrad — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py37-pyrad — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 February 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pyrad — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2013-0294 CVE-2013-0342 Upstream summary: Nathaniel McCallum reports: packet.py in pyrad before 2.1 uses weak random numbers to generate RADIUS authenticators and hash passwords, which […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — mozilla-filesystem — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — mozilla-filesystem — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2022:1927 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 — foreman-proxy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — foreman-proxy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 February 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: foreman-proxy SSL verification issue Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3691 Upstream summary: Foreman Security reports: The smart proxy when running in an SSL-secured mode permits incoming API calls to any endpoint without requiring, […]

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FreeBSD 13 — evolution-data-server — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — evolution-data-server — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 February 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: evolution-data-server — remote execution of arbitrary code vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2007-3257 Upstream summary: Debian project reports: It was discovered that the IMAP code in the Evolution Data Server performs insufficient […]

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FreeBSD 13 — bmon — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — bmon — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 February 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: bmon — unsafe set-user-ID application Upstream summary: Jon Nistor reported that the FreeBSD port of bmon was installed set-user-ID root, and executes commands using relative paths. This could allow local […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2020:1631 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-7263 Upstream summary: The GStreamer library provides a streaming media framework based on graphs of media data filters. The libmad package is an MPEG audio decoder capable of 24-bit […]

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Debian 11 — canna — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — canna — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 February 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2002-1158 CVE-2002-1159 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in the irw_through function for Canna 3.5b2 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code as the bin user. Table of […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py39-ipython — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py39-ipython — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 February 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ipython — Execution with Unnecessary Privileges Related CVEs: CVE-2022-21699 Upstream summary: IPython project reports: IPython 8.0.1, 7.31.1 and 5.11 are security releases that change some default values in order to […]

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