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FreeBSD 13 — libXinerama — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — libXinerama — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 13 January 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xorg — protocol handling issues in X Window System client libraries Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1981 CVE-2013-1982 CVE-2013-1983 CVE-2013-1984 CVE-2013-1985 CVE-2013-1986 CVE-2013-1987 CVE-2013-1988  +12 more Upstream summary: freedesktop.org reports: Ilja van Sprundel, […]

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FreeBSD 13 — rubygem-rails — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — rubygem-rails — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 13 January 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: rails — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2007-3227 CVE-2007-6077 CVE-2008-4094 CVE-2012-3463 CVE-2012-3464 CVE-2012-3465 CVE-2012-5664 CVE-2013-0155  +12 more Upstream summary: Ruby on Rails blog: Rails 4.2.5.2, 4.1.14.2, and 3.2.22.2 have been released! […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — shadow-utils — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — shadow-utils — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2023-7112)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 January 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-7112 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4641 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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FreeBSD 13 — py311-beaker — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py311-beaker — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 January 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-beaker — arbitrary code execution vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2013-7489 Upstream summary: matheusbrat reports: The Beaker library through 1.12.1 for Python is affected by deserialization of untrusted data, which could lead […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py38-salt — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py38-salt — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 January 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: salt — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17361 CVE-2020-11651 CVE-2020-11652 CVE-2020-16846 CVE-2020-17490 CVE-2020-25592 CVE-2020-28243 CVE-2020-28972  +8 more Upstream summary: SaltStack reports multiple security vulnerabilities in Salt CVE-2021-3197: The Salt-API.s SSH client […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 January 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: wemux — read-only can be bypassed Upstream summary: JonApps reports: The read-only mode can be bypassed and any command sent to bash session Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — mozjs78 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — mozjs78 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2021:1184-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-29984 Upstream summary: Instruction reordering resulted in a sequence of instructions that would cause an object to be incorrectly considered during garbage collection. This led […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 January 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: extman — password bypass vulnerability Upstream summary: Extmail team reports: Emergency update #4 fixes a serious security vulnerability. Successful exploit of this vulnerability would allow attacker to change user's password […]

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