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Debian 11 — mp3info — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — mp3info — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 January 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2006-2465 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in MP3Info 0.8.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line argument. NOTE: if mp3info is not installed setuid or […]

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Debian 11 — gnome-online-accounts — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — gnome-online-accounts — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 January 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2013-0240 Upstream summary: Gnome Online Accounts (GOA) 3.4.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and 3.7.x before 3.7.5, does not properly validate SSL certificates when creating accounts such as Windows Live […]

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FreeBSD 13 — isc-dhcp31-client — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — isc-dhcp31-client — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 January 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: isc-dhcp-client — dhclient does not strip or escape shell meta-characters Related CVEs: CVE-2009-0692 CVE-2011-0997 Upstream summary: ISC reports: ISC dhclient did not strip or escape certain shell meta-characters in responses […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — typespeed — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 January 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: typespeed — arbitrary code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0105 Upstream summary: Debian reports: Ulf Härnhammar from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a problem in typespeed, a touch-typist trainer disguised as […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — mozjs60 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — mozjs60 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2020:1766 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-20337 CVE-2019-12447 CVE-2019-12448 CVE-2019-12449 CVE-2019-3825 Upstream summary: GNOME is the default desktop environment of AlmaLinux. Security Fix(es): * LibRaw: stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_makernote function of dcraw_common.cpp (CVE-2018-20337) […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — zsync — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 January 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: zlib — buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2096 Upstream summary: Problem Description An error in the handling of corrupt compressed data streams can result in a buffer being overflowed. Impact […]

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Debian 11 — tigervnc — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — tigervnc — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 January 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-8240 CVE-2014-8241 CVE-2016-10207 CVE-2017-5581 CVE-2017-7392 CVE-2017-7393 CVE-2017-7394 CVE-2017-7395  +8 more Upstream summary: Integer overflow in TigerVNC allows remote VNC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — gsettings-desktop-schemas — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — gsettings-desktop-schemas — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2021:4381 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-13558 CVE-2020-24870 CVE-2020-27918 CVE-2020-29623 CVE-2020-36241 CVE-2021-1765 CVE-2021-1788 CVE-2021-1789  +12 more Upstream summary: GNOME is the default desktop environment of AlmaLinux. The following packages have been upgraded to a later […]

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