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FreeBSD 13 — cgit — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — cgit — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: cgit — directory traversal vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1899 CVE-2016-1900 CVE-2016-1901 CVE-2018-14912 Upstream summary: Jann Horn reports: cgit_clone_objects in CGit before 1.2.1 has a directory traversal vulnerability when `enable-http-clone=1` is not […]

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FreeBSD 13 — rubygem-web-console — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — rubygem-web-console — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: rubygem-rails — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1840 CVE-2015-3224 CVE-2015-3225 CVE-2015-3226 CVE-2015-3227 Upstream summary: Ruby on Rails blog: Rails 3.2.22, 4.1.11 and 4.2.2 have been released, along with web console and […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — gtk-pixbuf — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gdk-pixbuf — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2862 CVE-2017-2870 Upstream summary: TALOS reports: An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the tiff_image_parse functionality. An exploitable heap-overflow vulnerability exists in the gdk_pixbuf__jpeg_image_load_increment […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: unzip — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2475 CVE-2014-8139 CVE-2014-8140 CVE-2014-8141 CVE-2014-9636 CVE-2015-1315 CVE-2015-7696 CVE-2015-7697 Upstream summary: Gustavo Grieco reports: Two issues were found in unzip 6.0: * A heap overflow […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — qatengine — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — qatengine — 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-2022:1877 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 — typo3-9-php — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — typo3-9-php — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 14 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: typo3 — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2019-10912 CVE-2019-12747 CVE-2019-12748 CVE-2020-11063 CVE-2020-11064 CVE-2020-11065 CVE-2020-11066 CVE-2020-11067  +3 more Upstream summary: Typo3 Team reports: In case an attacker manages to generate a valid […]

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Debian 11 — a2ps — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — a2ps — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 December 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2001-1593 CVE-2004-1170 CVE-2004-1377 CVE-2014-0466 CVE-2015-8107 Upstream summary: The tempname_ensure function in lib/routines.h in a2ps 4.14 and earlier, as used by the spy_user function and possibly other functions, allows […]

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

Debian 11 — emacspeak — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 December 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4191 Upstream summary: extract-table.pl in Emacspeak 26 and 28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the extract-table.csv temporary file. Table of contents […]

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Debian 10 — postorius — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — postorius — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 December 2021 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-40347 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — apache-commons-net — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — apache-commons-net — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2023:712-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-37533 Upstream summary: Prior to Apache Commons Net 3.9.0, Net's FTP client trusts the host from PASV response by default. A malicious server can redirect […]

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