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

FreeBSD 13 — zh-pine — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 18 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pine remotely exploitable buffer overflow in newmail.c Related CVEs: CVE-2002-1320 CVE-2003-0720 CVE-2003-0721 Upstream summary: Kris Kennaway reports a remotely exploitable buffer overflow in newmail.c. Mike Silbersack submitted the fix. Table […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — libvarlink — 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-2019:3511 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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Debian 11 — libxml-parser-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libxml-parser-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 August 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2006-10002 CVE-2006-10003 Upstream summary: XML::Parser versions through 2.45 for Perl could overflow the pre-allocated buffer size cause a heap corruption (double free or corruption) and crashes. A :utf8 […]

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

Debian 11 — openmpi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 August 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3736 Upstream summary: ltdl.c in libltdl in GNU Libtool 1.5.x, and 2.2.6 before 2.2.6b, as used in Ham Radio Control Libraries, Q, and possibly other products, attempts to […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py37-pysaml — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py37-pysaml — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pysaml2 — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2021-21238 CVE-2021-21239 Upstream summary: pysaml2 Releases: Fix processing of invalid SAML XML documents – CVE-2021-21238 Fix unspecified xmlsec1 key-type preference – CVE-2021-21239 Table of […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — sassist — 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-2020:4737 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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Debian 11 — tuxpaint — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — tuxpaint — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 August 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2005-3340 Upstream summary: The tuxpaint-import.sh script in Tux Paint (tuxpaint) 0.9.14 and earlier creates temporary files insecurely, with unknown impact and attack vectors. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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

Debian 11 — duck — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 August 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1239 Upstream summary: duck before 0.10 did not properly handle loading of untrusted code from the current directory. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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SLES 15 — apache-pdfbox — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — apache-pdfbox — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 18 August 2021 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2018:3318-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-11797 CVE-2021-27807 CVE-2021-27906 CVE-2016-2175 CVE-2018-8036 Upstream summary: In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.15 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.11, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — ELSA-2022-0672-1: ruby:2.5 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — ELSA-2022-0672-1: ruby:2.5 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-0672-1)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 18 August 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-0672-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32066 CVE-2021-31799 CVE-2021-31810 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification […]

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