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

FreeBSD 13 — linux-tiff — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 11 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: tiff — Multiple integer overflows Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0803 CVE-2004-0804 CVE-2004-0886 CVE-2004-1183 CVE-2004-1308 CVE-2005-1544 CVE-2009-2347 CVE-2010-1411 Upstream summary: Tielei Wang: Multiple integer overflows in inter-color spaces conversion tools in libtiff 3.8 […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — qt5-qtquickcontrols2 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — qt5-qtquickcontrols2 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-2021:4172 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3481 CVE-2018-19869 CVE-2018-19871 CVE-2018-19872 Upstream summary: Qt is a software toolkit for developing applications. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: adwaita-qt (1.2.1), python-qt5 (5.15.0), […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — dovecot-pigeonhole — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: dovecot-pigeonhole — Sieve excessive resource usage Related CVEs: CVE-2019-11500 CVE-2020-28200 Upstream summary: Dovecot team reports reports: Sieve interpreter is not protected against abusive scripts that claim excessive resource usage. Fixed […]

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Gentoo Linux — dev-ruby/mechanize — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-ruby/mechanize — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202107-17 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-21289 Upstream summary: Mechanize does not neutralize filename input and could allow arbitrary code execution if an attacker can control filenames used by Mechanize. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py32-salt — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py32-salt — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 11 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: salt — multiple vulnerabilities in salt-master process Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1866 CVE-2016-3176 CVE-2017-12791 CVE-2017-14695 CVE-2017-14696 CVE-2018-15750 CVE-2018-15751 CVE-2019-17361  +2 more Upstream summary: F-Secure reports: CVE-2020-11651 – Authentication bypass vulnerabilities The ClearFuncs […]

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FreeBSD 13 — postgresql10-server — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — postgresql10-server — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 11 August 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: PostgreSQL Server — execute arbitrary SQL code as DBA user Related CVEs: CVE-2017-15098 CVE-2017-15099 CVE-2018-1052 CVE-2018-1053 CVE-2018-1058 CVE-2018-10915 CVE-2018-10925 CVE-2018-16850  +8 more Upstream summary: The PostgreSQL project reports: Confine additional […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — python-babel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — python-babel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 August 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4962-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-20095 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Babel incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python39-Pygments — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python39-Pygments — 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-2021:1402-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-20270 Upstream summary: An infinite loop in SMLLexer in Pygments versions 1.5 to 2.7.3 may lead to denial of service when performing syntax highlighting of […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — nspr — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — nspr — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2021-1722 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-43527 CVE-2019-11719 CVE-2019-11727 CVE-2019-11756 CVE-2019-17006 CVE-2019-17023 CVE-2020-12400 CVE-2020-12401  +3 more Upstream summary: NSS (Network Security Services) up to and including 3.73 is vulnerable to a heap overflow […]

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