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FreeBSD 13 — linux-seamonkey-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — linux-seamonkey-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 18 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mozilla — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2006-4253 CVE-2006-4340 CVE-2006-4565 CVE-2006-4566 CVE-2006-4567 CVE-2006-4568 CVE-2006-4569 CVE-2006-4570  +12 more Upstream summary: Mozilla Project reports: MFSA 2009-38: Data corruption with SOCKS5 reply containing DNS […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — libtiff — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libtiff — Improper Input Validation Related CVEs: CVE-2017-13726 CVE-2017-13727 Upstream summary: libtiff developers report: There is a reachable assertion abort in the function TIFFWriteDirectoryTagSubifd() in LibTIFF 4.0.8, related to tif_dirwrite.c […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — opensc — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — opensc — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2023-7160)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 May 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-7160 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-2977 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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AlmaLinux 8 — ipxe — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — ipxe — 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-2022:1973 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 — py-pygit — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py-pygit — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Libgit2 — Fixing insufficient validation of submodule names Related CVEs: CVE-2018-11235 Upstream summary: The Git community reports: Insufficient validation of submodule names Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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FreeBSD 13 — transmission-qt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — transmission-qt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libutp — remote denial of service or arbitrary code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2012-6129 Upstream summary: NVD reports: Stack-based buffer overflow in utp.cpp in libutp, as used in Transmission before 2.74 […]

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FreeBSD 13 — pkcs11-helper — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — pkcs11-helper — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pkcs11-helper — deserialize buffer overflow Upstream summary: Alon Bar-Lev reports: util: fix deserialize buffer overflow. thanks to Aarnav Bos. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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FreeBSD 13 — xapian-omega — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — xapian-omega — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xapian-omega — cross-site scripting vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2009-2947 Upstream summary: Olly Betts reports: There's a cross-site scripting issue in Omega – exception messages don't currently get HTML entities escaped, but […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — miller — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15167 Upstream summary: In Miller (command line utility) using the configuration file support introduced in version 5.9.0, it is possible for an attacker to cause Miller to run arbitrary […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — elinks — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: elinks — buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2008-7224 Upstream summary: SecurityFocus reports: ELinks is prone to an off-by-one buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to accurately reference the last element […]

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