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FreeBSD 13 — konversation — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — konversation — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: konversation — crash in IRC message parsing Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0129 CVE-2005-0130 CVE-2005-0131 CVE-2014-8483 CVE-2017-15923 Upstream summary: KDE reports: Konversation has support for colors in IRC messages. Any malicious user connected […]

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FreeBSD 13 — plone — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — plone — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: plone — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2006-1711 CVE-2006-4249 CVE-2007-0240 CVE-2007-5741 CVE-2011-0720 Upstream summary: Plone.org reports: Versions Affected: All current Plone versions. Versions Not Affected: None. Nature of vulnerability: Allows creation […]

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FreeBSD 13 — xfce4-panel — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — xfce4-panel — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xfce — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2007-6531 CVE-2007-6532 Upstream summary: Gentoo reports: A remote attacker could entice a user to install a specially crafted "rc" file to execute arbitrary code […]

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FreeBSD 13 — freeamp — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — freeamp — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: zinf — potential buffer overflow playlist support Upstream summary: The audio player Zinf is vulnerable to a buffer-overflow bug in the management of the playlist files. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Debian 10 — smarty3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — smarty3 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 May 2021 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-21408 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 — clone-master-clean-up — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — clone-master-clean-up — 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-SU-2022:3667-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32000 Upstream summary: A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the clone-master-clean-up.sh script of clone-master-clean-up in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3, SUSE Linux […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — p11-kit — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — p11-kit — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 May 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4677-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-29361 Upstream summary: USN-4677-1 fixed a vulnerability in p11-kit. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: David Cook discovered that p11-kit […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — pulseaudio — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — pulseaudio — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 May 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4640-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-16123 CVE-2020-11931 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1877102 Upstream summary: James Henstridge discovered that an Ubuntu-specific patch caused PulseAudio to incorrectly handle snap client connections. An attacker could possibly use this to […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — .NET 5.0 security and bugfix update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — .NET 5.0 security and bugfix update (ELSA-2021-3148)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 15 May 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-3148 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-26423 CVE-2021-34485 CVE-2021-34532 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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