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NetBSD 10.0 — kpathsea — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 10.0

NetBSD 10.0 — kpathsea — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 10.0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10243 CVE-2015-5700 CVE-2015-5701 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged kpathsea<6.2.2nb1 for vulnerability class 'arbitrary-code-execution'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10243 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage […]

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Debian 12 — tpm2-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — tpm2-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 24 November 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-7524 CVE-2021-3565 CVE-2024-29038 CVE-2024-29039 Upstream summary: tpm2-tools versions before 1.1.1 are vulnerable to a password leak due to transmitting password in plaintext from client to server when generating […]

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Amazon Linux 2023 — cuda-nsight-systems-12-8 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2023 — cuda-nsight-systems-12-8 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2023 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2023NVIDIA-2025-040 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-53870 CVE-2024-53871 CVE-2024-53875 Upstream summary: NVIDIA CUDA toolkit for all platforms contains a vulnerability in the cuobjdump binary, where a user could cause an out-of-bounds read by […]

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FreeBSD 14 — mcollective-puppet-agent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — mcollective-puppet-agent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 November 2024 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: puppet-agent MCollective plugin — Remote Code Execution vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2015-7331 Upstream summary: Puppet reports: Puppet Enterprise previously included a puppet-agent MCollective plugin that allowed you to pass the `–server` […]

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Debian 12 — super — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — super — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 24 November 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2002-0817 CVE-2004-0579 CVE-2011-2776 CVE-2014-0470 Upstream summary: Format string vulnerability in super for Linux allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument. Table of […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — uriparser — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — uriparser — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2024-2546 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-34402 CVE-2024-34403 CVE-2018-19198 CVE-2018-19199 CVE-2021-46141 CVE-2021-46142 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in uriparser through 0.9.7. ComposeQueryEngine in UriQuery.c has an integer overflow via long keys or […]

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Debian 12 — libnss-db — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — libnss-db — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 November 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2010-0826 Upstream summary: The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Berkeley DB NSS module (aka libnss-db) 2.2.3pre1 reads the DB_CONFIG file in the current working directory, which allows local users […]

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Alpine Linux 3.20 — perl-cryptx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.20

Alpine Linux 3.20 — perl-cryptx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.20 / fixed in 0.079-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — perl-cryptx 0.079-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17362 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vv3.20 ships perl-cryptx 0.079-r0 which addresses CVE-2019-17362. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Debian 12 — merkaartor — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — merkaartor — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 24 November 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-4193 Upstream summary: Merkaartor 0.14 allows local users to append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/merkaartor.log temporary file. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Alpine Linux 3.20 — ldns — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.20

Alpine Linux 3.20 — ldns — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.20 / fixed in 1.7.0-r1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — ldns 1.7.0-r1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000231 CVE-2017-1000232 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vv3.20 ships ldns 1.7.0-r1 which addresses CVE-2017-1000231. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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