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openSUSE Tumbleweed — hostapd — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — hostapd — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — 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-2020:0222-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9494 CVE-2019-9499 CVE-2020-12695 CVE-2023-52424 CVE-2014-3686 CVE-2015-1863 CVE-2015-4141 CVE-2015-4142  +12 more Upstream summary: The implementations of SAE in hostapd and wpa_supplicant are vulnerable to side channel […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — gcc6 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — gcc6 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11671 CVE-2018-12886 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged gcc6<6.4.0 for vulnerability class 'insufficiently-random-numbers'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11671 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step […]

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Debian 12 — libconfig-model-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — libconfig-model-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 June 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-0373 CVE-2017-0374 Upstream summary: The gen_class_pod implementation in lib/Config/Model/Utils/GenClassPod.pm in Config-Model (aka libconfig-model-perl) before 2.102 has a dangerous "use lib" line, which allows remote attackers to have an […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — nvidia-modprobe — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — nvidia-modprobe — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-2025:14667-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2024-0147 CVE-2024-0131 Upstream summary: NVIDIA GPU display driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability where referencing memory after it has been freed can lead […]

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Alpine Linux 3.20 — qpdf — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.20

Alpine Linux 3.20 — qpdf — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.20 / fixed in 7.0.0-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — qpdf 7.0.0-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9208 CVE-2017-9209 CVE-2017-9210 CVE-2017-11624 CVE-2017-11625 CVE-2017-11626 CVE-2017-11627 CVE-2017-12595  +1 more Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.20 ships qpdf 7.0.0-r0 which […]

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FreeBSD 14 — tailscale — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — tailscale — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 June 2024 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: tailscale — Insufficient inbound packet filtering in subnet routers and exit nodes Related CVEs: CVE-2022-41925 CVE-2023-28436 Upstream summary: Tailscale team reports: In Tailscale versions earlier than 1.66.0, exit nodes, subnet […]

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

Debian 12 — flamethrower — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 June 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-5141 Upstream summary: flamethrower in flamethrower 0.1.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/multicast.tar.##### temporary file. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Alpine Linux 3.19 — giflib — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.19

Alpine Linux 3.19 — giflib — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.19 / fixed in 5.2.2-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — giflib 5.2.2-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-39742 CVE-2023-48161 CVE-2021-40633 CVE-2022-28506 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vv3.19 ships giflib 5.2.2-r0 which addresses CVE-2023-39742. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Debian 12 — xerces-c — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — xerces-c — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 June 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-1885 CVE-2012-0880 CVE-2015-0252 CVE-2016-0729 CVE-2016-2099 CVE-2016-4463 CVE-2017-12627 CVE-2018-1311  +1 more Upstream summary: Stack consumption vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 2.7.0 and 2.8.0 allows context-dependent attackers to […]

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