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Debian 12 — gcc-11 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — gcc-11 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 August 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4039 Upstream summary: **DISPUTED**A failure in the -fstack-protector feature in GCC-based toolchains that target AArch64 allows an attacker to exploit an existing buffer overflow in dynamically-sized local variables […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — zziplib — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — zziplib — multiple vulnerabilities (20 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-2007-1614 CVE-2018-7727 CVE-2018-16548 CVE-2018-17828 CVE-2017-5974 CVE-2017-5975 CVE-2017-5976 CVE-2017-5977  +12 more Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged zziplib<0.10.82nb3 for vulnerability class 'buffer-overflow'. Reference: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1614 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Debian 12 — haproxy — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — haproxy — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 August 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2012-2942 CVE-2013-1912 CVE-2013-2175 CVE-2014-6269 CVE-2015-3281 CVE-2016-5360 CVE-2018-10184 CVE-2018-11469  +12 more Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in the trash buffer in the header capture functionality in HAProxy before 1.4.21, when […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — t1utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — t1utils — vulnerability — 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 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged t1utils<1.39 for vulnerability class 'buffer-overflow'. Reference: https://github.com/kohler/t1utils/issues/4 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary […]

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Debian 12 — icu — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — icu — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 August 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2007-4770 CVE-2007-4771 CVE-2008-1036 CVE-2009-0153 CVE-2011-4599 CVE-2013-0900 CVE-2013-1569 CVE-2013-2383  +12 more Upstream summary: libicu in International Components for Unicode (ICU) 3.8.1 and earlier attempts to process backreferences to the […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — python-templated-dictionary — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — python-templated-dictionary — vulnerability — 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 ALAS2MOCK2-2025-001 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-6395 Upstream summary: The Mock software contains a vulnerability wherein an attacker could potentially exploit privilege escalation, enabling the execution of arbitrary code with root user privileges. […]

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Debian 12 — yubico-pam — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — yubico-pam — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 August 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2011-4120 CVE-2018-9275 Upstream summary: Yubico PAM Module before 2.10 performed user authentication when 'use_first_pass' PAM configuration option was not used and the module was configured as 'sufficient' in […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — konversation — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — konversation — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-2007-4400 CVE-2017-15923 CVE-2009-5050 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged konversation<1.0.1nb8 for vulnerability class 'arbitrary-command-execution'. Reference: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4400 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — iperf3 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — iperf3 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 1 August 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6431-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-38403 https://launchpad.net/bugs/2038654 CVE-2016-4303 Upstream summary: It was discovered that iperf3 did not properly manage certain inputs, which could lead to a crash. A remote attacker could possibly […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — opensuse-welcome — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — opensuse-welcome — 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-2023:0219-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-32184 Upstream summary: A Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in openSUSE opensuse-welcome allows local attackers to execute code as the user that runs opensuse-welcome […]

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