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

Debian 12 — purity — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 July 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2002-1124 Upstream summary: Multiple buffer overflows in purity 1-16 allow local users to gain privileges and modify high scores tables. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — postgresql13-server — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — postgresql13-server — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2020-25696 CVE-2020-25694 CVE-2020-25695 CVE-2021-3677 CVE-2021-23214 CVE-2021-3393 CVE-2021-20229 CVE-2021-32028  +1 more Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged postgresql13-server<13.1 for vulnerability class 'arbitrary-code-execution'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25696 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Debian 12 — python-hpack — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — python-hpack — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 July 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6581 Upstream summary: A HTTP/2 implementation built using any version of the Python HPACK library between v1.0.0 and v2.2.0 could be targeted for a denial of service attack, […]

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

NetBSD 9.4 — ming — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2018-6359 CVE-2018-8806 CVE-2018-8807 CVE-2018-8961 CVE-2018-8962 CVE-2018-8963 CVE-2018-8964 CVE-2018-9009  +12 more Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged ming-[0-9]* for vulnerability class 'use-after-free'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6359 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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

NetBSD 9.4 — jitterbug — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 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 jitterbug<1.6.2nb1 for vulnerability class 'privilege-escalation'. Reference: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0028 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — configobj — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — configobj — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 26 July 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7040-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-26112 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ConfigObj contains regex that is susceptible to catastrophic backtracking. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a regular […]

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SLES 15 — ruby2.5-rubygem-activesupport — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — ruby2.5-rubygem-activesupport — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 26 July 2023 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2023:0275-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-22796 Upstream summary: A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Active Support <6.1.7.1 and <7.0.4.1. A specially crafted string passed to the underscore method can […]

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openSUSE Leap 15.5 — cpio — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Leap 15.5

openSUSE Leap 15.5 — cpio — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Leap 15.5 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2024:364-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-7207 Upstream summary: Debian's cpio contains a path traversal vulnerability. This issue was introduced by reverting CVE-2015-1197 patches which had caused a regression in […]

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SLES 12 — mdds — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — mdds — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 26 July 2023 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2023:4496-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-1183 Upstream summary: A flaw was found in the Libreoffice package. An attacker can craft an odb containing a "database/script" file with a SCRIPT command […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — faac — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — faac — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 1.30-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — faac 1.30-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-19886 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships faac 1.30-r0 which addresses CVE-2018-19886. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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