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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 November 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: base — PHP SQL injection vulnerability Upstream summary: A Secunia Advisory reports: Remco Verhoef has discovered a vulnerability in Basic Analysis and Security Engine (BASE), which can be exploited by […]

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Debian 11 — libmcrypt — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libmcrypt — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0031 CVE-2003-0032 Upstream summary: Multiple buffer overflows in libmcrypt before 2.5.5 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (crash). Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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Debian 11 — wesnoth-1.14 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — wesnoth-1.14 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1999023 Upstream summary: The Battle for Wesnoth Project version 1.7.0 through 1.14.3 contains a Code Injection vulnerability in the Lua scripting engine that can result in code execution […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — qt5-qtsensors — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — qt5-qtsensors — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2021:4172 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3481 Upstream summary: Qt is a software toolkit for developing applications. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: adwaita-qt (1.2.1), python-qt5 (5.15.0), qgnomeplatform (0.7.1), qt5 […]

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Debian 11 — pcmanfm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — pcmanfm — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-8934 Upstream summary: PCManFM 1.2.5 insecurely uses /tmp for a socket file, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service (application unavailability). Table of contents Symptom […]

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Debian 11 — flite — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — flite — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 November 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0027 Upstream summary: The play_wave_from_socket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav. NOTE: some of these […]

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IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2021-38891 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.1

IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2021-38891 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 29 November 2021 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2021-38891, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2021-38891 NVD summary: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services 1.0 and 6.0 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — patch — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — patch — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2022:1338-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13636 CVE-2010-4651 CVE-2015-1196 CVE-2016-10713 CVE-2021-45261 CVE-2019-20633 CVE-2018-6952 CVE-2018-6951 Upstream summary: In GNU patch through 2.7.6, the following of symlinks is mishandled in certain cases other […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — python-gssapi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — python-gssapi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2019:3406 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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