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Gentoo Linux — www-apps/mediawiki — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — www-apps/mediawiki — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202305-24 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-41798 CVE-2021-41799 CVE-2021-41800 CVE-2021-44854 CVE-2021-44855 CVE-2021-44856 CVE-2021-44857 CVE-2021-44858  +12 more Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MediaWiki. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table […]

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FreeBSD 13 — WebCalendar — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — WebCalendar — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: WebCalendar — Persistent XSS Related CVEs: CAN-2005-2320 CVE-2005-2717 CVE-2006-2762 CVE-2007-1343 CVE-2012-0846 Upstream summary: tom reports, There is no sanitation on the input of the location variable allowing for persistent XSS. […]

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FreeBSD 13 — libproxy-gnome — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — libproxy-gnome — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libproxy — stack-based buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2012-4504 Upstream summary: Tomas Hoger reports: A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the libproxy's url::get_pac() used to download proxy.pac proxy auto-configuration file. […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.181-142.260 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.181-142.260 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2020-025 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-10766 CVE-2020-10767 CVE-2020-10768 CVE-2020-12655 CVE-2020-14386 Upstream summary: An issue has been reported in the Linux kernel's handling of raw sockets. This issue can be used locally to […]

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FreeBSD 13 — php56-odbc — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — php56-odbc — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 29 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8879 CVE-2016-5385 CVE-2016-5399 CVE-2016-6288 CVE-2016-6289 CVE-2016-6290 CVE-2016-6291 CVE-2016-6292  +4 more Upstream summary: PHP reports: Fixed bug #69975 (PHP segfaults when accessing nvarchar(max) defined columns) […]

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How to Use Makefile for Build Automation on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Makefile for Build Automation on FreeBSD 13

Introduction How to Use Makefile for Build Automation on FreeBSD 13 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 13 server operator. FreeBSD 13 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for […]

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Arch Linux — gupnp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — gupnp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202105-26 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33516 Upstream summary: Type: information disclosure. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.2.4-1. Fixed in: 1.2.6-1. Group: AVG-1985. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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FreeBSD 13 — librsvg — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — librsvg — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 June 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: librsvg2 — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-7557 CVE-2015-7558 CVE-2019-20446 Upstream summary: Librsvg2 developers reports: Backport the following fixes from 2.46.x: Librsvg now has limits on the number of loaded XML […]

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SLES 12 — suse-hpc — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — suse-hpc — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 29 June 2021 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:1903-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-17233 CVE-2018-17234 CVE-2018-17237 CVE-2020-10809 CVE-2017-17509 CVE-2018-13869 CVE-2018-13870 CVE-2018-17432  +12 more Upstream summary: A SIGFPE signal is raised in the function H5D__create_chunk_file_map_hyper() of H5Dchunk.c in the […]

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