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openSUSE Tumbleweed — qt3 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — qt3 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 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-SU-2014:0265-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-4549 CVE-2015-1860 CVE-2015-0295 Upstream summary: QXmlSimpleReader in Qt before 5.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an XML Entity […]

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FreeBSD 12 — fwbuilder — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — fwbuilder — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: fwbuilder — security issue in temporary file handling Related CVEs: CVE-2009-4664 Upstream summary: Firewall Builder release notes reports: Vadim Kurland ([email protected]) reports: Fwbuilder and libfwbuilder 3.0.4 through to 3.0.6 generate […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libgtop — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libgtop — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2007-0235 Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in the glibtop_get_proc_map_s function in libgtop before 2.14.6 (libgtop2) allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — highlight.js — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — highlight.js — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 May 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8276-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-26237 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Highlight.js used plain JavaScript objects for internal language name lookups, making them susceptible to prototype pollution attacks. An attacker could […]

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How to Create Python Virtual Environments on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Create Python Virtual Environments on Debian 10

Introduction How to Create Python Virtual Environments on Debian 10 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 10 Buster server. Debian 10 Buster ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian 10. […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — jbig2dec — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — jbig2dec — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 May 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5405-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9216 CVE-2020-12268 CVE-2016-9601 CVE-2017-7885 CVE-2017-7975 CVE-2017-7976 Upstream summary: It was discovered that jbig2dec incorrectly handled memory when parsing invalid files. An attacker could use this issue to […]

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SLES 12 — aspell — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — aspell — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 30 May 2020 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2021:14783-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-25051 CVE-2019-17544 Upstream summary: objstack in GNU Aspell 0.60.8 has a heap-based buffer overflow in acommon::ObjStack::dup_top (called from acommon::StringMap::add and acommon::Config::lookup_list). Table of contents Symptom […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — dool — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — dool — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3894 Upstream summary: Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in dstat before 0.7.0 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Python module in (1) the current working […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mozilla+ipv — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mozilla+ipv — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 30 May 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: firefox & mozilla — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0762 CVE-2004-0765 CVE-2004-0904 CVE-2004-0905 CVE-2004-0908 CVE-2004-0909 CVE-2004-1156 CVE-2004-1157  +12 more Upstream summary: A Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory reports of multiple issues: Heap […]

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Arch Linux — gst-plugins-base-libs — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — gst-plugins-base-libs — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201702-4 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5844 CVE-2017-5842 CVE-2017-5839 CVE-2017-5837 Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.10.2-1. Fixed in: 1.10.3-1. Group: AVG-164. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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