Security Hardening

openSUSE Leap 15.6 — python3-pdfminer.six — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Leap 15.6

openSUSE Leap 15.6 — python3-pdfminer.six — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Leap 15.6 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2025-64512 Upstream summary: Pdfminer.six is a community maintained fork of the original PDFMiner, a tool for extracting information from PDF documents. Prior to version […]

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Debian 13 — weechat-scripts — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — weechat-scripts — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 January 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2007-4398 Upstream summary: Multiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in the (1) now-playing.rb and (2) xmms.pl 1.1 scripts for WeeChat allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary IRC commands via […]

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Debian 13 — xawtv — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — xawtv — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 January 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-13696 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in LinuxTV xawtv before 3.107. The function dev_open() in v4l-conf.c does not perform sufficient checks to prevent an unprivileged caller of the […]

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Windows Server 2016 — KB5051989 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016 — KB5051989 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Microsoft KB5051989 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2025-21376 CVE-2025-26634 CVE-2025-21351 CVE-2025-21352 CVE-2025-21368 CVE-2025-21369 CVE-2025-21375 CVE-2025-21391  +12 more Affected components: Windows Server 2016 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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Debian 13 — libvdpau — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — libvdpau — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 January 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5198 CVE-2015-5199 CVE-2015-5200 Upstream summary: libvdpau before 1.1.1, when used in a setuid or setgid application, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to the […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — python-cryptography — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — python-cryptography — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 January 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8087-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2144373 CVE-2026-26007 CVE-2023-50782 CVE-2024-26130 CVE-2023-23931 CVE-2023-49083 Upstream summary: USN-8087-1 fixed a vulnerability in python-cryptography. The update caused a regression when using ECC algorithms with certain software. This […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — libowasp-esapi-java — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — libowasp-esapi-java — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 January 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8181-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-23457 CVE-2022-24891 CVE-2025-5878 Upstream summary: Jaroslav Lobačevski discovered that ESAPI incorrectly validated directory paths during path verification. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass directory […]

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SLES 15 — libgif7 — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libgif7 — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 22 January 2026 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory RHSA-2024:8117 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-48161 CVE-2018-11490 CVE-2026-23868 CVE-2025-31344 CVE-2019-15133 CVE-2022-28506 CVE-2015-7555 CVE-2016-3977  +1 more Upstream summary: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in GifLib Project GifLib v.5.2.1 allows a local attacker to […]

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Windows Server 2016 — KB5066877 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016 — KB5066877 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Microsoft KB5066877 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2016-9535 CVE-2025-24990 CVE-2025-24052 CVE-2025-55335 CVE-2025-55700 CVE-2025-55701 CVE-2025-58717 CVE-2025-58735  +12 more Affected components: Windows Server 2016 Microsoft summary: tif_predict.h and tif_predict.c in libtiff 4.0.6 have assertions […]

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SLES 16 — libxerces-c — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 16

SLES 16 — libxerces-c — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 22 January 2026 Affected versions: SLES 16 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2018:3277-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12627 CVE-2018-1311 CVE-2009-1885 CVE-2016-0729 CVE-2016-2099 CVE-2016-4463 Upstream summary: In Apache Xerces-C XML Parser library before 3.2.1, processing of external DTD paths can result in a […]

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