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FreeBSD 15 — geeklog — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — geeklog — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 January 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: geeklog xss vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2006-3756 Upstream summary: Geeklog reports: MustLive pointed out a possible XSS in the form to email an article to a friend that we're fixing with […]

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FreeBSD 15 — tarsnap — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — tarsnap — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 January 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: tarsnap — buffer overflow and local DoS Upstream summary: Colin Percival reports: 1. SECURITY FIX: When constructing paths of objects being archived, a buffer could overflow by one byte upon […]

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Rocky Linux 8 — perl-Term-Table — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Rocky Linux 8

Rocky Linux 8 — perl-Term-Table — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Rocky Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Rocky Linux RXSA RLSA-2026:8096 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-40909 Upstream summary: Perl is a high-level programming language that is commonly used for system administration utilities and web programming. Security Fix(es): * perl: Perl threads have […]

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FreeBSD 15 — zh-zhcon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — zh-zhcon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 January 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: zhcon — unauthorized file access Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0072 Upstream summary: Martin Joey Schulze reports: Erik Sjöund discovered that zhcon, a fast console CJK system using the Linux framebuffer, accesses a […]

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FreeBSD 15 — apache13-ssl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — apache13-ssl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 January 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: apache — heap overflow in mod_proxy Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0492 Upstream summary: A buffer overflow exists in mod_proxy which may allow an attacker to launch local DoS attacks and possibly execute […]

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FreeBSD 15 — rubygem-kramdown — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — rubygem-kramdown — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 January 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: kramdown — template option vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14001 Upstream summary: kramdown news: CVE-2020-14001 is addressed to avoid problems when using the {::options /} extension together with the 'template' option. Table […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 January 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2945 CVE-2005-2992 CVE-2015-9275 Upstream summary: arc 5.21j and earlier create temporary files with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to read sensitive information from files created by (1) […]

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FreeBSD 15 — apache+ssl — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — apache+ssl — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 January 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Apache 1.3 — mod_proxy reverse proxy exposure Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0993 CVE-2004-0940 CVE-2005-2088 CVE-2005-3352 CVE-2006-3747 CVE-2011-3368 Upstream summary: Apache HTTP server project reports: An exposure was found when using mod_proxy in […]

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Debian 13 — ocaml-batteries — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — ocaml-batteries — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 January 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-17519 Upstream summary: batteriesConfig.mlp in OCaml Batteries Included (aka ocaml-batteries) 2.6 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote […]

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Rocky Linux 8 — perl-Pod-Parser — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Rocky Linux 8

Rocky Linux 8 — perl-Pod-Parser — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Rocky Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Rocky Linux RXSA RLSA-2026:8096 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-40909 Upstream summary: Perl is a high-level programming language that is commonly used for system administration utilities and web programming. Security Fix(es): * perl: Perl threads have […]

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