Security Hardening

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

Debian 13 — mtools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 January 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-2303 Upstream summary: MTools Mformat before 3.9.9, when installed setuid root, creates files with world-readable and world-writable permissions, which allows local users to read and overwrite files. Table […]

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SLES 16 — cscope — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 16

SLES 16 — cscope — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 January 2026 Affected versions: SLES 16 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2004-2541 CVE-2006-4262 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in Cscope 15.5, and possibly multiple overflows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a C file with […]

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SLES 16 — libzypp-plugin-appdata — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 16

SLES 16 — libzypp-plugin-appdata — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 January 2026 Affected versions: SLES 16 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2023:0095-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-22643 Upstream summary: An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in libzypp-plugin-appdata of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — cockpit-podman — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — cockpit-podman — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2026:4672 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-61726 CVE-2025-61728 CVE-2025-68121 CVE-2024-24785 CVE-2025-61729 CVE-2025-65637 CVE-2025-47913 CVE-2025-52881  +12 more Upstream summary: The container-tools module contains tools for working with containers, notably podman, buildah, skopeo, and runc. Security Fix(es): […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — edk2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — edk2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2025-28047)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 4 January 2026 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2025-28047 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-36331 CVE-2024-38797 CVE-2024-38805 CVE-2025-3770 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches […]

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SLES 16 — velociraptor — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 16

SLES 16 — velociraptor — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 4 January 2026 Affected versions: SLES 16 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2025:14663-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-45133 CVE-2023-0242 CVE-2023-1732 CVE-2023-45683 CVE-2023-46234 CVE-2023-5950 CVE-2024-23331 CVE-2024-37298  +12 more Upstream summary: Babel is a compiler for writingJavaScript. In `@babel/traverse` prior to versions 7.23.2 and 8.0.0-alpha.4 and all versions […]

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FreeBSD 15 — ppsspp-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — ppsspp-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 January 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libzip — integer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2015-2331 Upstream summary: libzip developers report: Avoid integer overflow. Fixed similarly to patch used in PHP copy of libzip. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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AlmaLinux 9 — python-setuptools — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 9

AlmaLinux 9 — python-setuptools — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2024:5534 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-6345 CVE-2025-47273 CVE-2022-40897 Upstream summary: The python-setuptools package provides a collection of enhancements to Python distribution utilities allowing convenient building and distribution of Python packages. Security Fix(es): * pypa/setuptools: […]

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FreeBSD 15 — mariadb102-client — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — mariadb102-client — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 January 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: MariaDB — Vulnerability in C API Related CVEs: CVE-2017-15365 CVE-2020-2574 Upstream summary: MariaDB reports: Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL […]

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FreeBSD 14 — py312-dj52-social-auth-app-django — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — py312-dj52-social-auth-app-django — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 January 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-social-auth-app-django — Unsafe account association Related CVEs: CVE-2025-61783 Upstream summary: Michal Čihař reports: Upon authentication, the user could be associated by e-mail even if the associate_by_email pipeline was not included. […]

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