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

AlmaLinux 8 — libslirp — 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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How to Set Up Basic Authentication in Nginx on Debian 13 — step-by-step Debian 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Basic Authentication in Nginx on Debian 13

Introduction Deploying set up basic authentication in nginx on a Debian 13 Trixie machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. Prerequisites You will need […]

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NetBSD 10.0 — element-web — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 10.0

NetBSD 10.0 — element-web — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 10.0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2024-47771 CVE-2025-59161 CVE-2024-51749 CVE-2024-47779 CVE-2024-51750 CVE-2025-32026 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged element-web<1.11.81 for vulnerability class 'expose-access-tokens'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47771 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2025-23227 — xss — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2025-23227 — xss — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 4 November 2025 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2025-23227, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2025-23227 NVD summary: IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 7.3.0.0 through 7.3.0.11 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows authenticated users to embed arbitrary JavaScript […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py314-spotipy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py314-spotipy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 November 2025 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: spotipy — CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Related CVEs: CVE-2025-66040 Upstream summary: https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/security/advisories/GHSA-r77h-rpp9-w2xm reports: Spotipy is a Python library for the Spotify Web API. […]

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Debian 13 — iniparser — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — iniparser — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 November 2025 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2023-33461 CVE-2025-0633 Upstream summary: iniparser v4.1 is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in function iniparser_getlongint which misses check NULL for function iniparser_getstring's return. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Debian 13 — rust-ring — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — rust-ring — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 November 2025 Affected versions: Debian 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2025-4432 Upstream summary: A flaw was found in Rust's Ring package. A panic may be triggered when overflow checking is enabled. In the QUIC protocol, this flaw allows an […]

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Debian 13 — miniupnpc — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — miniupnpc — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 November 2025 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3985 CVE-2015-6031 CVE-2017-1000494 CVE-2017-8798 Upstream summary: The getHTTPResponse function in miniwget.c in MiniUPnP 1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted headers that […]

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Debian 13 — libcgi-simple-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — libcgi-simple-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 4 November 2025 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2010-2761 CVE-2010-4410 CVE-2010-4411 CVE-2025-40927 Upstream summary: The multipart_init function in (1) CGI.pm before 3.50 and (2) Simple.pm in CGI::Simple 1.112 and earlier uses a hardcoded value of the […]

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Amazon Linux 2023 — cuda-nvprune-12-9 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2023 — cuda-nvprune-12-9 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2023 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2023NVIDIA-2025-217 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-23272 CVE-2025-23247 Upstream summary: NVIDIA nvJPEG library contains a vulnerability where an attacker can cause an out-of-bounds read by means of a specially crafted JPEG file. A […]

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