Security Hardening

NetBSD 10.0 — lcms2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 10.0

NetBSD 10.0 — lcms2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 10.0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2013-7455 CVE-2018-16435 CVE-2016-10165 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged lcms2<2.6 for vulnerability class 'arbitrary-code-execution'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7455 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage […]

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Debian 13 — g810-led — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — g810-led — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 September 2025 Affected versions: Debian 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2022-46338 Upstream summary: g810-led 0.4.2, a LED configuration tool for Logitech Gx10 keyboards, contained a udev rule to make supported device nodes world-readable and writable, allowing any process on […]

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NetBSD 10.0 — glpng — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 10.0

NetBSD 10.0 — glpng — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 10.0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2010-1519 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged glpng<1.46 for vulnerability class 'remote-system-access'. Reference: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1519 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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Debian 11 — fonttools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — fonttools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 September 2025 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2025-66034 Upstream summary: fontTools is a library for manipulating fonts, written in Python. In versions from 4.33.0 to before 4.60.2, the fonttools varLib (or python3 -m fontTools.varLib) script […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 September 2025 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-7185 CVE-2012-3355 Upstream summary: GNOME Rhythmbox 0.11.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a playlist (.pls) file with a long […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — perl-Scalar-List-Utils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — perl-Scalar-List-Utils — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2026:8096 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-40909 CVE-2023-47038 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 a […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — opencolorio — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — opencolorio — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2025-15506 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged opencolorio<2.5.1 for vulnerability class 'out-of-bounds-read'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15506 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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Debian 13 — horizon-eda — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — horizon-eda — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 September 2025 Affected versions: Debian 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-21897 Upstream summary: A code execution vulnerability exists in the DL_Dxf::handleLWPolylineData functionality of Ribbonsoft dxflib 3.17.0. A specially-crafted .dxf file can lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker […]

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Alpine Linux edge — libtasn1 — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — libtasn1 — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 4.21.0-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — libtasn1 4.21.0-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-13151 CVE-2024-12133 CVE-2021-46848 CVE-2018-1000654 CVE-2018-6003 CVE-2017-10790 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships libtasn1 4.21.0-r0 which addresses CVE-2025-13151. Table of […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — libhtp — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libhtp — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 18 September 2025 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7814-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-23837 CVE-2025-53537 CVE-2024-28871 CVE-2024-45797 Upstream summary: It was discovered that LibHTP did not correctly handle certain HTTP headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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