Security Hardening

Debian 12 — audacity — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — audacity — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2007-6061 CVE-2009-0490 CVE-2009-3560 CVE-2009-3720 CVE-2016-2540 CVE-2016-2541 CVE-2020-11867 Upstream summary: Audacity 1.3.2 creates a temporary directory with a predictable name without checking for previous existence of that directory, which […]

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Debian 13 — jaraco.context — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — jaraco.context — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2026-23949 Upstream summary: jaraco.context, an open-source software package that provides some useful decorators and context managers, has a Zip Slip path traversal vulnerability in the `jaraco.context.tarball()` function starting in […]

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Debian 13 — python-cryptography — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — python-cryptography — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-9243 CVE-2018-10903 CVE-2020-25659 CVE-2020-36242 CVE-2023-23931 CVE-2023-49083 CVE-2023-50782 CVE-2024-26130  +2 more Upstream summary: HKDF in cryptography before 1.5.2 returns an empty byte-string if used with a length less than […]

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Debian 11 — cpio — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — cpio — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-1999-1572 CVE-2005-1111 CVE-2005-1229 CVE-2005-4268 CVE-2007-4476 CVE-2010-0624 CVE-2014-9112 CVE-2015-1197  +4 more Upstream summary: cpio on FreeBSD 2.1.0, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, and possibly other operating systems, uses a 0 umask […]

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

Debian 13 — asciidoctor — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18385 Upstream summary: Asciidoctor in versions < 1.5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop). The loop was caused by the fact that Parser.next_block was […]

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

Debian 13 — kmail — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11880 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in KDE KMail before 19.12.3. By using the proprietary (non-RFC6068) "mailto?attach=…" parameter, a website (or other source of mailto links) can make […]

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

Debian 11 — libuvc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2026-1991 Upstream summary: A vulnerability was detected in libuvc up to 0.0.7. Affected is the function uvc_scan_streaming of the file src/device.c of the component UVC Descriptor Handler. The […]

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Debian 11 — logwatch — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — logwatch — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2005-1061 CVE-2011-1018 Upstream summary: The secure script in LogWatch before 2.6-2 allows attackers to prevent LogWatch from detecting malicious activity via certain strings in the secure file that […]

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

Debian 11 — nut — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2012-2944 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in the addchar function in common/parseconf.c in upsd in Network UPS Tools (NUT) before 2.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or […]

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Debian 13 — ldap-git-backup — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — ldap-git-backup — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1425 Upstream summary: ldap-git-backup before 1.0.4 exposes password hashes due to incorrect directory permissions. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage […]

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