Security Hardening

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2013-2063 CVE-2016-7951 CVE-2016-7952 Upstream summary: Integer overflow in X.org libXtst 1.2.1 and earlier allows X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors […]

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

Debian 11 — hotspot — 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-2023-28144 Upstream summary: KDAB Hotspot 1.3.x and 1.4.x through 1.4.1, in a non-default configuration, allows privilege escalation because of race conditions involving symlinks and elevate_perf_privileges.sh chown calls. Table […]

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Debian 11 — jansson — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — jansson — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2013-6401 CVE-2016-4425 CVE-2020-36325 Upstream summary: Jansson, possibly 2.4 and earlier, does not restrict the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial […]

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Debian 12 — mongo-c-driver — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — mongo-c-driver — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-16790 CVE-2021-32050 CVE-2023-0437 CVE-2024-6381 CVE-2024-6383 CVE-2025-0755 CVE-2025-12119 CVE-2025-14911  +4 more Upstream summary: _bson_iter_next_internal in bson-iter.c in libbson 1.12.0, as used in MongoDB mongo-c-driver and other products, has a […]

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Debian 13 — olm — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — olm — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-34813 CVE-2021-44538 CVE-2024-45191 CVE-2024-45192 CVE-2024-45193 Upstream summary: Matrix libolm before 3.2.3 allows a malicious Matrix homeserver to crash a client (while it is attempting to retrieve an Olm […]

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Debian 12 — ruby-minitar — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — ruby-minitar — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10173 Upstream summary: Directory traversal vulnerability in the minitar before 0.6 and archive-tar-minitar 0.5.2 gems for Ruby allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. […]

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Debian 13 — prosody-modules — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — prosody-modules — 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-2020-8086 Upstream summary: The mod_auth_ldap and mod_auth_ldap2 Community Modules through 2020-01-27 for Prosody incompletely verify the XMPP address passed to the is_admin() function. This grants remote entities admin-only functionality […]

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Debian 13 — pkcs11-provider — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — pkcs11-provider — 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-2023-6258 Upstream summary: A security vulnerability has been identified in the pkcs11-provider, which is associated with Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS#11). If exploited successfully, this vulnerability could result in a […]

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

Debian 11 — tuxonice-userui — 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-2010-1205 CVE-2010-2249 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in pngpread.c in libpng before 1.2.44 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, as used in progressive applications, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary […]

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