Security Hardening

Debian 13 — mate-screensaver — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — mate-screensaver — 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-2018-20681 Upstream summary: mate-screensaver before 1.20.2 in MATE Desktop Environment allows physically proximate attackers to view screen content and possibly control applications. By unplugging and re-plugging or power-cycling external […]

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

Debian 13 — mtink — 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-2004-1110 Upstream summary: The mtink status monitor before 1.0.5 for Epson printers allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the epson temporary file. […]

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

Debian 11 — bomberclone — 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-2006-0460 CVE-2006-4005 CVE-2006-4006 Upstream summary: Multiple buffer overflows in BomberClone before 0.11.6.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long error messages. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Debian 12 — prometheus-alertmanager — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — prometheus-alertmanager — 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-2023-40577 Upstream summary: Alertmanager handles alerts sent by client applications such as the Prometheus server. An attacker with the permission to perform POST requests on the /api/v1/alerts endpoint […]

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

Debian 13 — minissdpd — 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-2016-3178 CVE-2016-3179 CVE-2019-12106 Upstream summary: The processRequest function in minissdpd.c in MiniSSDPd 1.2.20130907-3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and daemon crash) […]

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Debian 12 — crmsh — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — crmsh — 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-2020-35459 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in ClusterLabs crmsh through 4.2.1. Local attackers able to call "crm history" (when "crm" is run) were able to execute commands […]

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Debian 12 — dibbler — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — dibbler — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-2007-5028 CVE-2007-5029 CVE-2007-5030 CVE-2007-5031 Upstream summary: Dibbler 0.6.0 on Linux uses weak world-writable permissions for unspecified files in /var/lib/dibbler, which has unknown impact and local attack vectors. Table […]

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Debian 11 — collectd — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — collectd — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-2009-3736 CVE-2010-4336 CVE-2016-6254 CVE-2017-16820 CVE-2017-7401 Upstream summary: ltdl.c in libltdl in GNU Libtool 1.5.x, and 2.2.6 before 2.2.6b, as used in Ham Radio Control Libraries, Q, and possibly […]

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Debian 12 — ngircd — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — ngircd — multiple vulnerabilities (4 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-2007-6062 CVE-2008-0285 CVE-2009-4652 CVE-2020-14148 Upstream summary: irc-channel.c in ngIRCd before 0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a JOIN command without a channel […]

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