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Debian 11 — puppet — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 2 September 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3564 CVE-2010-0156 CVE-2011-0528 CVE-2011-3848 CVE-2011-3869 CVE-2011-3870 CVE-2011-3871 CVE-2011-3872 +12 more Upstream summary: puppetmasterd in puppet 0.24.6 does not reset supplementary groups when it switches to a different user, […]
AlmaLinux 8 — gcc-toolset-10-dyninst — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read • Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2021:1807 Upstream summary: GCC Toolset is a compiler toolset that provides recent versions of development tools. GCC Toolset is an Application Stream packaged as a Software Collection. For instructions on usage, see […]
Como instalar a pilha Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) no Ubuntu 16.04
A pilha “LAMP” é um grupo de softwares open source que é tipicamente instalado em conjunto para permitir a um servidor hospedar websites dinâmicos e aplicações web. Este termo é atualmente um acrônimo que representa o sistema operacional Linux, com o servidor web…
Ubuntu 20.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 2 September 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4404-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-5963 CVE-2020-5967 CVE-2020-5973 Upstream summary: Thomas E. Carroll discovered that the NVIDIA Cuda grpahics driver did not properly perform access control when performing IPC. An attacker could […]
How to Use Percona XtraBackup for MySQL Hot Backups on RHEL 7
How to Use Percona XtraBackup for MySQL Hot Backups on RHEL 7 Taking reliable backups of a live MySQL or MariaDB database without interrupting application traffic is a fundamental requirement for any production system. mysqldump works for small databases but locks tables and can run for hours on large datasets. Percona XtraBackup solves this problem […]
FreeBSD 13 — weechat-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 1 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: weechat — Arbitrary shell command execution via scripts Related CVEs: CVE-2012-5854 Upstream summary: Sebastien Helleu reports: Untrusted command for function hook_process could lead to execution of commands, because of shell […]
FreeBSD 13 — chasen — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 1 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ChaSen — buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2011-4000 Upstream summary: JVN iPedia reports: ChaSen provided by Nara Institute of Science and Technology is a software for morphologically analyzing Japanese. ChaSen contains […]
AlmaLinux 8 — mod_auth_gssapi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read • Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2021:1763 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]
FreeBSD 13 — linux-f10-libaudiofile — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🟢 Low ⏱ 5–15 min Last verified: 1 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read • Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libaudiofile — heap-based overflow in Microsoft ADPCM compression module Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0159 Upstream summary: Debian reports: Heap-based buffer overflow in msadpcm.c in libaudiofile in audiofile 0.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to […]
