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Ubuntu 18.04 — needrestart — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — needrestart — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 October 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7117-3 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/2091096 https://launchpad.net/bugs/2089193 CVE-2024-10224 CVE-2024-11003 CVE-2024-48990 CVE-2024-48991 CVE-2024-48992 CVE-2022-30688 Upstream summary: USN-7117-1 fixed vulnerabilities in needrestart. The update introduced a regression in needrestart. This update fixes the problem […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — axel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — axel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 2.17.8-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — axel 2.17.8-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-13614 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vv3.18 ships axel 2.17.8-r0 which addresses CVE-2020-13614. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — idm:DL1 and idm:client — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — idm:DL1 and idm:client — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-3267)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 October 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-3267 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-28102 CVE-2023-6681 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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openSUSE Leap 15.5 — slurm — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Leap 15.5

openSUSE Leap 15.5 — slurm — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Leap 15.5 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2024:0278-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-49936 CVE-2023-49937 CVE-2022-29500 CVE-2023-41914 CVE-2023-49933 CVE-2023-49935 CVE-2023-49938 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in SchedMD Slurm 22.05.x, 23.02.x, and 23.11.x. A NULL pointer dereference […]

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How to Configure Unattended Upgrades on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up SSH Keys on Ubuntu 24.04

SSH key authentication is far more secure than passwords. This guide covers generating an Ed25519 key pair and deploying it on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server with SSH running A user account on the server An SSH client on your local machine (Linux/macOS/Windows) Step 1 […]

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Debian 12 — golang-github-russellhaering-goxmldsig — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — golang-github-russellhaering-goxmldsig — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 October 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15216 CVE-2020-7711 Upstream summary: In goxmldsig (XML Digital Signatures implemented in pure Go) before version 1.1.0, with a carefully crafted XML file, an attacker can completely bypass signature […]

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Debian 12 — das-watchdog — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — das-watchdog — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 October 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-2831 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in das_watchdog 0.9.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges via a large string in the XAUTHORITY environment variable. Table […]

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Debian 12 — python-treq — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — python-treq — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 October 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2022-23607 Upstream summary: treq is an HTTP library inspired by requests but written on top of Twisted's Agents. Treq's request methods (`treq.get`, `treq.post`, etc.) and `treq.client.HTTPClient` constructor accept […]

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Debian 12 — xtrlock — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — xtrlock — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 October 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0079 CVE-2016-10894 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in xtrlock 2.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and hijack the desktop session. Table of contents […]

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Alpine Linux 3.20 — e2fsprogs — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.20

Alpine Linux 3.20 — e2fsprogs — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.20 / fixed in 1.45.5-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — e2fsprogs 1.45.5-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-5188 CVE-2019-5094 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vv3.20 ships e2fsprogs 1.45.5-r0 which addresses CVE-2019-5188. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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