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RHEL 9 kernel update completed but old kernel still boots

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 14 September 2024 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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Debian 12 — libvpx — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — libvpx — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 14 September 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2010-4203 CVE-2010-4489 CVE-2012-0823 CVE-2014-1578 CVE-2015-1258 CVE-2015-4485 CVE-2015-4486 CVE-2015-4506  +12 more Upstream summary: WebM libvpx (aka the VP8 Codec SDK) before 0.9.5, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, […]

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Gentoo Linux — net-libs/mbedtls — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — net-libs/mbedtls — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202409-14 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-46392 CVE-2022-46393 CVE-2023-43615 CVE-2023-45199 CVE-2024-23170 CVE-2024-23775 CVE-2020-16150 CVE-2020-36421  +12 more Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mbed TLS. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. […]

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

Debian 12 — libxcrypt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 September 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2011-2483 Upstream summary: crypt_blowfish before 1.1, as used in PHP before 5.3.7 on certain platforms, PostgreSQL before 8.4.9, and other products, does not properly handle 8-bit characters, which […]

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Debian 12 — r-cran-jsonlite — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — r-cran-jsonlite — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 September 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-16516 CVE-2022-24795 CVE-2023-33460 Upstream summary: In the yajl-ruby gem 1.3.0 for Ruby, when a crafted JSON file is supplied to Yajl::Parser.new.parse, the whole ruby process crashes with a […]

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Alpine Linux 3.20 — newsboat — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.20

Alpine Linux 3.20 — newsboat — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.20 / fixed in 2.30.1-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — newsboat 2.30.1-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-26235 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.20 ships newsboat 2.30.1-r0 which addresses CVE-2020-26235. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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

Debian 12 — vice — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 September 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0453 Upstream summary: Format string vulnerability in the monitor "memory dump" command in VICE 1.6 to 1.14 allows local users to cause a denial of service (emulator crash) […]

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Debian 12 — python-cryptography — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — python-cryptography — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 14 September 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~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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Alpine Linux 3.19 — xapian-core — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.19

Alpine Linux 3.19 — xapian-core — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.19 / fixed in 1.4.6-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — xapian-core 1.4.6-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-0499 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.19 ships xapian-core 1.4.6-r0 which addresses CVE-2018-0499. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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

Debian 12 — lrzsz — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 September 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10195 Upstream summary: lrzsz before version 0.12.21~rc can leak information to the receiving side due to an incorrect length check in the function zsdata that causes a size_t […]

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