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Ubuntu 14.04 — libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 July 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6781-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-7101 Upstream summary: Le Dinh Hai discovered that Spreadsheet::ParseExcel was passing unvalidated input from a file into a string-type "eval". An attacker could craft a malicious file […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — conmon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — conmon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-12190)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 July 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-12190 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-39326 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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openSUSE Leap 15.5 — dcmtk — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Leap 15.5

openSUSE Leap 15.5 — dcmtk — vulnerability — 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 openSUSE-SU-2024:0113-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2024-28130 Upstream summary: An incorrect type conversion vulnerability exists in the DVPSSoftcopyVOI_PList::createFromImage functionality of OFFIS DCMTK 3.6.8. A specially crafted malformed file can lead […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — edk2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — edk2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-12842)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 July 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-12842 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-45236 CVE-2024-25742 CVE-2023-45237 CVE-2024-1298 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — procps-ng — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — procps-ng — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-7187)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 July 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-7187 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4016 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — advancecomp — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — advancecomp — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 2.4-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — advancecomp 2.4-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-35014 CVE-2022-35015 CVE-2022-35016 CVE-2022-35017 CVE-2022-35018 CVE-2022-35019 CVE-2022-35020 CVE-2019-9210 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships advancecomp 2.4-r0 which addresses CVE-2022-35014. […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — docker-stable — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — docker-stable — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2025:0226-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2024-23650 CVE-2024-2365 Upstream summary: BuildKit is a toolkit for converting source code to build artifacts in an efficient, expressive and repeatable manner. A malicious BuildKit […]

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

Debian 12 — libgclib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 4 July 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-42006 Upstream summary: An out-of-bounds access in GffLine::GffLine in gff.cpp in GCLib 0.12.7 allows an attacker to cause a segmentation fault or possibly have unspecified other impact via […]

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Debian 12 — smplayer — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — smplayer — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 4 July 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2891 CVE-2017-2892 CVE-2017-2893 CVE-2017-2894 CVE-2017-2895 CVE-2017-2909 CVE-2017-2921 CVE-2017-2922  +3 more Upstream summary: An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the HTTP server implementation of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8. An ordinary […]

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