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Ubuntu 22.04 — giflib — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — giflib — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 1 June 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6824-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-40633 CVE-2022-28506 CVE-2023-39742 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of […]

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Alpine Linux 3.19 — pidgin — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.19

Alpine Linux 3.19 — pidgin — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.19 / fixed in 2.14.9-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — pidgin 2.14.9-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-26491 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.19 ships pidgin 2.14.9-r0 which addresses CVE-2022-26491. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Ubuntu 24.04 — opennds — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 24.04 — opennds — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 June 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 24.04 (noble) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7312-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-25763 Upstream summary: It was discovered that openNDS did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — linux-nvidia-6.2 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — linux-nvidia-6.2 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 June 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6608-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-6606 CVE-2023-6817 CVE-2023-6931 CVE-2023-6932 CVE-2024-0193 CVE-2023-37453 CVE-2023-3773 CVE-2023-39189  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that the CIFS network file system implementation in the Linux kernel did […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — bind — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-5524)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 June 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-5524 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-1975 CVE-2024-1737 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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Ubuntu 16.04 — linux-aws — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — linux-aws — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 June 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8274-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-49033 CVE-2024-27388 CVE-2024-49938 CVE-2024-50008 CVE-2024-50142 CVE-2021-47142 CVE-2021-47145 CVE-2021-47254  +12 more Upstream summary: Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these […]

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openSUSE Leap 15.5 — python3-GitPython — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Leap 15.5

openSUSE Leap 15.5 — python3-GitPython — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Leap 15.5 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2023:0259-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-41040 Upstream summary: GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. In order to resolve some git references, GitPython reads files […]

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

Debian 12 — zchunk — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 May 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2023-46228 Upstream summary: zchunk before 1.3.2 has multiple integer overflows via malformed zchunk files to lib/comp/comp.c, lib/comp/zstd/zstd.c, lib/dl/multipart.c, or lib/header.c. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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AlmaLinux 9 — wpa_supplicant — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 9

AlmaLinux 9 — wpa_supplicant — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2024:2517 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-52160 Upstream summary: The wpa_supplicant packages contain an 802.1X Supplicant with support for WEP, WPA, WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN), and various EAP authentication methods. They implement key negotiation […]

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

Debian 11 — python-certifi — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 May 2024 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2022-23491 CVE-2023-37920 CVE-2024-39689 Upstream summary: Certifi is a curated collection of Root Certificates for validating the trustworthiness of SSL certificates while verifying the identity of TLS hosts. Certifi […]

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