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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 April 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7370-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-24198 CVE-2024-24199 CVE-2024-42643 Upstream summary: It was discovered that SmartDNS did not correctly align certain objects in memory, leading to undefined behaviour. An attacker could possibly use […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — build — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — build — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2024:14543-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2024-22038 CVE-2010-4226 CVE-2017-14804 Upstream summary: Various problems in obs-scm-bridge allows attackers that create specially crafted git repositories to leak information of cause denial of service. […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — gstreamer1.0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — gstreamer1.0 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 April 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7174-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-47606 Upstream summary: Antonio Morales discovered that GStreamer incorrectly handled allocating memory for certain buffers. An attacker could use this issue to cause GStreamer to crash, resulting […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — accountsservice — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — accountsservice — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 April 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6687-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2012-6655 CVE-2023-3297 CVE-2021-3939 CVE-2018-14036 CVE-2020-16126 CVE-2020-16127 Upstream summary: It was discovered that AccountsService called a helper incorrectly when performing password change operations. A local attacker could possibly […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — cross-gcc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — cross-gcc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-28765)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 April 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-28765 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4039 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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Oracle Linux 9 — iptraf-ng — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — iptraf-ng — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2025-7064)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 April 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2025-7064 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-52949 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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SLES 12 — kgraft-patch — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — kgraft-patch — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 April 2024 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-50756 CVE-2023-6546 CVE-2022-0886 CVE-2021-3573 CVE-2015-1421 CVE-2015-4700 CVE-2015-8019 CVE-2017-17053  +2 more Upstream summary: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-pci: fix mempool […]

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SLES 12 — postgresql-jdbc — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — postgresql-jdbc — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 12 April 2024 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2024:0769-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2024-1597 CVE-2022-31197 CVE-2022-41946 CVE-2020-13692 Upstream summary: pgjdbc, the PostgreSQL JDBC Driver, allows attacker to inject SQL if using PreferQueryMode=SIMPLE. Note this is not the default. […]

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SLES 15 — ucode-amd — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — ucode-amd — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 12 April 2024 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2020:3330-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-12321 CVE-2023-31315 CVE-2021-26345 CVE-2021-46766 CVE-2021-46774 CVE-2022-23820 CVE-2022-23830 CVE-2023-20519  +12 more Upstream summary: Improper buffer restriction in some Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R) products before version 21.110 may […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 April 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2005-4048 CVE-2007-0017 CVE-2007-0256 CVE-2007-3316 CVE-2007-3467 CVE-2007-3468 CVE-2007-6681 CVE-2007-6682  +12 more Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in the avcodec_default_get_buffer function (utils.c) in FFmpeg libavcodec 0.4.9-pre1 and earlier, as used […]

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