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Ubuntu 16.04 — procps — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — procps — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 January 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6477-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4016 CVE-2018-1122 CVE-2018-1123 CVE-2018-1124 CVE-2018-1125 CVE-2018-1126 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the procps-ng ps tool incorrectly handled memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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CentOS Stream 9 — libX11 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on CentOS Stream 9

CentOS Stream 9 — libX11 — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 January 2024 Affected versions: CentOS Stream 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux/RHEL advisory ALSA-2024:2145 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-43785 CVE-2023-43786 CVE-2023-43787 CVE-2023-3138 Upstream summary: The libX11 packages contain the core X11 protocol client library. Security Fix(es): * libX11: out-of-bounds memory access in _XkbReadKeySyms() (CVE-2023-43785) * libX11: […]

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SLES 15 — kernel-coco — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — kernel-coco — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 January 2024 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory RHSA-2025:6966 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2024-46711 Upstream summary: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: pm: fix ID 0 endp usage after multiple re-creations 'local_addr_used' and […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 2.4.11.0-r1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — openimageio 2.4.11.0-r1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-36183 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships openimageio 2.4.11.0-r1 which addresses CVE-2023-36183. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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

Oracle Linux 9 — LibRaw — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-2137)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 January 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-2137 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-1729 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 8 — thunderbird — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — thunderbird — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-7500)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 30 January 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-7500 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-6206 CVE-2023-6208 CVE-2023-6207 CVE-2023-6205 CVE-2023-6212 CVE-2023-6204 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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CentOS Stream 9 — shim — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on CentOS Stream 9

CentOS Stream 9 — shim — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 30 January 2024 Affected versions: CentOS Stream 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux/RHEL advisory ALSA-2024:1903 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-40546 CVE-2023-40547 CVE-2023-40548 CVE-2023-40549 CVE-2023-40550 CVE-2023-40551 CVE-2021-3695 CVE-2021-3696  +6 more Upstream summary: The shim package contains a first-stage UEFI boot loader that handles chaining to a trusted full […]

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Amazon Linux 2023 — gcc — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2023 — gcc — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2023 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2023-2023-342 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4039 CVE-2021-42574 CVE-2022-27943 Upstream summary: An issue was found in a defense in depth feature of the GCC compiler on aarch64 platforms. The stack protector feature (-fstack-protector) […]

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Debian 12 — plasma-workspace — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — plasma-workspace — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 January 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-2312 CVE-2018-6790 CVE-2018-6791 CVE-2024-36041 Upstream summary: Turning all screens off in Plasma-workspace and kscreenlocker while the lock screen is shown can result in the screen being unlocked when […]

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Debian 11 — xfig — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — xfig — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 January 2024 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-1962 CVE-2009-4227 CVE-2009-4228 CVE-2010-4262 CVE-2021-40241 CVE-2023-45920 Upstream summary: Xfig, possibly 3.2.5, allows local users to read and write arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) xfig-eps[PID], […]

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