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Ubuntu 22.04 — w3m — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — w3m — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 November 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6580-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4255 CVE-2022-38223 Upstream summary: It was discovered that w3m incorrectly handled certain HTML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute […]

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

SLES 15 — wpa_supplicant — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 19 November 2023 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:0504-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-23303 CVE-2022-23304 CVE-2019-9494 CVE-2019-9498 CVE-2019-9499 CVE-2021-0326 CVE-2021-27803 CVE-2023-52424  +12 more Upstream summary: The implementations of SAE in hostapd before 2.10 and wpa_supplicant before 2.10 are […]

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How to Enable AppArmor Mandatory Access Control on Debian 12 — step-by-step Debian 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Enable AppArmor Mandatory Access Control on Debian 12

Introduction How to Enable AppArmor Mandatory Access Control on Debian 12 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 12 Bookworm server. Debian 12 Bookworm ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — elfutils — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — elfutils — multiple vulnerabilities (14 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 0.176-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — elfutils 0.176-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-7146 CVE-2019-7148 CVE-2019-7149 CVE-2019-7150 CVE-2019-7664 CVE-2019-7665 CVE-2019-18310 CVE-2019-18520  +6 more Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vv3.18 ships elfutils 0.176-r0 which […]

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Debian 12 — gnome-control-center — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — gnome-control-center — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 November 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2023-5616 Upstream summary: In Ubuntu, gnome-control-center did not properly reflect SSH remote login status when the system was configured to use systemd socket activation for openssh-server. This could […]

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AlmaLinux 9 — mingw-gcc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 9

AlmaLinux 9 — mingw-gcc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2022:8415 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-46195 Upstream summary: The gcc packages provide compilers for C, C++, Java, Fortran, Objective C, and Ada 95 GNU, as well as related support libraries. Security Fix(es): * gcc: […]

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

AlmaLinux 9 — texlive — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2023:3661 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-32700 Upstream summary: The texlive packages contain TeXLive, an implementation of TeX for Linux or UNIX systems. Security Fix(es): * texlive: arbitrary code execution allows document complied with older […]

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Debian 12 — php-getid3 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — php-getid3 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 November 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-2053 CVE-2021-40926 Upstream summary: getID3() before 1.9.8, as used in ownCloud Server before 5.0.15 and 6.0.x before 6.0.2, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial […]

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Gentoo Linux — dev-ruby/redcloth — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-ruby/redcloth — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202401-14 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-31606 Upstream summary: A vulnerability has been discovered in RedCloth. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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