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Oracle Linux 9 — go-toolset and golang — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — go-toolset and golang — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-3318)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 June 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-3318 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-24540 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 — glibc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — glibc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-12853)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 2 June 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-12853 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4911 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 — gnutls security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — gnutls security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2025-16116)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 June 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2025-16116 Related CVEs: CVE-2025-32989 CVE-2025-32988 CVE-2025-6395 CVE-2025-32990 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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AlmaLinux 9 — qt5 — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 9

AlmaLinux 9 — qt5 — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2023:6369 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-32573 CVE-2023-33285 CVE-2023-34410 CVE-2023-37369 CVE-2023-38197 CVE-2022-25255 Upstream summary: Qt is a software toolkit for developing applications. Security Fix(es): * qt: buffer over-read via a crafted reply from a DNS […]

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AlmaLinux 9 — python-dns — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 9

AlmaLinux 9 — python-dns — 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-2024:9423 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-29483 Upstream summary: The python-dns package contains the dnslib module that implements a DNS client and additional modules that define certain symbolic constants used by DNS, such as dnstype, […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — py7zr — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — py7zr — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 June 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7030-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-44900 Upstream summary: It was discovered that py7zr was vulnerable to path traversal attacks. If a user or automated system were tricked into extracting a specially crafted […]

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Rocky Linux 9 — zziplib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Rocky Linux 9

Rocky Linux 9 — zziplib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Rocky Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Rocky Linux RXSA RLSA-2025:20838 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-17828 Upstream summary: The zziplib is a lightweight library to easily extract data from zip files. Security Fix(es): * zziplib: directory traversal in unzzip_cat in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 0.16.1-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — swayr 0.16.1-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-24713 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships swayr 0.16.1-r0 which addresses CVE-2022-24713. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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How to Configure OpenVAS Vulnerability Scanner on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure OpenVAS Vulnerability Scanner on Debian 9

Introduction How to Configure OpenVAS Vulnerability Scanner on Debian 9 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 9 Stretch server. Debian 9 Stretch 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 9. […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — xrdp — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — xrdp — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 June 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6474-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-23468 CVE-2022-23477 CVE-2022-23478 CVE-2022-23479 CVE-2022-23480 CVE-2022-23481 CVE-2022-23482 CVE-2022-23483  +5 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that xrdp incorrectly handled validation of client-supplied data, which could lead to […]

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