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Ubuntu 16.04 — awstats — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — awstats — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5899-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-46391 CVE-2017-1000501 CVE-2020-29600 CVE-2020-35176 Upstream summary: It was discovered that AWStats did not properly sanitize the content of whois responses in the hostinfo plugin. An attacker could […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6543-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-39804 CVE-2022-48303 Upstream summary: It was discovered that tar incorrectly handled extended attributes in PAX archives. An attacker could use this issue to cause tar to crash, […]

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SLES 15 — aws-iam-authenticator — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — aws-iam-authenticator — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 29 May 2023 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:2583-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-2385 Upstream summary: A security issue was discovered in aws-iam-authenticator where an allow-listed IAM identity may be able to modify their username and escalate privileges. […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — linux-pam — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — linux-pam — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 1.5.1-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — linux-pam 1.5.1-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-27780 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vv3.18 ships linux-pam 1.5.1-r0 which addresses CVE-2020-27780. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — fence-agents — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — fence-agents — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-0133)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 May 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-0133 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-43804 CVE-2023-37920 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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Oracle Linux 9 — squashfs-tools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — squashfs-tools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-2396)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 May 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-2396 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-40153 CVE-2021-41072 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 14.04 — slurm-llnl — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — slurm-llnl — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 29 May 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8197-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-29501 CVE-2016-10030 CVE-2018-10995 CVE-2017-15566 CVE-2018-7033 CVE-2019-6438 CVE-2020-12693 CVE-2020-27745  +2 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Slurm did not properly handle access control when dealing with RPC […]

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Gentoo Linux — app-containers/docker — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — app-containers/docker — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202409-29 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-41089 CVE-2021-41091 CVE-2022-36109 CVE-2022-41717 CVE-2023-26054 CVE-2023-28840 CVE-2023-28841 CVE-2023-28842  +5 more Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Docker. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table […]

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Alpine Linux edge — freeswitch — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — freeswitch — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.10.7-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — freeswitch 1.10.7-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-37624 CVE-2021-41105 CVE-2021-41145 CVE-2021-41157 CVE-2021-41158 CVE-2023-51443 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships freeswitch 1.10.7-r0 which addresses CVE-2021-37624. Table of […]

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