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Ubuntu 16.04 — insighttoolkit — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — insighttoolkit — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 March 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8235-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-25236 CVE-2022-25235 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Expat, vendored in ITK incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 31 March 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6534-3 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-37453 CVE-2023-3773 CVE-2023-39189 CVE-2023-39192 CVE-2023-39193 CVE-2023-39194 CVE-2023-39198 CVE-2023-42754  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a race condition […]

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Gentoo Linux — sys-apps/dbus — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — sys-apps/dbus — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202305-08 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-42010 CVE-2022-42011 CVE-2022-42012 CVE-2020-12049 Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in D-Bus. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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SLES 15 — libSDL2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libSDL2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 31 March 2023 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-2888 CVE-2022-4743 CVE-2019-13626 Upstream summary: An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists when creating a new RGB Surface in SDL 2.0.5. A specially crafted file can […]

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How To Install and Configure an SNMP Daemon and Client on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Configure an SNMP Daemon and Client on Ubuntu 14.04

SNMP is a networking protocol created to as a standard method for managing and monitoring remote systems in your infrastructure. In a previous guide, we discussed the key properties of the protocol, version differences, and how the communication works. In this guide, we will install and configure the SNMP components on two Ubuntu 14.04 servers in order to demonstrate how to use SNMP to manipulate remote systems.

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Oracle Linux 8 — openssl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — openssl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-12056)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 March 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-12056 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-5678 CVE-2023-3446 CVE-2023-3817 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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Gentoo Linux — sys-apps/dmidecode — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — sys-apps/dmidecode — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202407-26 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-30630 Upstream summary: Dmidecode -dump-bin can overwrite a local file. This has security relevance because, for example, execution of Dmidecode via sudo is plausible. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — bind — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — bind — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2023-2261)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 March 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-2261 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-3924 CVE-2022-2795 CVE-2022-3094 CVE-2022-3736 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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Ubuntu 18.04 — gss-ntlmssp — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — gss-ntlmssp — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 March 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7588-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-25567 CVE-2023-25565 CVE-2023-25564 CVE-2023-25563 Upstream summary: Phil Turnbull discovered that GSS NTLMSSP may perform out-of-bounds reads when decoding NTLM fields and target information. An attacker could possibly […]

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