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Debian 11 — python-httplib2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — python-httplib2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 January 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2013-2037 CVE-2020-11078 CVE-2021-21240 Upstream summary: httplib2 0.7.2, 0.8, and earlier, after an initial connection is made, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in […]

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Debian 11 — xdg-user-dirs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — xdg-user-dirs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 January 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-15131 Upstream summary: It was found that system umask policy is not being honored when creating XDG user directories, since Xsession sources xdg-user-dirs.sh before setting umask policy. This […]

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Debian 11 — shotwell — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — shotwell — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 January 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1000033 CVE-2017-1000024 Upstream summary: Shotwell version 0.22.0 (and possibly other versions) is vulnerable to a TLS/SSL certification validation flaw resulting in a potential for man in the middle […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.314-238.539 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.314-238.539 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-134 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-3090 CVE-2023-28466 Upstream summary: A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux Kernel ipvlan network driver can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The out-of-bounds write […]

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Debian 11 — node-terser — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — node-terser — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 January 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2022-25858 Upstream summary: The package terser before 4.8.1, from 5.0.0 and before 5.14.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to insecure usage of regular […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python39-pydrive2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python39-pydrive2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-49297 Upstream summary: PyDrive2 is a wrapper library of google-api-python-client that simplifies many common Google Drive API V2 tasks. Unsafe YAML deserilization will result in […]

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Debian 11 — python-pam — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — python-pam — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 January 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2012-1502 Upstream summary: Double free vulnerability in the PyPAM_conv in PAMmodule.c in PyPam 0.5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or […]

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SLES 15 — python311-oss2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — python311-oss2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 January 2023 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-RU-2024:1829-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-52323 Upstream summary: PyCryptodome and pycryptodomex before 3.19.1 allow side-channel leakage for OAEP decryption, exploitable for a Manger attack. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Debian 11 — ffmpeg — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — ffmpeg — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 January 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2005-4048 CVE-2006-4800 CVE-2008-3162 CVE-2008-3230 CVE-2008-4610 CVE-2008-4866 CVE-2008-4867 CVE-2009-0385  +12 more Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in the avcodec_default_get_buffer function (utils.c) in FFmpeg libavcodec 0.4.9-pre1 and earlier, as used […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS – ext4 filesystem remounts read-only under I/O errors – Fix & Prevention

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 January 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors […]

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