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Debian 11 — dxflib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — dxflib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 November 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-21897 Upstream summary: A code execution vulnerability exists in the DL_Dxf::handleLWPolylineData functionality of Ribbonsoft dxflib 3.17.0. A specially-crafted .dxf file can lead to a heap buffer overflow. An […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.276-211.499 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.276-211.499 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2022-091 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-29581 Upstream summary: No CVE associated with this advisory Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – […]

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How To Set Up a Remote Desktop with X2Go on CentOS 8 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up a Remote Desktop with X2Go on CentOS 8

X2Go provides a working “cloud desktop,” complete with all the advantages of an always-online, remotely-accessible, easily-scalable computing system with a very fast network. It is also more responsive and more secure than many VNC solutions. In this tutorial, you’ll use X2Go to create an XFCE desktop environment that you can access remotely. This “cloud desktop” will include the exact same utilities that you would obtain had you installed CentOS 8 and XFCE on your local machine.

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — node-moment — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 November 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5559-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-24785 CVE-2022-31129 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Moment.js incorrectly handled certain input paths. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a loss of integrity […]

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SLES 15 — python2-ujson — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — python2-ujson — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 21 November 2022 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2023:2134-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-45958 CVE-2022-31116 CVE-2022-31117 Upstream summary: UltraJSON (aka ujson) through 5.1.0 has a stack-based buffer overflow in Buffer_AppendIndentUnchecked (called from encode). Exploitation can, for example, use […]

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