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

Debian 11 — newt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 August 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-2905 Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in textbox.c in newt 0.51.5, 0.51.6, and 0.52.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — atlas — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — atlas — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALEA-2020:4552 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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

Debian 11 — librest — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 August 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-2675 Upstream summary: The OAuth implementation in librest before 0.7.93 incorrectly truncates the pointer returned by the rest_proxy_call_get_url function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of […]

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Debian 11 Disk Full Due to Unbounded Journal Logs

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 August 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 📖 ~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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Debian 11 — python-bcrypt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 August 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1895 Upstream summary: The py-bcrypt module before 0.3 for Python does not properly handle concurrent memory access, which allows attackers to bypass authentication via multiple authentication requests, which […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — bash — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 August 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6697-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-3715 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Bash incorrectly handled certain memory operations when processing commands. If a user or automated system were tricked into running a […]

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

Ubuntu 22.04 — libmatio — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 August 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6829-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1515 Upstream summary: It was discovered that matio incorrectly handled certain malformed files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Table […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — apache-log4j1.2 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — apache-log4j1.2 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 August 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5998-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-23302 CVE-2022-23305 CVE-2022-23307 CVE-2019-17571 CVE-2021-4104 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the SocketServer component of Apache Log4j 1.2 incorrectly handled deserialization. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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How to Install Haskell GHCup on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Haskell GHCup on Debian 11

Introduction Deploying install haskell ghcup on debian 11 on a Debian 11 Bullseye machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. Prerequisites Ensure Debian 11 […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — python39:3.9 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — python39:3.9 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2025-4791)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 August 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2025-4791 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-2255 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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