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

Oracle Linux 8 — thunderbird — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-3838)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 24 August 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-3838 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-38496 CVE-2021-38500 CVE-2021-38502 CVE-2021-38498 CVE-2021-38501 CVE-2021-32810 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — python-sphinx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — python-sphinx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2021:1964 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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Oracle Linux 8 — kernel — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — kernel — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2023-4517)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 23 August 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-4517 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-1829 CVE-2023-2124 CVE-2023-2235 CVE-2022-42896 CVE-2023-1281 CVE-2023-2194 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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

Debian 11 — fastapi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 August 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32677 Upstream summary: FastAPI is a web framework for building APIs with Python 3.6+ based on standard Python type hints. FastAPI versions lower than 0.65.2 that used cookies […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 August 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0395 CVE-2005-0016 Upstream summary: The xatitv program in the gatos package does not properly drop root privileges when the configuration file does not exist, which allows local users […]

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

Debian 11 — plait — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 August 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4085 Upstream summary: plaiter in Plait before 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) cut.$$, (2) head.$$, (3) awk.$$, and (4) […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — make — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2022:2015 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 — gnuchess — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — gnuchess — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 August 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8972 CVE-2019-15767 CVE-2021-30184 Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in the ValidateMove function in frontend/move.cc in GNU Chess (aka gnuchess) before 6.2.4 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary […]

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Debian 11 — libksba — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libksba — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 23 August 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2006-5111 CVE-2014-9087 CVE-2016-4353 CVE-2016-4354 CVE-2016-4355 CVE-2016-4356 CVE-2016-4574 CVE-2016-4579  +2 more Upstream summary: The libksba library 0.9.12 and possibly other versions, as used by gpgsm in the newpg package […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — libmemcached — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2022:1794 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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