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Ubuntu 20.04 — oddjob — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — oddjob — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 June 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5169-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-10737 Upstream summary: Matthias Gerstner discovered that there was a race condition in the mkhomedir tool shipped with the oddjob package. An authenticated attacker could use this […]

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SLES 15 — go1.15 — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — go1.15 — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 22 June 2021 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory RHSA-2024:10289 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33198 CVE-2021-33196 CVE-2021-27918 CVE-2021-31525 CVE-2021-33195 CVE-2021-33197 CVE-2021-34558 CVE-2021-36221 Upstream summary: In Go before 1.15.13 and 1.16.x before 1.16.5, there can be a panic for a […]

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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-2021-3447)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 21 June 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-3447 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-37576 CVE-2021-38201 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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AlmaLinux 8 — xorg-x11-drv-libinput — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — xorg-x11-drv-libinput — 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-2020:1633 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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Ubuntu 18.04 — linux-oem-osp1 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — linux-oem-osp1 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 21 June 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4627-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-8694 CVE-2020-12351 CVE-2020-12352 CVE-2020-24490 CVE-2020-16119 CVE-2020-16120 CVE-2020-14386 CVE-2020-12771  +12 more Upstream summary: Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, Andreas Kogler, David Oswald, Catherine Easdon, Claudio Canella, and Daniel Gruss […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — ipmitool — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — ipmitool — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 June 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5997-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-5208 Upstream summary: It was discovered that IPMItool was not properly checking the data received from a remote LAN party. A remote attacker could possibly use this […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-urllib3 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-urllib3 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2021:2012-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33503 CVE-2018-20060 CVE-2019-9740 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in urllib3 before 1.26.5. When provided with a URL containing many @ characters in the authority […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — mailman — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — mailman — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 21 June 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8067-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-44227 CVE-2021-43331 CVE-2021-43332 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1949401 https://launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1949403 CVE-2021-42096 CVE-2021-42097 CVE-2020-15011  +7 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Mailman incorrectly handled CSRF tokens. A remote list member or moderator […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-pydantic — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-pydantic — 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-2021-29510 Upstream summary: Pydantic is a data validation and settings management using Python type hinting. In affected versions passing either `'infinity'`, `'inf'` or `float('inf')` (or […]

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