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Oracle Linux 9 – Common Problem 024 – Diagnosis and Fix

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 March 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~3 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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IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2023-23472 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.2

IBM AIX 7.2 — CVE-2023-23472 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 March 2023 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2023-23472, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2023-23472 NVD summary: IBM InfoSphere DataStage Flow Designer (InfoSphere Information Server 11.7) could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information that could aid in further attacks […]

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IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-2021-20550 — xss — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.3

IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-2021-20550 — xss — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 2 March 2023 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.3 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2021-20550, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2021-20550 NVD summary: IBM Content Navigator 3.0.CD is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering […]

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Alpine Linux edge — py3-redis — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — py3-redis — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 4.5.4-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — py3-redis 4.5.4-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-28858 CVE-2023-28859 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships py3-redis 4.5.4-r0 which addresses CVE-2023-28858. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ghostscript — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ghostscript — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 March 2023 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ghostscript — exploitable buffer overflow in (T)BCP in PS interpreter Related CVEs: CVE-2008-6679 CVE-2015-3228 CVE-2023-28879 Upstream summary: [email protected] reports: In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading […]

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

Debian 11 — gross — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 March 2023 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2023-52159 Upstream summary: A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in gross 0.9.3 through 1.x before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (grossd daemon crash) or […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — cifs-utils — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — cifs-utils — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 March 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7688-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-27239 CVE-2021-20208 CVE-2020-14342 CVE-2022-29869 Upstream summary: Aurélien Aptel discovered that cifs-utils invoked a shell when requesting a password. In certain environments, a local attacker could possibly use […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 SSH Access Denied After Hardening Changes

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 March 2023 📖 ~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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — nova — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — nova — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 March 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5866-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2015-9543 CVE-2017-18191 CVE-2020-17376 CVE-2021-3654 CVE-2022-37394 CVE-2019-14433 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Nova did not properly manage data logged into the log file. An attacker with read […]

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CentOS Stream 9 — qt5 — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on CentOS Stream 9

CentOS Stream 9 — qt5 — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 March 2023 Affected versions: CentOS Stream 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux/RHEL advisory ALSA-2023:6369 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-32573 CVE-2023-33285 CVE-2023-34410 CVE-2023-37369 CVE-2023-38197 CVE-2022-25255 Upstream summary: Qt is a software toolkit for developing applications. Security Fix(es): * qt: buffer over-read via a crafted reply from a […]

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