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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libpixman — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libpixman — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:4148-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-44638 Upstream summary: In libpixman in Pixman before 0.42.2, there is an out-of-bounds write (aka heap-based buffer overflow) in rasterize_edges_8 due to an integer overflow […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — java-17-openjdk — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — java-17-openjdk — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2023-1898)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 31 August 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-1898 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-21954 CVE-2023-21930 CVE-2023-21938 CVE-2023-21939 CVE-2023-21937 CVE-2023-21967 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 — sscg — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — sscg — 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-2020:1612 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 – resolv.conf Keeps Reverting and DNS Fails – Resolver Control

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 31 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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FreeBSD 13 — gnomevfs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — gnomevfs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 August 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gnomevfs — unsafe URI handling Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0494 Upstream summary: Alexander Larsson reports that some versions of gnome-vfs and MidnightCommander contain a number of `extfs' scripts that do not properly […]

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Debian 11 — php-horde-image — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — php-horde-image — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 August 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14650 CVE-2017-9773 CVE-2017-9774 Upstream summary: A Remote Code Execution vulnerability has been found in the Horde_Image library when using the "Im" backend that utilizes ImageMagick's "convert" utility. It's […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — babeltrace — 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-2020:4597 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 — libpgobject-util-dbadmin-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libpgobject-util-dbadmin-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 August 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-9246 Upstream summary: The PGObject::Util::DBAdmin module before 0.120.0 for Perl, as used in LedgerSMB through 1.5.x, insufficiently sanitizes or escapes variable values used as part of shell command […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — cryptsetup — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2022:0370 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4122 Upstream summary: The cryptsetup packages provide a utility for setting up disk encryption using the dm-crypt kernel module. Security Fix(es): * cryptsetup: disable encryption via header rewrite (CVE-2021-4122) […]

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