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

Alpine Linux edge — xterm — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 371-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — xterm 371-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-24130 CVE-2021-27135 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships xterm 371-r0 which addresses CVE-2022-24130. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Debian 11 — cups-pk-helper — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — cups-pk-helper — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 May 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2012-4510 Upstream summary: cups-pk-helper before 0.2.3 does not properly wrap the (1) cupsGetFile and (2) cupsPutFile function calls, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read or overwrite sensitive […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — node-json5 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — node-json5 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 May 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6758-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-46175 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the JSON5 parse method incorrectly handled the parsing of keys named \_\_proto\_\_. An attacker could possibly use this issue to […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — xmlrpc-c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — xmlrpc-c — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-7692)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 May 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-7692 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-46143 CVE-2022-22822 CVE-2022-22824 CVE-2022-22823 CVE-2022-22826 CVE-2022-22827 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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Arch Linux — dovecot — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — dovecot — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201908-18 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-11500 CVE-2021-33515 CVE-2021-29157 CVE-2020-25275 CVE-2020-24386 CVE-2020-10967 CVE-2020-10958 CVE-2020-10957  +11 more Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 2.3.7.1-1. Fixed in: 2.3.7.2-1. Group: AVG-1026. Table of […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — wpa_supplicant — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-0809)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 29 May 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-0809 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-27803 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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IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2021-29798 — sql injection — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.1

IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2021-29798 — sql injection — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 28 May 2022 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2021-29798, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2021-29798 NVD summary: IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Standard Edition 6.0.0.0 through 6.1.1.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially crafted SQL statements, which […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — dracut — 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-2022:2105 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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FreeBSD 13 — py38-suds — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py38-suds — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 May 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-suds — vulnerable to symlink attacks Related CVEs: CVE-2013-2217 Upstream summary: SUSE reports: cache.py in Suds 0.4, when tempdir is set to None, allows local users to redirect SOAP queries […]

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