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Debian 11 — libsndfile — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libsndfile — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 27 May 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2007-4974 CVE-2009-0186 CVE-2009-1788 CVE-2009-1791 CVE-2009-4835 CVE-2011-2696 CVE-2014-9496 CVE-2014-9756  +12 more Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in the flac_buffer_copy function in libsndfile 1.0.17 and earlier might allow remote attackers […]

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Debian 11 — freeradius — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — freeradius — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 27 May 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0967 CVE-2003-0968 CVE-2004-0938 CVE-2004-0960 CVE-2004-0961 CVE-2005-1454 CVE-2005-1455 CVE-2005-4744  +12 more Upstream summary: rad_decode in FreeRADIUS 0.9.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — gzip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 27 May 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5378-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1271 Upstream summary: Cleemy Desu Wayo discovered that Gzip incorrectly handled certain filenames. If a user or automated system were tricked into performing zgrep operations with specially […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-pikepdf — 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-2021-29421 Upstream summary: models/metadata.py in the pikepdf package 1.3.0 through 2.9.2 for Python allows XXE when parsing XMP metadata entries. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Gentoo Linux — app-emulation/open-vm-tools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — app-emulation/open-vm-tools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202210-27 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-31676 Upstream summary: A pipe accessible to unprivileged users in the VMWare guest does not sufficiently sanitize input. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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FreeBSD 13 — qemu-user-static — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — qemu-user-static — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 27 May 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: qemu — denial of service vulnerability in Rocker switch emulation Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3214 CVE-2015-5154 CVE-2015-5158 CVE-2015-5165 CVE-2015-5166 CVE-2015-5225 CVE-2015-5239 CVE-2015-5278  +12 more Upstream summary: Prasad J Pandit, Red Hat Product […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — kernel security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — kernel security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2023-7077)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 26 May 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-7077 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-43975 CVE-2022-28388 CVE-2022-3594 CVE-2022-3640 CVE-2022-38457 CVE-2022-40133 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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RHEL 8 – tuned Profile Selection Causes High I/O Wait

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 26 May 2022 📖 ~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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Alpine Linux edge — git-lfs — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — git-lfs — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 3.1.2-r4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — git-lfs 3.1.2-r4 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-27191 CVE-2021-38561 CVE-2020-27955 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships git-lfs 3.1.2-r4 which addresses CVE-2022-27191. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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