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

Ubuntu 20.04 — libtirpc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 May 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5538-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-46828 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libtirpc incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Table of […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-510-server — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-510-server — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 May 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5547-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-31607 CVE-2022-31608 CVE-2022-31615 Upstream summary: Le Wu discovered that the NVIDIA graphics drivers did not properly perform input validation in some situations. A local user could use […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — e2fsprogs security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — e2fsprogs security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2020-1913)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 21 May 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-1913 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-5094 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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FreeBSD 13 — pjsip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — pjsip — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 May 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pjsip — Race condition in SSL socket server Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32686 Upstream summary: pjsip reports: There are a couple of issues found in the SSL socket: A race condition between […]

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Debian 11 Journald Grows Too Large and Consumes Disk

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 21 May 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 12 — py38-tensorflow — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py38-tensorflow — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 21 May 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-tensorflow — denial of service vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2022-35935 CVE-2022-35941 CVE-2022-35991 Upstream summary: Kang Hong Jin, Neophytos Christou, 刘力源 and Pattarakrit Rattankul report: Another instance of CVE-2022-35935, where `SobolSample` is […]

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

Debian 11 — pandas — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 May 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-13091 Upstream summary: pandas through 1.0.3 can unserialize and execute commands from an untrusted file that is passed to the read_pickle() function, if __reduce__ makes an os.system call. […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 Disk Space Suddenly Full Due to Journal Logs

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 21 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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Gentoo Linux — media-libs/gst-plugins-good — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — media-libs/gst-plugins-good — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202208-31 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3185 CVE-2021-3497 CVE-2021-3498 CVE-2021-3522 CVE-2022-1920 CVE-2022-1921 CVE-2022-1922 CVE-2022-1923  +3 more Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GStreamer and its plugins. Please review the CVE and GStreamer-SA identifiers […]

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