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FreeBSD 13 — seatd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — seatd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 May 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: seatd-launch — remove files with escalated privileges with SUID Related CVEs: CVE-2021-41387 CVE-2022-25643 Upstream summary: Kenny Levinsen reports: seatd-launch could use a user-specified socket path instead of the internally generated […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py38-ansible-base — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py38-ansible-base — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 May 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Ansible — Ansible user credentials disclosure in ansible-connection module Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3583 CVE-2021-3620 Upstream summary: Red Hat reports: A flaw was found in Ansible Engine's ansible-connection module, where sensitive information […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — rubygem-cgi — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 May 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: rubygem-cgi — HTTP response splitting vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33621 CVE-2021-41816 CVE-2021-41819 Upstream summary: Hiroshi Tokumaru reports: If an application that generates HTTP responses using the cgi gem with untrusted user […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — libpmemobj-cpp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — libpmemobj-cpp — 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-2022:1943 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 — ruby-loofah — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — ruby-loofah — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 May 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-16468 CVE-2018-8048 CVE-2019-15587 CVE-2022-23514 CVE-2022-23515 CVE-2022-23516 Upstream summary: In the Loofah gem for Ruby, through v2.2.2, unsanitized JavaScript may occur in sanitized output when a crafted SVG element […]

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

Debian 11 — mpmath — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 May 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-29063 Upstream summary: A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) vulnerability was discovered in Mpmath v1.0.0 through v1.2.1 when the mpmathify function is called. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Debian 11 — jansson — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — jansson — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 20 May 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2013-6401 CVE-2016-4425 CVE-2020-36325 Upstream summary: Jansson, possibly 2.4 and earlier, does not restrict the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial […]

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Debian 11 High CPU Usage from Runaway Process

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 20 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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Debian 11 — xaos — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — xaos — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 May 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0385 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in xaos 3.0-23 and earlier, when running setuid, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -language option. Table of contents […]

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

Debian 11 — swatch — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 20 May 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2002-0896 Upstream summary: The throttle capability in Swatch may fail to report certain events if (1) the same type of event occurs after the throttle period, or (2) […]

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