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Oracle Linux 8 — systemd — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — systemd — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2023-0100)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 19 April 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-0100 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-3821 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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Alpine Linux edge — minio-client — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — minio-client — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 0.20230111.031416-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — minio-client 0.20230111.031416-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-41717 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships minio-client 0.20230111.031416-r0 which addresses CVE-2022-41717. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 19 April 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0048 CVE-2003-0069 CVE-2004-1008 CVE-2004-1440 CVE-2005-0467 CVE-2006-7162 CVE-2011-4607 CVE-2013-4206  +12 more Upstream summary: PuTTY 0.53b and earlier does not clear logon credentials from memory, including plaintext passwords, which could […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — opusfile — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — opusfile — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 April 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5937-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-47021 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Opusfile was not properly validating pointer arguments in some of its functions, which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — libmysofa — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 April 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5184-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3756 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libmysofa mishandled certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash). Table of contents […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — gegl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 19 April 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5251-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-45463 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GEGL incorrectly filtered and escaped file path input data when using the C system() function for execution of the ImageMagick […]

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SLES 15 — xom — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — xom — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 19 April 2022 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2023:712-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33813 Upstream summary: An XXE issue in SAXBuilder in JDOM through 2.0.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTTP request. […]

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SLES 15 — libtcmu2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libtcmu2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 19 April 2022 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2021:69-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3139 Upstream summary: In Open-iSCSI tcmu-runner 1.3.x, 1.4.x, and 1.5.x through 1.5.2, xcopy_locate_udev in tcmur_cmd_handler.c lacks a check for transport-layer restrictions, allowing remote attackers to […]

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FreeBSD 13 — xwayland — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — xwayland — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 19 April 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xwayland — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12176 CVE-2017-12177 CVE-2017-12178 CVE-2017-12179 CVE-2017-12180 CVE-2017-12181 CVE-2017-12182 CVE-2017-12183  +12 more Upstream summary: X.Org project reports: Multiple issues have been found in the X server […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — apr-util — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — apr-util — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2023-1937 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-25147 Upstream summary: 2023-05-23: The severity level was changed from Critical to Medium. Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in apr_base64 functions of Apache Portable Runtime Utility (APR-util) […]

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