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FreeBSD 12 — py39-cinder — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py39-cinder — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 April 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-cinder — unauthorized data access Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3641 CVE-2020-10755 CVE-2022-47951 Upstream summary: Utkarsh Gupta reports: An issue was discovered in OpenStack Cinder before 19.1.2, 20.x before 20.0.2, and 21.0.0; Glance […]

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FreeBSD 13 — trousers — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — trousers — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 April 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: security/trousers — several vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2020-24330 CVE-2020-24331 CVE-2020-24332 Upstream summary: the TrouSerS project reports reports: If the tcsd daemon is started with root privileges, it fails to drop the […]

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

Debian 11 — cmus — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 April 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-5375 Upstream summary: cmus-status-display in cmus 2.2.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/cmus-status temporary file. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — kexec-tools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — kexec-tools — 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-2022:2053 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 — cryptsetup — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 April 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-4484 CVE-2020-14382 CVE-2021-4122 Upstream summary: The Debian initrd script for the cryptsetup package 2:1.7.3-2 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to gain shell access via many log in […]

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Debian 11 — radvd — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — radvd — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 April 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2011-3601 CVE-2011-3602 CVE-2011-3604 CVE-2011-3605 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in the process_ra function in the router advertisement daemon (radvd) before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — libzstd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — libzstd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 April 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4760-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-24031 CVE-2021-24032 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libzstd incorrectly handled file permissions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to access certain files, contrary to […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — exempi — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — exempi — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 April 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5483-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12648 CVE-2021-36045 CVE-2021-36046 CVE-2021-36047 CVE-2021-36048 CVE-2021-36050 CVE-2021-36051 CVE-2021-36052  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Exempi incorrectly handled certain media files. If a user or automated […]

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SLES 15 — kpartx — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — kpartx — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 April 2022 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:3707-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-41973 CVE-2022-41974 Upstream summary: multipath-tools 0.7.7 through 0.9.x before 0.9.2 allows local users to obtain root access, as exploited in conjunction with CVE-2022-41974. Local users […]

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SLES 15 — python2-numpy — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — python2-numpy — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 April 2022 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2022:314-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33430 CVE-2021-41495 CVE-2021-41496 CVE-2017-12852 CVE-2019-6446 Upstream summary: A Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in NumPy 1.9.x in the PyArray_NewFromDescr_int function of ctors.c when specifying arrays of […]

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