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SLES 12 — telnet — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — telnet — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 17 March 2022 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:3471-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-39028 Upstream summary: telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.3, MIT krb5-appl through 1.0.3, and derivative works has a NULL pointer dereference via 0xff 0xf7 or […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — GraalVM — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — GraalVM — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-9656)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 17 March 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-9656 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-21540 CVE-2022-21549 CVE-2022-34169 CVE-2022-25647 CVE-2022-21541 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — dyninst — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — dyninst — 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-2021:4232 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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FreeBSD 13 — py311-httpie — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py311-httpie — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 March 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-httpie — exposure of sensitive information vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2022-0430 CVE-2022-24737 Upstream summary: Glyph reports: HTTPie is a command-line HTTP client. HTTPie has the practical concept of sessions, which help […]

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FreeBSD 13 — vte — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — vte — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 March 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: vte — Classic terminal title set+query attack Related CVEs: CVE-2010-2713 Upstream summary: Kees Cook reports: Janne Snabb discovered that applications using VTE, such as gnome-terminal, did not correctly filter window […]

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Alpine Linux edge — usbredir — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — usbredir — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 0.12.0-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — usbredir 0.12.0-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3700 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships usbredir 0.12.0-r0 which addresses CVE-2021-3700. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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FreeBSD 13 — isc-dhcp44-server — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — isc-dhcp44-server — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 March 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: isc-dhcp — remotely exploitable vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2018-5732 CVE-2018-5733 CVE-2021-25217 Upstream summary: Michael McNally reports: Program code used by the ISC DHCP package to read and parse stored leases has […]

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

Debian 11 — openrc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 March 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-21269 Upstream summary: checkpath in OpenRC through 0.42.1 might allow local users to take ownership of arbitrary files because a non-terminal path component can be a symlink. Table […]

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

Debian 11 — kinit — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 March 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-3100 Upstream summary: kinit in KDE Frameworks before 5.23.0 uses weak permissions (644) for /tmp/xauth-xxx-_y, which allows local users to obtain X11 cookies of other users and consequently […]

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