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openSUSE Tumbleweed — snakeyaml — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — snakeyaml — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:3397-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-38749 CVE-2022-38750 CVE-2022-38751 CVE-2022-38752 CVE-2017-18640 CVE-2022-25857 Upstream summary: Using snakeYAML to parse untrusted YAML files may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If […]

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IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2022-34361 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.1

IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2022-34361 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 15–45 min  Last verified: 7 February 2022 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2022-34361, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2022-34361 NVD summary: IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.3 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 February 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: squidGuard — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3700 CVE-2009-3826 Upstream summary: SquidGuard website reports: Patch 20091015 fixes one buffer overflow problem in sgLog.c when overlong URLs are requested. SquidGuard will then […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — passwd — 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-2022:2114 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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Oracle Linux 8 — mariadb:10.3 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — mariadb:10.3 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2020-5500)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 7 February 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-5500 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-2938 CVE-2019-2974 CVE-2020-13249 CVE-2020-14765 CVE-2020-14776 CVE-2020-14789 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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FreeBSD 13 — php55-wddx — multiple vulnerabilities (18 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — php55-wddx — multiple vulnerabilities (18 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 7 February 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8383 CVE-2015-8386 CVE-2015-8387 CVE-2015-8389 CVE-2015-8390 CVE-2015-8391 CVE-2015-8393 CVE-2015-8394  +10 more Upstream summary: The PHP Group reports: Please reference CVE/URL list for details Table of […]

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Debian 11 — libdbi-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libdbi-perl — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 7 February 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0077 CVE-2013-7490 CVE-2013-7491 CVE-2014-10401 CVE-2014-10402 CVE-2019-20919 CVE-2020-14392 CVE-2020-14393 Upstream summary: The DBI library (libdbi-perl) for Perl allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — mpich — 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-2022:2014 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 — freesweep — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — freesweep — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 February 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0828 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in freesweep in Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 allows local users to gain "games" group privileges when processing environment variables. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Debian 11 — gnome-session — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — gnome-session — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 February 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-11171 Upstream summary: Bad reference counting in the context of accept_ice_connection() in gsm-xsmp-server.c in old versions of gnome-session up until version 2.29.92 allows a local attacker to establish […]

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