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Debian 11 — cpio — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — cpio — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 14 December 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-1999-1572 CVE-2005-1111 CVE-2005-1229 CVE-2005-4268 CVE-2007-4476 CVE-2010-0624 CVE-2014-9112 CVE-2015-1197  +4 more Upstream summary: cpio on FreeBSD 2.1.0, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, and possibly other operating systems, uses a 0 umask […]

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Gentoo Linux — net-libs/libyang — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — net-libs/libyang — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202107-54 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-28902 CVE-2021-28903 CVE-2021-28904 CVE-2021-28905 CVE-2021-28906 Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libyang. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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

Debian 11 — tomcat-native — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 December 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3555 CVE-2017-15698 CVE-2018-8019 CVE-2018-8020 Upstream summary: The TLS protocol, and the SSL protocol 3.0 and possibly earlier, as used in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0, mod_ssl in […]

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SLES 12 — gegl — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — gegl — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 14 December 2021 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2021:4193-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-45463 CVE-2018-10113 CVE-2012-4433 Upstream summary: load_cache in GEGL before 0.4.34 allows shell expansion when a pathname in a constructed command line is not escaped or […]

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IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-2008-0587 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.3

IBM AIX 7.3 — CVE-2008-0587 — buffer overflow — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 14 December 2021 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.3 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2008-0587, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2008-0587 NVD summary: Buffer overflow in the uspchrp program in devices.chrp.base.diag in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors. References: […]

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Rocky Linux 8 — mingw-binutils — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Rocky Linux 8

Rocky Linux 8 — mingw-binutils — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Rocky Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Rocky Linux RXSA RLSA-2021:1968 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16168 CVE-2020-13434 CVE-2020-13630 CVE-2020-13631 CVE-2020-13632 Upstream summary: MinGW is a free and open source software development environment to create Microsoft Windows applications. The following packages have been […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — libmspack — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2020-1686)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 December 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-1686 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-1010305 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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AlmaLinux 8 — python-pycurl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — python-pycurl — 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-2020:1745 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 — sogo — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — sogo — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: SOGo — SAML user authentication impersonation Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33054 Upstream summary: sogo.nu reports: SOGo was not validating the signatures of any SAML assertions it received. This means any actor with […]

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