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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python38-mechanize — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python38-mechanize — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2023:0030-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32837 Upstream summary: mechanize, a library for automatically interacting with HTTP web servers, contains a regular expression that is vulnerable to regular expression denial of […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — grub2 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — grub2 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2022-2110)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 October 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-2110 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3981 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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FreeBSD 13 — py310-impacket — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py310-impacket — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-impacket — multiple path traversal vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2021-31800 Upstream summary: asolino reports: Multiple path traversal vulnerabilities exist in smbserver.py in Impacket through 0.9.22. An attacker that connects to a […]

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FreeBSD 13 — mutt-ng — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — mutt-ng — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mutt — Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Upstream summary: SecurityFocus reports: Mutt is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability. This issue is due to the application's failure to properly bounds-check user-supplied […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: NPM — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16775 CVE-2019-16776 CVE-2019-16777 Upstream summary: NPM reports: Global node_modules Binary Overwrite Symlink reference outside of node_modules Arbitrary File Write Table of contents Symptom & […]

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

Debian 11 — splitvt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-0162 Upstream summary: misc.c in splitvt 1.6.6 and earlier does not drop group privileges before executing xprop, which allows local users to gain privileges. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Debian 11 — openjfx — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — openjfx — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 31 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-4901 CVE-2015-4906 CVE-2015-4908 CVE-2015-4916 CVE-2016-3498 CVE-2017-10086 CVE-2017-10114 CVE-2018-2581  +5 more Upstream summary: Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 8u60 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-oletools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-oletools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2021-27058 Upstream summary: Unknown. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification […]

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

Ubuntu 20.04 — tcmu — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 October 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4707-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3139 Upstream summary: It was discovered that TCMU lacked a check for transport-layer restrictions, allowing remote attackers to read or write files via directory traversal in an […]

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SLES 15 — kernel-livepatch — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — kernel-livepatch — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 31 October 2021 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2017:3210-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000405 CVE-2021-4028 CVE-2021-31440 CVE-2018-12904 CVE-2019-5108 CVE-2018-15471 CVE-2019-13272 CVE-2020-13233  +2 more Upstream summary: The Linux Kernel versions 2.6.38 through 4.14 have a problematic use of pmd_mkdirty() […]

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