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Oracle Linux 8 — qt5-qtbase — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — qt5-qtbase — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-1796)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 13 October 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-1796 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-38593 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — hiredis — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — hiredis — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-2021:1536-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32765 CVE-2020-7105 Upstream summary: Hiredis is a minimalistic C client library for the Redis database. In affected versions Hiredis is vulnurable to integer overflow if […]

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IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2021-29737 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on IBM AIX 7.1

IBM AIX 7.1 — CVE-2021-29737 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 30–90 min  Last verified: 13 October 2021 Affected versions: IBM AIX 7.1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: NVD CVE-2021-29737, IBM Support Bulletin CVE: CVE-2021-29737 NVD summary: IBM InfoSphere Data Flow Designer Engine (IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 ) component has improper validation of the REST API server certificate. IBM X-Force […]

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FreeBSD 13 — silgraphite — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — silgraphite — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: graphite2 — code execution vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1521 CVE-2016-1522 CVE-2016-1523 CVE-2016-1526 Upstream summary: Talos reports: An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in the font handling of Libgraphite. A specially […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — libXdmcp — 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-2020:4742 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 — ulfius — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — ulfius — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-40540 Upstream summary: ulfius_uri_logger in Ulfius HTTP Framework before 2.7.4 omits con_info initialization and a con_info->request NULL check for certain malformed HTTP requests. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — go-toolset:ol8 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — go-toolset:ol8 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2021-1746)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 October 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-1746 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3114 CVE-2021-3115 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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Debian 11 — sip-tester — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — sip-tester — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-1959 CVE-2008-2085 Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in the get_remote_video_port_media function in call.cpp in SIPp 3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute […]

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Debian 11 — backintime — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3611 CVE-2017-16667 CVE-2017-7572 Upstream summary: common/snapshots.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 0.9.26 changes certain permissions to 0777 before deleting the files in an old backup snapshot, which […]

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Debian 11 — gnuplot — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — gnuplot — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9670 CVE-2018-19490 CVE-2018-19491 CVE-2018-19492 CVE-2020-25412 CVE-2020-25559 CVE-2020-25969 CVE-2021-44917  +7 more Upstream summary: An uninitialized stack variable vulnerability in load_tic_series() in set.c in gnuplot 5.2.rc1 allows an attacker to […]

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