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

AlmaLinux 8 — gettext — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2019:3643 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-18751 Upstream summary: The gettext packages provide a documentation for producing multi-lingual messages in programs, set of conventions about how programs should be written, a runtime library, and a […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — digikam — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — digikam — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 May 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7266-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-0691 CVE-2020-19858 CVE-2020-22628 CVE-2020-35530 CVE-2020-35531 CVE-2020-35532 CVE-2020-35533 CVE-2021-32142  +1 more Upstream summary: Zinuo Han and Ao Wang discovered that the Android DNG SDK, vendored in digiKam, did […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — pngcheck — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — pngcheck — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 May 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6182-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-27818 CVE-2020-35511 Upstream summary: It was discovered that pngcheck incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — gnutls — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-1998)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 6 May 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-1998 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11501 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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Amazon Linux 2 — ansible — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — ansible — multiple vulnerabilities (19 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2ANSIBLE2-2023-001 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3583 CVE-2020-14365 CVE-2019-14904 CVE-2019-14905 CVE-2020-10684 CVE-2020-10685 CVE-2020-10691 CVE-2020-1733  +11 more Upstream summary: A flaw was found in Ansible, where a user's controller is vulnerable to template injection. […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — kernel security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2023-5244)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 May 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-5244 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-3776 CVE-2023-35001 CVE-2023-2002 CVE-2023-3090 CVE-2023-35788 CVE-2023-4004 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — gedit-plugins — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — gedit-plugins — 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-2019:3361 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 — py39-numpy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py39-numpy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-numpy — Missing return-value validation of the function PyArray_DescrNew Related CVEs: CVE-2021-41495 Upstream summary: Numpy reports: At most call-sites for PyArray_DescrNew, there are no validations of its return, but an […]

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systemd Service Fails to Start on Ubuntu 16.04

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 5 May 2021 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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FreeBSD 13 — squid-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — squid-devel — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 5 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: squid — Vulnerable to Denial of Service attack Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10002 CVE-2016-10003 CVE-2016-4553 CVE-2016-4554 CVE-2016-4555 CVE-2016-4556 CVE-2018-1000024 CVE-2018-1000027 Upstream summary: Louis Dion-Marcil reports: Due to incorrect pointer handling Squid is […]

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