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Gentoo Linux — app-emulation/virtualbox-additions — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — app-emulation/virtualbox-additions — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202208-36 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-2145 CVE-2021-2250 CVE-2021-2264 CVE-2021-2266 CVE-2021-2279 CVE-2021-2280 CVE-2021-2281 CVE-2021-2282  +12 more Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VirtualBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table […]

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FreeBSD 13 — libXtst — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — libXtst — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 April 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: X.org libraries — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1981 CVE-2013-1982 CVE-2013-1983 CVE-2013-1984 CVE-2013-1985 CVE-2013-1986 CVE-2013-1987 CVE-2013-1988  +12 more Upstream summary: Matthieu Herrb reports: Tobias Stoeckmann from the OpenBSD project has discovered […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — ruby:2.6 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — ruby:2.6 security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2021-2588)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 24 April 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-2588 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3881 CVE-2020-25613 CVE-2019-15845 CVE-2019-16201 CVE-2019-16255 CVE-2020-10933 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS DPKG Interrupted State Blocks Install

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 24 April 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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AlmaLinux 8 — man-db — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — man-db — 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-2021:4470 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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AlmaLinux 8 — icu — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — icu — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2020:0902 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-10531 Upstream summary: The International Components for Unicode (ICU) library provides robust and full-featured Unicode services. Security Fix(es): * ICU: Integer overflow in UnicodeString::doAppend() (CVE-2020-10531) For more details about […]

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FreeBSD 13 — linux-c6-xorg-libs — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — linux-c6-xorg-libs — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 24 April 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libXfont — BDF parsing issues Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0209 CVE-2014-0210 CVE-2014-0211 CVE-2015-1802 CVE-2015-1803 CVE-2015-1804 Upstream summary: Alan Coopersmith reports: Ilja van Sprundel, a security researcher with IOActive, has discovered an issue […]

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Gentoo Linux — dev-python/pyyaml — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — dev-python/pyyaml — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202003-45 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-18342 CVE-2020-14343 CVE-2020-1747 Upstream summary: It was found that using yaml.load() API on untrusted input could lead to arbitrary code execution. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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