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openSUSE Tumbleweed — pcsc-lite — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — pcsc-lite — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2010:015 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2010-0407 CVE-2010-4531 CVE-2016-10109 Upstream summary: Multiple buffer overflows in the MSGFunctionDemarshall function in winscard_svc.c in the PC/SC Smart Card daemon (aka PCSCD) in MUSCLE PCSC-Lite […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — e2fsprogs — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — e2fsprogs — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2007:025 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2007-5497 CVE-2019-5094 Upstream summary: Multiple integer overflows in libext2fs in e2fsprogs before 1.40.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filesystem […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py310-pyrad — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py310-pyrad — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 January 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pyrad — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2013-0294 CVE-2013-0342 Upstream summary: Nathaniel McCallum reports: packet.py in pyrad before 2.1 uses weak random numbers to generate RADIUS authenticators and hash passwords, which […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — libexif — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libexif — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 23 January 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4624-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-0452 CVE-2020-0093 CVE-2020-0182 CVE-2020-0198 CVE-2020-13112 CVE-2020-13113 CVE-2020-13114 CVE-2018-20030  +4 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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

Oracle Linux 8 — exempi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-3066)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 January 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-3066 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-18652 CVE-2020-18651 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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Oracle Linux 8 — nodejs:10 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — nodejs:10 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-2848)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 23 January 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-2848 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-8174 CVE-2020-11080 CVE-2020-7598 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 9 — sudo — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 9

Debian 9 — sudo — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 January 2020 Affected versions: Debian 9 (stretch) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14287 CVE-2019-18634 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — go1.12 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — go1.12 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-11888 CVE-2019-16276 CVE-2019-17596 Upstream summary: Go through 1.12.5 on Windows mishandles process creation with a nil environment in conjunction with a non-nil token, which allows […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — pam_mount — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — pam_mount — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2009:005 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2008-5138 Upstream summary: passwdehd in libpam-mount 0.43 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/passwdehd.##### temporary file. Table of […]

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