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Debian 11 — libotr — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libotr — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 October 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2012-3461 CVE-2016-2851 Upstream summary: The (1) otrl_base64_otr_decode function in src/b64.c; (2) otrl_proto_data_read_flags and (3) otrl_proto_accept_data functions in src/proto.c; and (4) decode function in toolkit/parse.c in libotr before 3.2.1 […]

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Common Problems 120483

Debian 11 NO_PUBKEY Signature Verification Failure

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 16 October 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 📖 ~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 & […]

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Debian 11 — gnucash — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — gnucash — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 October 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2007-0007 CVE-2010-3999 Upstream summary: gnucash 2.0.4 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) gnucash.trace, (2) qof.trace, and (3) qof.trace.[PID] […]

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

Debian 11 — xboard — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 October 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-2552 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in XBoard 4.2.7 and earlier might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -icshost command line argument. NOTE: since the […]

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

Debian 11 — debmake — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 October 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1179 Upstream summary: The debstd script in debmake 3.6.x before 3.6.10 and 3.7.x before 3.7.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary […]

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Common Problems 120512

Debian 11: Network outage from ifupdown and NetworkManager conflict

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 15 October 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 📖 ~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 & […]

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Debian 11 — sdl-mixer1.2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — sdl-mixer1.2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 October 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2007-6720 Upstream summary: libmikmod 3.1.9 through 3.2.0, as used by MikMod, SDL-mixer, and possibly other products, relies on the channel count of the last loaded song, rather than […]

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Debian 11 — po4a — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — po4a — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 October 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2007-4462 Upstream summary: lib/Locale/Po4a/Po.pm in po4a before 0.32 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gettextization.failed.po temporary file. Table of contents Symptom […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 October 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-25021 CVE-2018-25022 CVE-2021-44847 Upstream summary: The TCP Server module in toxcore before 0.2.8 doesn't free the TCP priority queue under certain conditions, which allows a remote attacker to […]

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Debian 11 — awstats — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — awstats — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 15 October 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0116 CVE-2005-0362 CVE-2005-0363 CVE-2005-0435 CVE-2005-0436 CVE-2005-0437 CVE-2005-0438 CVE-2005-1527  +12 more Upstream summary: AWStats 6.1, and other versions before 6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell […]

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