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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 17 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-8372 CVE-2017-8373 CVE-2017-8374 Upstream summary: The mad_layer_III function in layer3.c in Underbit MAD libmad 0.15.1b, if NDEBUG is omitted, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service […]

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Debian 11 — powerpc-utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — powerpc-utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 17 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-4040 Upstream summary: snap in powerpc-utils 1.2.20 produces an archive with fstab and yaboot.conf files potentially containing cleartext passwords, and lacks a warning about reviewing this archive to […]

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Debian 11 – update-initramfs fails with missing modules or hooks

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 16 September 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 — miredo — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — miredo — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2006-6858 Upstream summary: Miredo 0.9.8 through 1.0.5 does not properly authenticate a Teredo bubble during UDP hole punching with HMAC-MD5-64 hashing, which allows remote attackers to impersonate an […]

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

Debian 11 — ksh — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14868 Upstream summary: In ksh version 20120801, a flaw was found in the way it evaluates certain environment variables. An attacker could use this flaw to override or […]

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Debian 11 — kwallet-pam — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — kwallet-pam — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10380 Upstream summary: kwallet-pam in KDE KWallet before 5.12.6 allows local users to obtain ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Debian 11 — lynis — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — lynis — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3986 CVE-2017-8108 CVE-2019-13033 CVE-2020-13882 Upstream summary: include/tests_webservers in Lynis before 1.5.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/lynis.*.unsorted file with an […]

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

Debian 11 — gri — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-7291 Upstream summary: gri before 2.12.18 generates temporary files in an insecure way. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step […]

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Debian 11 — groff — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — groff — multiple vulnerabilities (8 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0969 CVE-2004-1296 CVE-2009-5044 CVE-2009-5078 CVE-2009-5079 CVE-2009-5080 CVE-2009-5081 CVE-2009-5082 Upstream summary: The groffer script in the Groff package 1.18 and later versions, as used in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 […]

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

Debian 11 — ruby-zip — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 15 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-5946 CVE-2018-1000544 CVE-2019-16892 Upstream summary: The Zip::File component in the rubyzip gem before 1.2.1 for Ruby has a directory traversal vulnerability. If a site allows uploading of .zip […]

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