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Common Problems 120618

Debian 11 – high CPU and disk I/O from systemd-journald

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 7 August 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 — gtkpod — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — gtkpod — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 August 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-37231 Upstream summary: A stack-buffer-overflow occurs in Atomicparsley 20210124.204813.840499f through APar_readX() in src/util.cpp while parsing a crafted mp4 file because of the missing boundary check. Table of contents […]

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Debian 11 — parser-mysql — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — parser-mysql — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 7 August 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3736 Upstream summary: ltdl.c in libltdl in GNU Libtool 1.5.x, and 2.2.6 before 2.2.6b, as used in Ham Radio Control Libraries, Q, and possibly other products, attempts to […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 7 August 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2006-3627 CVE-2006-3628 CVE-2006-3629 CVE-2006-3630 CVE-2006-3631 CVE-2006-3632 CVE-2006-4330 CVE-2006-4331  +12 more Upstream summary: Unspecified vulnerability in the GSM BSSMAP dissector in Wireshark (aka Ethereal) 0.10.11 to 0.99.0 allows remote […]

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

Debian 11 — sqlgrey — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 August 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1113 Upstream summary: SQL injection vulnerability in SQLgrey Postfix greylisting service before 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) sender or (2) recipient […]

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Debian 11 — md4c — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — md4c — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 6 August 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-26148 CVE-2021-30027 Upstream summary: md_push_block_bytes in md4c.c in md4c 0.4.5 allows attackers to trigger use of uninitialized memory, and cause a denial of service (e.g., assertion failure) via […]

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Common Problems 120615

Debian 11 Kernel Upgrade Leaves Old Kernels Unmanaged

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 6 August 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 — libgig — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 August 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12950 CVE-2017-12951 CVE-2017-12952 CVE-2017-12953 CVE-2017-12954 CVE-2018-14449 CVE-2018-14450 CVE-2018-14451  +12 more Upstream summary: The gig::Region::Region function in gig.cpp in libgig 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of […]

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

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

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 6 August 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2006-5680 CVE-2007-3641 CVE-2007-3644 CVE-2007-3645 CVE-2010-4666 CVE-2011-1777 CVE-2011-1778 CVE-2011-1779  +12 more Upstream summary: The libarchive library in FreeBSD 6-STABLE after 2006-09-05 and before 2006-11-08 allows context-dependent attackers to cause […]

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