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Ubuntu 16.04 — dogtag-pki — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — dogtag-pki — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 July 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7146-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-7537 CVE-2020-25715 CVE-2022-2414 Upstream summary: Christina Fu discovered that Dogtag PKI accidentally enabled a mock authentication plugin by default. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — mplayer — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — mplayer — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 10 July 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5895-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-38850 CVE-2022-38851 CVE-2022-38855 CVE-2022-38858 CVE-2022-38860 CVE-2022-38861 CVE-2022-38863 CVE-2022-38864  +2 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that MPlayer could be made to divide by zero when processing certain […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — t1lib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — t1lib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2007-4033 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged t1lib<5.1.2 for vulnerability class 'arbitrary-code-execution'. Reference: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4033 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — nasm — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — nasm — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2017-10686 CVE-2017-17817 CVE-2017-17820 CVE-2017-17816 CVE-2017-17814 CVE-2017-17813 CVE-2018-19216 CVE-2019-8343  +12 more Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged nasm<2.13.02 for vulnerability class 'use-after-free'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10686 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — neutron — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — neutron — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 July 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6067-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-20267 CVE-2021-38598 CVE-2021-40085 CVE-2021-40797 CVE-2022-3277 Upstream summary: David Sinquin discovered that OpenStack Neutron incorrectly handled the default Open vSwitch firewall rules. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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SLES 15 — supportutils — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — supportutils — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 10 July 2023 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:0480-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-19637 CVE-2018-19639 CVE-2022-45154 CVE-2018-19640 CVE-2018-19638 Upstream summary: Supportutils, before version 3.1-5.7.1, wrote data to static file /tmp/supp_log, allowing local attackers to overwrite files on systems […]

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SLES 15 — python2-PyJWT — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — python2-PyJWT — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 10 July 2023 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-CU-2022:1736-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-29217 Upstream summary: PyJWT is a Python implementation of RFC 7519. PyJWT supports multiple different JWT signing algorithms. With JWT, an attacker submitting the JWT […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — perl-cryptx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — perl-cryptx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 0.079-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — perl-cryptx 0.079-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-17362 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships perl-cryptx 0.079-r0 which addresses CVE-2019-17362. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — nodejs:14 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — nodejs:14 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-7830)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 July 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-7830 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-44532 CVE-2022-21824 CVE-2021-44531 CVE-2022-35256 CVE-2021-44533 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative […]

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