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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 April 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-0671 CVE-2008-0672 CVE-2008-0673 CVE-2019-7629 Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in the add_line_buffer function in TinTin++ 1.97.9 and WinTin++ 1.97.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a […]

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

Debian 11 — util-linux — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 22 April 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2001-1494 CVE-2005-2876 CVE-2006-7108 CVE-2007-5191 CVE-2008-1926 CVE-2011-1675 CVE-2011-1677 CVE-2013-0157  +12 more Upstream summary: script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by […]

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Debian 11 — network-manager-applet — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — network-manager-applet — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 April 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-0365 CVE-2009-0578 CVE-2009-4144 CVE-2009-4145 CVE-2017-6590 Upstream summary: nm-applet.conf in GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 contains an incorrect deny setting, which allows local users to discover (1) network connection passwords […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — kpartx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:3707-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-41973 Upstream summary: multipath-tools 0.7.7 through 0.9.x before 0.9.2 allows local users to obtain root access, as exploited in conjunction with CVE-2022-41974. Local users able […]

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Debian 11 — libwpd — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libwpd — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 April 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2007-0002 CVE-2007-1466 CVE-2012-2149 CVE-2017-14226 CVE-2018-19208 Upstream summary: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in WordPerfect Document importer/exporter (libwpd) before 0.8.9 allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service […]

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Arch Linux — element-desktop — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — element-desktop — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202109-4 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-40823 Upstream summary: Type: information disclosure. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.7.34-2. Fixed in: 1.8.4-1. Group: AVG-2377. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — squashfs-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — squashfs-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 April 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5078-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-41072 CVE-2021-40153 Upstream summary: Richard Weinberger discovered that Squashfs-Tools mishandled certain malformed SQUASHFS files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the filesystem. […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — libhttp-daemon-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libhttp-daemon-perl — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 April 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5520-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-31081 Upstream summary: It was discovered that HTTP-Daemon incorrectly handled certain crafted requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP Request Smuggling […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — firefox — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — firefox — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2FIREFOX-2023-009 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-45403 CVE-2022-45404 CVE-2022-45405 CVE-2022-45406 CVE-2022-45408 CVE-2022-45409 CVE-2022-45410 CVE-2022-45411  +12 more Upstream summary: Service Workers should not be able to infer information about opaque cross-origin responses; but timing […]

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