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Ubuntu 18.04 — unzip — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — unzip — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 September 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5673-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-4217 CVE-2022-0529 CVE-2022-0530 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1957077 CVE-2014-9913 CVE-2016-9844 CVE-2018-1000035 CVE-2018-18384  +1 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that unzip did not properly handle unicode strings under certain circumstances. If […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — apr-util — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — apr-util — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-3109)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 September 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-3109 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-25147 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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SLES 12 — dpdk — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — dpdk — multiple vulnerabilities (15 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 September 2022 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:3341-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-2132 CVE-2020-14374 CVE-2020-14375 CVE-2020-14376 CVE-2020-14377 CVE-2020-14378 CVE-2019-14818 CVE-2020-10722  +7 more Upstream summary: A permissive list of allowed inputs flaw was found in DPDK. This issue […]

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Rocky Linux 8 — mingw-zlib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Rocky Linux 8

Rocky Linux 8 — mingw-zlib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Rocky Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Rocky Linux RXSA RLSA-2022:7813 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-25032 Upstream summary: The zlib packages provide a general-purpose lossless data compression library that is used by many different programs. Security Fix(es): * zlib: A flaw found […]

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FreeBSD 12 — fish — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — fish — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 11 September 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: shells/fish — arbitrary code execution via git Related CVEs: CVE-2014-2905 CVE-2014-2906 CVE-2014-2914 CVE-2014-3219 CVE-2014-3856 CVE-2022-20001 Upstream summary: Peter Ammon reports: fish is a command line shell. fish version 3.1.0 through […]

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AlmaLinux 9 — mingw-zlib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 9

AlmaLinux 9 — mingw-zlib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2022:8420 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-25032 Upstream summary: The zlib packages provide a general-purpose lossless data compression library that is used by many different programs. Security Fix(es): * zlib: A flaw found in zlib […]

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FreeBSD 13 — upp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — upp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 September 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: SQLite — Corrupt DB can cause a NULL pointer dereference Related CVEs: CVE-2018-8740 Upstream summary: MITRE reports: SQLite databases whose schema is corrupted using a CREATE TABLE AS statement could […]

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FreeBSD 13 — flac — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — flac — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 11 September 2022 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: flac — fix encoder bug Related CVEs: CVE-2007-3507 CVE-2007-4619 CVE-2014-8962 CVE-2014-9028 CVE-2020-0499 CVE-2021-0561 Upstream summary: The FLAC 1.3.4 release reports: Fix 12 decoder bugs found by oss-fuzz. Fix encoder bug […]

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How to Use AIX Volume Groups and Logical Volumes on IBM AIX 7.3 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.3 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use AIX Volume Groups and Logical Volumes on IBM AIX 7.3

Introduction IBM AIX 7.3 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.3 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to use aix volume groups and logical volumes on IBM […]

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

Debian 11 — tuxonice-userui — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 11 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2010-1205 CVE-2010-2249 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in pngpread.c in libpng before 1.2.44 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, as used in progressive applications, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary […]

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