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

Debian 11 — crafty — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 16 February 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0612 Upstream summary: Multiple buffer overflows in main.c for Crafty 19.3 allow local users to gain group "games" privileges via long command line arguments to crafty.bin. Table of […]

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Arch Linux — puppet — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — puppet — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202107-8 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-27021 Upstream summary: Type: privilege escalation. Status: Fixed. Affected: 6.22.1-1. Fixed in: 6.23.0-1. Group: AVG-2105. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 February 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-12559 CVE-2018-12560 CVE-2018-12561 CVE-2018-12562 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in the cantata-mounter D-Bus service in Cantata through 2.3.1. The mount target path check in mounter.cpp `mpOk()` is […]

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Debian 11 — libsdl2-image — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — libsdl2-image — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 16 February 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-12122 CVE-2017-14440 CVE-2017-14441 CVE-2017-14442 CVE-2017-14448 CVE-2017-14449 CVE-2017-14450 CVE-2017-2887  +12 more Upstream summary: An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the ILBM image rendering functionality of SDL2_image-2.0.2. A specially […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — libzstd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libzstd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 February 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4760-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-24031 CVE-2021-24032 CVE-2019-11922 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libzstd incorrectly handled file permissions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to access certain files, contrary […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-Django — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — python36-Django — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-35042 CVE-2018-6188 CVE-2020-24583 CVE-2020-24584 CVE-2020-7471 CVE-2020-9402 CVE-2021-33571 CVE-2016-7401  +12 more Upstream summary: Django 3.1.x before 3.1.13 and 3.2.x before 3.2.5 allows QuerySet.order_by SQL injection if […]

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SLES 12 — perl-HTTP-Daemon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — perl-HTTP-Daemon — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 February 2022 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:2872-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-31081 Upstream summary: HTTP::Daemon is a simple http server class written in perl. Versions prior to 6.15 are subject to a vulnerability which could potentially […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — qt5-qtsvg — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — qt5-qtsvg — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-1920)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 16 February 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-1920 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-45930 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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How to Install Nomad Workload Orchestrator on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Nomad Workload Orchestrator on Debian 11

Introduction How to Install Nomad Workload Orchestrator on Debian 11 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 11 Bullseye server. Debian 11 Bullseye ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian 11. […]

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