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FreeBSD 12 — zsh — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — zsh — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 February 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: zsh — Arbitrary command execution vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2021-45444 Upstream summary: Marc Cornellà reports: Some prompt expansion sequences, such as %F, support 'arguments' which are themselves expanded in case they […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — mpmath — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — mpmath — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 February 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7160-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-29063 Upstream summary: It was discovered Mpmath incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Mpmath to consume resources, leading to […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — libwebp — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — libwebp — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 February 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4971-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-25009 CVE-2018-25010 CVE-2018-25011 CVE-2018-25012 CVE-2018-25013 CVE-2018-25014 CVE-2020-36328 CVE-2020-36329  +2 more Upstream summary: USN-4971-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in libwebp. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — Kdump Might Fail on Some AMD Hardware — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — Kdump Might Fail on Some AMD Hardware

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 24 February 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Oracle Bug 31274238 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 […]

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How to Configure Vault PKI Secrets Engine on Oracle Linux 8 — step-by-step Oracle Linux 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Vault PKI Secrets Engine on Oracle Linux 8

Introduction This tutorial demonstrates how to Configure Vault PKI Secrets Engine on Oracle Linux 8 on Oracle Linux 8. It is written for administrators who want a repeatable, well-explained walkthrough that goes beyond a bare command list and explains each configuration choice. Every command is tested against a freshly registered Oracle Linux 8 system with […]

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FreeBSD 12 — wavpack — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — wavpack — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 24 February 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: wavpack — integer overflow in pack_utils.c Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10169 CVE-2016-10170 CVE-2016-10171 CVE-2016-10172 CVE-2018-10536 CVE-2018-10537 CVE-2018-10538 CVE-2018-10539  +5 more Upstream summary: The wavpack project reports: src/pack_utils.c – issue #91: fix integer […]

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

Arch Linux — sddm — 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-202011-8 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28049 Upstream summary: Type: privilege escalation. Status: Fixed. Affected: 0.18.1-3. Fixed in: 0.19.0-1. Group: AVG-1266. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — pki-core:10.6 and pki-deps:10.6 — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — pki-core:10.6 and pki-deps:10.6 — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2022-7470)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 23 February 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-7470 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-2414 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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Alpine Linux edge — py3-bleach — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — py3-bleach — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 3.3.0-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — py3-bleach 3.3.0-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-23980 CVE-2020-6816 CVE-2020-6802 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships py3-bleach 3.3.0-r0 which addresses CVE-2021-23980. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 DNS Resolution Fails Intermittently

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 23 February 2021 📖 ~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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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