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Alpine Linux edge — podofo — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — podofo — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 0.9.7-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — podofo 0.9.7-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9199 CVE-2019-9687 CVE-2018-19532 CVE-2018-20751 CVE-2018-20797 CVE-2019-10723 CVE-2019-20093 CVE-2017-6848  +12 more Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships podofo 0.9.7-r0 which […]

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FreeBSD 12 — monotone — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — monotone — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: monotone — remote denial of service in default setup Upstream summary: The monotone developers report: Running "mtn ''" or "mtn ls ''" doesn't cause an internal error anymore. In monotone […]

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How to Set Up VLAN Support on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up VLAN Support on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to VLANs on Windows Server 2019 Virtual LAN (VLAN) support in Windows Server 2019 allows you to logically segment your network into multiple isolated broadcast domains on the same physical infrastructure. In a Windows Server context, VLANs are typically configured on virtual network adapters in Hyper-V, on NIC Team interfaces (LBFO team NICs), or […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — uranium-firmware-lulzbot — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — uranium-firmware-lulzbot — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000537 Upstream summary: Marlin Firmware Marlin version 1.1.x and earlier contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in cardreader.cpp (Depending on branch/version) that can result in Arbitrary code execution. This attack […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — util-linux — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — util-linux — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 October 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4512-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-7738 Upstream summary: It was discovered that the umount bash completion script shipped in util-linux incorrectly handled certain mountpoints. If a local attacker were able to create […]

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How To Protect SSH with fail2ban on Debian 7 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Protect SSH with fail2ban on Debian 7

SSH is a very convenient tool for remotely administering your servers. However, it does open your machine up to brute force attacks designed to crack your password and gain access to your machine. In this guide, we will discuss how to install and configure fail2ban, which will ban repeated unsuccessful authentication attempts, on a Debian 7 system.

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How To Install and Configure OSSEC Security Notifications on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Configure OSSEC Security Notifications on Ubuntu 14.04

This tutorial will show you how to install and configure OSSEC to monitor one the cloud provider server running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. We’ll configure OSSEC so that if a file is modified, deleted, or added to the server, OSSEC will notify you by email – in real-time. That’s in addition to other integrity-checking features that OSSEC offers.

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FreeBSD 12 — php56-gd — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — php56-gd — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libgd — integer overflow which could lead to heap buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2013-7456 CVE-2015-4643 CVE-2015-4644 CVE-2015-8874 CVE-2015-8879 CVE-2016-3074 CVE-2016-4343 CVE-2016-5093  +12 more Upstream summary: LibGD reports: An integer overflow […]

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