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SLES 15 — collectd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — collectd — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟔 Medium   ā± 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 15 šŸ“– ~4 min read  ā€¢  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2016:2187-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-6254 CVE-2017-7401 Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_packet function in network.c in collectd before 5.4.3 and 5.x before 5.5.2 allows remote attackers to […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — plexus-archiver — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — plexus-archiver — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ā± 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 šŸ“– ~4 min read  ā€¢  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2018-1043 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1002200 Upstream summary: A path traversal vulnerability has been discovered in plexus-archiver when extracting a carefully crafted zip file which holds path traversal file names. A remote […]

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Gentoo Linux — net-analyzer/zabbix — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — net-analyzer/zabbix — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟔 Medium   ā± 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux šŸ“– ~4 min read  ā€¢  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202101-11 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Gentoo’s Zabbix ebuild did not properly set permissions or placed the pid file in an unsafe directory. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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How to Configure ksh93 Advanced Scripting on IBM AIX 7.1 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.1 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure ksh93 Advanced Scripting on IBM AIX 7.1

Introduction IBM AIX 7.1 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 7.1 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to configure ksh93 advanced scripting on ibm aix 7.1 on […]

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Arch Linux — tcpdump — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — tcpdump — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

šŸ”“ Critical   ā± 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) šŸ“– ~4 min read  ā€¢  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201709-5 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-13725 CVE-2017-13690 CVE-2017-13689 CVE-2017-13688 CVE-2017-13687 CVE-2017-13055 CVE-2017-13054 CVE-2017-13053  +12 more Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 4.9.1-1. Fixed in: 4.9.2-1. Group: AVG-361. Table of contents […]

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

FreeBSD 12 — taglib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ā± 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 šŸ“– ~4 min read  ā€¢  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: taglib — heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted audio file Related CVEs: CVE-2018-11439 Upstream summary: Webin security lab – dbapp security Ltd reports: The TagLib::Ogg::FLAC::File::scan function in oggflacfile.cpp in TagLib […]

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How to Set Up Log Rotation on SLES 15 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Log Rotation on SLES 15

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up Log Rotation on SLES 15 on SLES 15. SLES 15 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 15 system is up to date: zypper […]

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