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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libgtop — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libgtop — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2007-0235 Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in the glibtop_get_proc_map_s function in libgtop before 2.14.6 (libgtop2) allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) […]

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How To Install the Apache Web Server on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install the Apache Web Server on Ubuntu 16.04

The Apache HTTP server is the most widely-used web server in the world. It provides with many powerful features including dynamically loadable modules, robust media support, and extensive integration with other popular software. In this guide, we’ll discuss how to install…

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Ubuntu 20.04 — highlight.js — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — highlight.js — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 30 May 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8276-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-26237 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Highlight.js used plain JavaScript objects for internal language name lookups, making them susceptible to prototype pollution attacks. An attacker could […]

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How to Create Python Virtual Environments on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Create Python Virtual Environments on Debian 10

Introduction How to Create Python Virtual Environments on Debian 10 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 10 Buster server. Debian 10 Buster 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 10. […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — jbig2dec — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — jbig2dec — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 30 May 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5405-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9216 CVE-2020-12268 CVE-2016-9601 CVE-2017-7885 CVE-2017-7975 CVE-2017-7976 Upstream summary: It was discovered that jbig2dec incorrectly handled memory when parsing invalid files. An attacker could use this issue to […]

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SLES 12 — aspell — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — aspell — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 30 May 2020 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2021:14783-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-25051 CVE-2019-17544 Upstream summary: objstack in GNU Aspell 0.60.8 has a heap-based buffer overflow in acommon::ObjStack::dup_top (called from acommon::StringMap::add and acommon::Config::lookup_list). Table of contents Symptom […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — dool — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — dool — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3894 Upstream summary: Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in dstat before 0.7.0 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Python module in (1) the current working […]

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