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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — storeBackup — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2020:0119-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-7040 Upstream summary: storeBackup.pl in storeBackup through 3.5 relies on the /tmp/storeBackup.lock pathname, which allows symlink attacks that possibly lead to privilege escalation. (Local users […]

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FreeBSD 12 — py39-impacket — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — py39-impacket — 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: py-impacket — multiple path traversal vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2021-31800 Upstream summary: asolino reports: Multiple path traversal vulnerabilities exist in smbserver.py in Impacket through 0.9.22. An attacker that connects to a […]

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How To Install Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu 12.04 from Source — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu 12.04 from Source

Ruby on Rails is an application stack that provides developers with a framework to quickly create a variety of web applications. Although Rails can be installed on a virtual private server with a variety of packages, it can also be download manually, from source. This tutorial will go over the manual installation of Ruby and Rails.

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How to Install PostgreSQL on Oracle Linux 8 — step-by-step Oracle Linux 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install PostgreSQL on Oracle Linux 8

Introduction This tutorial demonstrates how to Install PostgreSQL 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 the default AppStream […]

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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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