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openSUSE Tumbleweed — okular — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — okular — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2018:2727-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1000801 CVE-2020-9359 Upstream summary: okular version 18.08 and earlier contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in function "unpackDocumentArchive(…)" in "core/document.cpp" that can result in Arbitrary file […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — xmlgraphics-commons — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — xmlgraphics-commons — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2024-2411 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11988 Upstream summary: Apache XmlGraphics Commons 2.4 and earlier is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by improper input validation by the XMPParser. By using a specially-crafted […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — bitcoind — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — bitcoind — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2018:3001-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2018-17144 CVE-2021-3195 Upstream summary: Bitcoin Core 0.14.x before 0.14.3, 0.15.x before 0.15.2, and 0.16.x before 0.16.3 and Bitcoin Knots 0.14.x through 0.16.x before 0.16.3 allow […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — gnuchess — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — gnuchess — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8972 CVE-2019-15767 CVE-2021-30184 Upstream summary: Stack-based buffer overflow in the ValidateMove function in frontend/move.cc in GNU Chess (aka gnuchess) before 6.2.4 might allow context-dependent attackers […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — systemd security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — systemd security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2020-4553)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-4553 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20386 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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How to Configure MySQL Group Replication on Oracle Linux 8 — step-by-step Oracle Linux 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure MySQL Group Replication on Oracle Linux 8

Introduction Setting up configure mysql group replication on oracle linux 8 on a Oracle Linux 8 server is a common task for system administrators, DevOps engineers, and site reliability engineers. This guide explains how to Configure MySQL Group Replication on Oracle Linux 8, with all the commands you need, the SELinux and firewalld considerations to […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libplib0 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libplib0 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-38714 CVE-2011-4620 CVE-2012-4552 Upstream summary: In Plib through 1.85, there is an integer overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability is […]

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Arch Linux — gnutls — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — gnutls — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201904-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3836 CVE-2019-3829 CVE-2020-13777 CVE-2017-7507 CVE-2016-7444 CVE-2021-20232 CVE-2021-20231 Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 3.6.6-3. Fixed in: 3.6.7-1. Group: AVG-945. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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FreeBSD 13 — polkit — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — polkit — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: polkit — Local Privilege Escalation Related CVEs: CVE-2015-3218 CVE-2015-3255 CVE-2015-3256 CVE-2015-4625 CVE-2021-3560 CVE-2021-4034 Upstream summary: Qualys reports: We discovered a Local Privilege Escalation (from any user to root) in polkit's […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py38-cairosvg — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py38-cairosvg — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: CairoSVG — Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability Upstream summary: CairoSVG security advisories: When processing SVG files, the python package CairoSVG uses two regular expressions which are vulnerable to Regular […]

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