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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — groovy — vulnerability — 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-2020:2367-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-17521 Upstream summary: Apache Groovy provides extension methods to aid with creating temporary directories. Prior to this fix, Groovy's implementation of those extension methods was […]

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FreeBSD 13 — libtiff — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — libtiff — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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: libtiff — Improper Input Validation Related CVEs: CVE-2017-13726 CVE-2017-13727 Upstream summary: libtiff developers report: There is a reachable assertion abort in the function TIFFWriteDirectoryTagSubifd() in LibTIFF 4.0.8, related to tif_dirwrite.c […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — opensc — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — opensc — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2023-7160)

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-7160 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-2977 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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FreeBSD 13 — py-pygit — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py-pygit — vulnerability — 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: Libgit2 — Fixing insufficient validation of submodule names Related CVEs: CVE-2018-11235 Upstream summary: The Git community reports: Insufficient validation of submodule names Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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How to Set Up Varnish Cache on Oracle Linux 8 — step-by-step Oracle Linux 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Varnish Cache on Oracle Linux 8

Introduction Setting up set up varnish cache 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 Set Up Varnish Cache on Oracle Linux 8, with all the commands you need, the SELinux and firewalld considerations to […]

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FreeBSD 13 — transmission-qt — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — transmission-qt — vulnerability — 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: libutp — remote denial of service or arbitrary code execution Related CVEs: CVE-2012-6129 Upstream summary: NVD reports: Stack-based buffer overflow in utp.cpp in libutp, as used in Transmission before 2.74 […]

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FreeBSD 13 — pkcs11-helper — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — pkcs11-helper — 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: pkcs11-helper — deserialize buffer overflow Upstream summary: Alon Bar-Lev reports: util: fix deserialize buffer overflow. thanks to Aarnav Bos. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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How to Set Up DNS Server with BIND on IBM AIX 7.1 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.1 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up DNS Server with BIND 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 set up dns server with bind on ibm aix […]

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FreeBSD 13 — xapian-omega — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — xapian-omega — vulnerability — 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: xapian-omega — cross-site scripting vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2009-2947 Upstream summary: Olly Betts reports: There's a cross-site scripting issue in Omega – exception messages don't currently get HTML entities escaped, but […]

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FreeBSD 13 — elinks — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — elinks — vulnerability — 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: elinks — buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2008-7224 Upstream summary: SecurityFocus reports: ELinks is prone to an off-by-one buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to accurately reference the last element […]

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