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Debian 11 — slirp4netns — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — slirp4netns — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2019-14378 CVE-2019-15890 CVE-2019-6778 CVE-2019-9824 CVE-2020-10756 CVE-2020-1983 CVE-2020-8608 Upstream summary: ip_reass in ip_input.c in libslirp 4.0.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow via a large packet because it mishandles a […]

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Debian 11 — tomb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — tomb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28638 Upstream summary: ask_password in Tomb 2.0 through 2.7 returns a warning when pinentry-curses is used and $DISPLAY is non-empty, causing affected users' files to be encrypted with […]

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How to Set Up Windows Defender Application Control on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Windows Defender Application Control on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to Windows Defender Application Control Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) is Microsoft’s next-generation application control technology, introduced in Windows 10 and fully supported on Windows Server 2019. Unlike AppLocker, which operates in user space, WDAC policies are enforced by the Windows kernel and can be protected by Virtualization-Based Security (HVCI). WDAC supersedes Device Guard […]

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Debian 11 — bzflag — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — bzflag — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2005-4584 Upstream summary: BZFlag server 2.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a callsign that is not followed by a […]

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Debian 11 — bchunk — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — bchunk — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-15953 CVE-2017-15954 CVE-2017-15955 Upstream summary: bchunk (related to BinChunker) 1.2.0 and 1.2.1 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow and crash when processing a malformed CUE (.cue) file. […]

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Debian 11 — breezy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — breezy — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14176 Upstream summary: Bazaar through 2.7.0, when Subprocess SSH is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a bzr+ssh URL with an initial dash character in […]

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Debian 11 — r-other-x4r — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — r-other-x4r — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9765 CVE-2019-7659 Upstream summary: Integer overflow in the soap_get function in Genivia gSOAP 2.7.x and 2.8.x before 2.8.48, as used on Axis cameras and other devices, allows remote […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — gif2apng — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — gif2apng — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5969-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-45909 CVE-2021-45910 CVE-2021-45911 Upstream summary: It was discovered that gif2apng contained multiple heap-base overflows. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service (system […]

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How To Sandbox Processes With Systemd On Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Sandbox Processes With Systemd On Ubuntu 20.04

Sandboxing is a computer security technique that focuses on isolating a program or process from parts of a system that it does not need to interact with during normal operation. In this tutorial you will run through a practical demonstration of how to use systemd’s sandboxing techniques on Ubuntu 20.04 for an efficient workflow to implement and to test these techniques.

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How to Configure Nginx Load Balancing on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Nginx Load Balancing on RHEL 8

Load balancing distributes incoming client requests across multiple backend servers, preventing any single server from becoming a bottleneck and improving both throughput and fault tolerance. Nginx’s built-in load balancing is highly capable and available in the open-source version without any additional modules for most common use cases. On RHEL 8, you can configure Nginx to […]

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