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FreeBSD 13 — freeradius-mysql — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — freeradius-mysql — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: freeradius — EAP-TTLS Tunnel Memory Leak Remote DOS Vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2005-1454 CVE-2005-1455 CVE-2005-4745 CVE-2007-2028 Upstream summary: The freeradius development team reports: A malicious 802.1x supplicant could send malformed Diameter […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — file-roller — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — file-roller — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2021:4179 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-36314 Upstream summary: File Roller is an application for creating and viewing archives files, such as tar or zip files. Security Fix(es): * file-roller: directory traversal via directory symlink […]

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How to Set Up Database Backups with Percona XtraBackup on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Database Backups with Percona XtraBackup on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up Database Backups with Percona XtraBackup on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 12 system is up […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — pglogical — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: pglogical — shell command injection in pglogical.create_subscription() Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3515 Upstream summary: 2ndQuadrant reports: Fix pg_dump/pg_restore execution (CVE-2021-3515) Correctly escape the connection string for both pg_dump and pg_restore so that […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — bogofilter-sqlite — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: bogofilter — heap corruption by invalid base64 input Related CVEs: CVE-2010-2494 CVE-2012-5468 Upstream summary: David Relson reports: Fix a heap corruption in base64 decoder on invalid input. Analysis and patch […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — vte291 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — vte291 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2020:4451 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-8625 CVE-2019-8710 CVE-2019-8720 CVE-2019-8743 CVE-2019-8764 CVE-2019-8766 CVE-2019-8769 CVE-2019-8771  +12 more Upstream summary: GNOME is the default desktop environment of AlmaLinux. The following packages have been upgraded to a later […]

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FreeBSD 13 — ghostscript-gnu — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — ghostscript-gnu — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 December 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ghostscript — insecure temporary file creation vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0967 Upstream summary: Ghostscript is affected by an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. This issue is likely due to a design […]

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Debian 11 — freexl — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — freexl — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 22 December 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-2753 CVE-2015-2754 CVE-2015-2776 CVE-2017-2923 CVE-2017-2924 CVE-2018-7435 CVE-2018-7436 CVE-2018-7437  +2 more Upstream summary: FreeXL before 1.0.0i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption) or possibly […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — qt5-qtimageformats — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — qt5-qtimageformats — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2021:4172 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3481 Upstream summary: Qt is a software toolkit for developing applications. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: adwaita-qt (1.2.1), python-qt5 (5.15.0), qgnomeplatform (0.7.1), qt5 […]

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