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AlmaLinux 8 — gcc-toolset-10-dyninst — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — gcc-toolset-10-dyninst — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2021:1807 Upstream summary: GCC Toolset is a compiler toolset that provides recent versions of development tools. GCC Toolset is an Application Stream packaged as a Software Collection. For instructions on usage, see […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 September 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4404-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-5963 CVE-2020-5967 CVE-2020-5973 Upstream summary: Thomas E. Carroll discovered that the NVIDIA Cuda grpahics driver did not properly perform access control when performing IPC. An attacker could […]

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How to Use Percona XtraBackup for MySQL Hot Backups on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Percona XtraBackup for MySQL Hot Backups on RHEL 7

How to Use Percona XtraBackup for MySQL Hot Backups on RHEL 7 Taking reliable backups of a live MySQL or MariaDB database without interrupting application traffic is a fundamental requirement for any production system. mysqldump works for small databases but locks tables and can run for hours on large datasets. Percona XtraBackup solves this problem […]

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FreeBSD 13 — weechat-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — weechat-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: weechat — Arbitrary shell command execution via scripts Related CVEs: CVE-2012-5854 Upstream summary: Sebastien Helleu reports: Untrusted command for function hook_process could lead to execution of commands, because of shell […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — chasen — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ChaSen — buffer overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2011-4000 Upstream summary: JVN iPedia reports: ChaSen provided by Nara Institute of Science and Technology is a software for morphologically analyzing Japanese. ChaSen contains […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — mod_auth_gssapi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — mod_auth_gssapi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2021:1763 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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FreeBSD 13 — linux-f10-libaudiofile — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — linux-f10-libaudiofile — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: libaudiofile — heap-based overflow in Microsoft ADPCM compression module Related CVEs: CVE-2014-0159 Upstream summary: Debian reports: Heap-based buffer overflow in msadpcm.c in libaudiofile in audiofile 0.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to […]

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How to Use Podman on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Podman on FreeBSD 13

Introduction How to Use Podman on FreeBSD 13 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 13 server operator. FreeBSD 13 ships with the 15.0-RELEASE kernel, ZFS as the default root filesystem, Capsicum capability sandboxing improvements, and an updated ports tree. Unlike Linux distributions, FreeBSD uses rc(8) for service management, pf for packet filtering, and […]

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FreeBSD 13 — mplayer-esound — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — mplayer-esound — multiple vulnerabilities (16 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 1 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: mplayer — vulnerability in STR files processor Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0433 CVE-2004-1187 CVE-2004-1188 CVE-2005-1195 CVE-2006-0579 CVE-2006-1502 CVE-2006-6172 CVE-2007-1246  +8 more Upstream summary: Secunia reports: The vulnerability is caused due to a […]

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