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

Debian 11 — libbluray — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 August 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-7810 Upstream summary: libbluray MountManager class has a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race when expanding JAR files Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]

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How to Mount CIFS Windows Shares on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Mount CIFS Windows Shares on Debian 9

Introduction Debian 9 Stretch is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up mount cifs windows shares on debian 9 on Stretch leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Stretch freeze. Follow each step carefully and […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — kopanocore — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — kopanocore — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 10 August 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6876-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-19907 CVE-2022-26562 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Kopano Core allowed out-of-bounds access. An attacker could use this issue to expose private information. This issue only affected […]

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Alpine Linux edge — logrotate — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — logrotate — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 3.20.1-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — logrotate 3.20.1-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1348 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships logrotate 3.20.1-r0 which addresses CVE-2022-1348. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — libphp-phpmailer — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — libphp-phpmailer — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 August 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5956-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10033 CVE-2016-10045 CVE-2017-11503 CVE-2017-5223 CVE-2018-19296 CVE-2020-13625 CVE-2021-3603 Upstream summary: Dawid Golunski discovered that PHPMailer was not properly escaping user input data used as arguments to functions executed […]

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How To Set Up WireGuard on Debian 11 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up WireGuard on Debian 11

In this tutorial, you will set up WireGuard on a Debian 11 server, and then configure another machine to connect to it as a peer using both IPv4 and IPv6 connections (commonly referred to as a _dual stack_ connection). You’ll also learn how to route the peer’s Internet traffic through the WireGuard server in a gateway configuration, in addition to using the VPN for an encrypted peer-to-peer tunnel.

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Oracle Linux 9 — postgresql — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — postgresql — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-4771)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 10 August 2022 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-4771 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1552 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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AlmaLinux 8 — libserf — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — libserf — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2022:2234 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-24070 CVE-2020-17525 CVE-2019-0203 CVE-2018-11782 Upstream summary: Subversion (SVN) is a concurrent version control system which enables one or more users to collaborate in developing and maintaining a hierarchy of […]

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How to Create a CLI with Python Fire on Ubuntu 22.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Create a CLI with Python Fire on Ubuntu 22.04

Python Fire is a Python library that lets you automatically CLIs (command line interfaces) from Python objects. CLIs are programs that take text input from the command line, and can be helpful to your workflow of developing and debugging. This can be useful for those more comfortable in Bash and a command line.

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