December 2022 - Page 11 of 72

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

Debian 11 — filter — 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-2004-1272 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in the save_embedded_address function in filter.c for elm/bolthole filter 2.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted email message. Table […]

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Scaling Ruby on Rails: Setting Up A Dedicated PostgreSQL Server (Part 3) — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Scaling Ruby on Rails: Setting Up A Dedicated PostgreSQL Server (Part 3)

In this installation of our the cloud provider Scaling-Rails series, we are going to find out how to build a PostgreSQL server from scratch to use as the database persistence layer for Ruby-on-Rails web-applications. Continuing, we are going to see how to connect our Rails application servers with the database by making the necessary configuration changes.

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

Debian 11 — xsok — 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-2003-0949 Upstream summary: xsok 1.02 does not properly drop privileges before finding and executing the "gunzip" program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands. Table of contents […]

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How To Use SQLite with Node.js on Ubuntu 22.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use SQLite with Node.js on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial, readers will use node-sqlite3 to create a connection with an SQLite database. Next, they’ll create a Node.js app that creates a table and insert data into the database. Finally, they’ll modify the app to use node-sqlite3 to retrieve, update, and delete data from the database.

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Oracle Linux 8 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-9689)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-9689 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-2588 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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How to Install PostgreSQL 16 on FreeBSD 12 — step-by-step FreeBSD 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install PostgreSQL 16 on FreeBSD 12

Introduction How to Install PostgreSQL 16 on FreeBSD 12 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 12 server operator. FreeBSD 12 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, […]

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

Oracle Linux 9 — firefox — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2022-6700)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-6700 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-40958 CVE-2022-40957 CVE-2022-40962 CVE-2022-40959 CVE-2022-40960 CVE-2022-40956 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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