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openSUSE Tumbleweed — hotspot — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — hotspot — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-28144 Upstream summary: KDAB Hotspot 1.3.x and 1.4.x through 1.4.1, in a non-default configuration, allows privilege escalation because of race conditions involving symlinks and elevate_perf_privileges.sh […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — pillow — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — pillow — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 November 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8135-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-50447 CVE-2021-28675 CVE-2021-25290 CVE-2021-25288 CVE-2021-28676 CVE-2023-44271 CVE-2021-28677 CVE-2021-25287  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that Pillow did not correctly handle reading J2K files, which could lead […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — prometheus-alertmanager — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — prometheus-alertmanager — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 November 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6935-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-40577 Upstream summary: It was discovered that prometheus-alertmanager didn't properly sanitize input it received through an API endpoint. An attacker with permission to send requests to this […]

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How to Configure IPv6 Dual-Stack Networking on RHEL 9 — step-by-step RHEL 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure IPv6 Dual-Stack Networking on RHEL 9

IPv6 adoption continues to accelerate as IPv4 address space is exhausted, and most production servers now need to serve traffic over both protocols simultaneously. RHEL 9 supports dual-stack networking natively through NetworkManager, allowing IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to coexist on the same interface without additional kernel modules. Configuring dual-stack correctly involves not only assigning addresses […]

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How To Install Umami Web Analytics Software on Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Docker tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install Umami Web Analytics Software on Ubuntu 20.04

Umami is an open-source, self-hosted web analytics application written in Node.js. It focuses on being simple, well-designed, fast, and privacy-focused. It can store data about your website’s visitors in either a MySQL or PostgreSQL database. In this tutorial you will install Umami and a PostgreSQL database using Docker Compose, then install Nginx and Certbot to set up a secure HTTPS reverse proxy for Umami.

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Ubuntu 18.04 — golang-1.18 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — golang-1.18 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 November 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7109-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-41723 CVE-2022-41724 CVE-2022-41725 CVE-2023-24531 CVE-2023-24536 CVE-2023-29402 CVE-2023-29403 CVE-2023-29404  +12 more Upstream summary: Philippe Antoine discovered that Go incorrectly handled crafted HTTP/2 streams. An attacker could possibly use […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — python-git — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — python-git — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 5 November 2023 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6326-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-40267 CVE-2022-24439 Upstream summary: It was discovered that GitPython did not block insecure options from user inputs in the clone command. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — munin-server — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — munin-server — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 9.4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2017-6188 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged munin-server<2.999.6 for vulnerability class 'arbitrary-file-overwrite'. Reference: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6188 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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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-2022-4873)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 November 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-4873 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-31738 CVE-2022-31741 CVE-2022-31747 CVE-2022-31740 CVE-2022-31742 CVE-2022-31737 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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Debian 12 — pillow — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — pillow — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 5 November 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-1932 CVE-2014-1933 CVE-2014-3007 CVE-2014-3589 CVE-2014-3598 CVE-2014-9601 CVE-2016-0740 CVE-2016-0775  +12 more Upstream summary: The (1) load_djpeg function in JpegImagePlugin.py, (2) Ghostscript function in EpsImagePlugin.py, (3) load function in IptcImagePlugin.py, […]

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