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Alpine Linux 3.18 — qt5-qtbase — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — qt5-qtbase — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 5.15.9_git20230505-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — qt5-qtbase 5.15.9_git20230505-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-32762 CVE-2023-32763 CVE-2020-17507 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships qt5-qtbase 5.15.9_git20230505-r0 which addresses CVE-2023-32762. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — postgresql:10 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — postgresql:10 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-7790)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 14 January 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-7790 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-5869 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 Set the Hostname and FQDN on Debian 12 — step-by-step Debian 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set the Hostname and FQDN on Debian 12

Introduction How to Set the Hostname and FQDN on Debian 12 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 12 Bookworm server. Debian 12 Bookworm ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — unoconv — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — unoconv — 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-2019-17400 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged unoconv<0.9 for vulnerability class 'server-side-request-forgery'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17400 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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FreeBSD 14 — ejabberd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — ejabberd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 13 January 2024 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ejabberd — Potential DDoS in XML Parser Related CVEs: CVE-2009-0934 CVE-2010-0305 CVE-2011-1753 Upstream summary: ejabberd team reports: This release adds new options that limit max memory used by XML parser […]

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FreeBSD 14 — py38-nicotine-plus — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — py38-nicotine-plus — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 January 2024 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-nicotine-plus — Denial of service vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2021-45848 Upstream summary: ztauras reports: Denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Nicotine+ starting with version 3.0.3 and prior to version 3.2.1 allows […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — python3.11-cryptography — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — python3.11-cryptography — 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-2024:3105 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-49083 Upstream summary: The python-cryptography packages contain a Python Cryptographic Authority's (PyCA's) cryptography library, which provides cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers. Security Fix(es): * python-cryptography: NULL-dereference when […]

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NetBSD 9.4 — php72-mbstring — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 9.4

NetBSD 9.4 — php72-mbstring — 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-2019-9023 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged php72-mbstring<7.2.14 for vulnerability class 'heap-overflow'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9023 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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FreeBSD 14 — tidy — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — tidy — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 January 2024 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: tidy — heap-buffer-overflow Related CVEs: CVE-2015-5522 CVE-2015-5523 Upstream summary: Geoff McLane reports: tidy is affected by a write out of bounds when processing malformed html files. This issue could be […]

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Debian 12 — xmlrpc-c — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — xmlrpc-c — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 13 January 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-3560 CVE-2009-3720 CVE-2012-0876 CVE-2012-1148 Upstream summary: The big2_toUtf8 function in lib/xmltok.c in libexpat in Expat 2.0.1, as used in the XML-Twig module for Perl, allows context-dependent attackers to […]

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