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Debian 12 — mikmod — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — mikmod — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 January 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0427 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in mikmod 3.1.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an archive file that contains a file with a long […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — gimp-dds — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — gimp-dds — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 January 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7209-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-44441 Upstream summary: Jacob Boerema discovered that the GIMP DDS Plugin incorrectly processed DDS files due to a memory issue. An attacker could exploit this through a […]

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openSUSE Leap 15.5 — tmux — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Leap 15.5

openSUSE Leap 15.5 — tmux — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Leap 15.5 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-RU-2024:0184-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-47016 Upstream summary: ** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation […]

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

Oracle Linux 9 — varnish — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-5924)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 12 January 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-5924 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-44487 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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Oracle Linux 9 — xorg-x11-server-Xwayland — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — xorg-x11-server-Xwayland — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2023-2249)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 January 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-2249 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-0494 CVE-2022-46342 CVE-2022-3550 CVE-2022-46344 CVE-2022-46343 CVE-2022-46340 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — wavpack — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — wavpack — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 5.5.0-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — wavpack 5.5.0-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-44269 CVE-2020-35738 CVE-2019-1010319 CVE-2019-1010317 CVE-2019-1010315 CVE-2019-11498 CVE-2018-19840 CVE-2018-19841  +12 more Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships wavpack 5.5.0-r0 which […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — postgresql12 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — postgresql12 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 12.9-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — postgresql12 12.9-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-23214 CVE-2021-23222 CVE-2021-3677 CVE-2020-25694 CVE-2020-25695 CVE-2020-25696 CVE-2020-14349 CVE-2020-14350  +12 more Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships postgresql12 12.9-r0 which […]

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How to Set Up Cron Jobs and Scheduled Tasks on Debian 12 — step-by-step Debian 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Cron Jobs and Scheduled Tasks on Debian 12

Introduction How to Set Up Cron Jobs and Scheduled Tasks 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 […]

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How to Set Up Dovecot IMAP Server on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Dovecot IMAP Server on FreeBSD 14

Introduction How to Set Up Dovecot IMAP Server on FreeBSD 14 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 14 server operator. FreeBSD 14 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 […]

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