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Ubuntu 22.04 — nano — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — nano — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 13 October 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7064-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-5742 Upstream summary: It was discovered that nano allowed a possible privilege escalation through an insecure temporary file. If nano was killed while editing, the permissions granted […]

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openSUSE Leap 15.5 — zbar — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Leap 15.5

openSUSE Leap 15.5 — zbar — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — 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-SU-2023:4948-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-40889 CVE-2023-40890 Upstream summary: A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the qr_reader_match_centers function of ZBar 0.23.90. Specially crafted QR codes may lead to information […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — pam — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — pam — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 13 October 2024 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6588-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-22365 CVE-2022-28321 https://launchpad.net/bugs/2006073 Upstream summary: Matthias Gerstner discovered that the PAM pam_namespace module incorrectly handled special files when performing directory checks. A local attacker could possibly use […]

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openSUSE Leap 15.5 — libzzip — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Leap 15.5

openSUSE Leap 15.5 — libzzip — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — 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-SU-2024:2925-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2024-39134 CVE-2020-18442 CVE-2020-18770 Upstream summary: A Stack Buffer Overflow vulnerability in zziplibv 0.13.77 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via the __zzip_fetch_disk_trailer() […]

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How to Install Vagrant and VirtualBox on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Vagrant and VirtualBox on Ubuntu 24.04

Vagrant provides a consistent, portable development environment by automating the creation and provisioning of virtual machines. This guide installs Vagrant and VirtualBox on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS desktop or server CPU with hardware virtualisation enabled (VT-x/AMD-V) A user with sudo privileges Step 1 – Add […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — buildah — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — buildah — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 1.28.0-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — buildah 1.28.0-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-2990 CVE-2021-3602 CVE-2021-20206 CVE-2020-10696 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships buildah 1.28.0-r0 which addresses CVE-2022-2990. Table of contents Symptom […]

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

Alpine Linux 3.18 — cacti — 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 1.2.8-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — cacti 1.2.8-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-8813 CVE-2020-7237 CVE-2020-7106 CVE-2023-46490 CVE-2023-49084 CVE-2023-49085 CVE-2023-49086 CVE-2023-50250  +12 more Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships cacti 1.2.8-r0 which […]

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How to Harden Nginx with Security Headers on FreeBSD 14 — step-by-step FreeBSD 14 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Harden Nginx with Security Headers on FreeBSD 14

Introduction FreeBSD 14 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up harden nginx with security headers on freebsd 14 on FreeBSD 14 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any […]

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FreeBSD 14 — nag — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 14

FreeBSD 14 — nag — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 October 2024 Affected versions: FreeBSD 14 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: nag — Cross site scripting vulnerabilities in several of the tasklist name and task data fields Upstream summary: Announce of Nag H3 (2.0.4) (final): This [2.0.4] is a security release […]

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NetBSD 10.0 — unshield — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 10.0

NetBSD 10.0 — unshield — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 10.0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2015-1386 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged unshield<1.4 for vulnerability class 'directory-traversal'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1386 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis […]

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