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FreeBSD 13 — intel-nvmupdate — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — intel-nvmupdate — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Intel(R) NVMUpdate — Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X710/XL710 NVM Security Vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2016-8106 Upstream summary: Intel Corporation reports: A security vulnerability in the Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X710 and Intel(R) Ethernet […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — chrome-gnome-shell — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — chrome-gnome-shell — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2021:1586 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-13012 CVE-2020-13543 CVE-2020-13584 CVE-2020-16125 CVE-2020-9948 CVE-2020-9951 CVE-2020-9983 CVE-2021-1817  +4 more Upstream summary: GNOME is the default desktop environment of AlmaLinux. The following packages have been upgraded to a later […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — Graphical Installation Program Does Not Display the Reserved Memory That's Manually Set For Kdump — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — Graphical Installation Program Does Not Display the Reserved Memory That’s Manually Set For Kdump

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 3 October 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Oracle Bug 31133286 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan […]

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How to Install MySQL 8 on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install MySQL 8 on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Install MySQL 8 on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Step 1 — Install MySQL zypper install -y mysql-server Step 2 — […]

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FreeBSD 13 — lsh — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — lsh — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: lsh — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2003-0826 CVE-2005-0814 Upstream summary: Secunia reports: A vulnerability has been reported in LSH, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a […]

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FreeBSD 13 — isc-dhcp41-server — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — isc-dhcp41-server — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 3 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: isc-dhcpd — Denial of Service Related CVEs: CVE-2010-3611 CVE-2011-0413 CVE-2011-2748 CVE-2011-2749 CVE-2011-4539 CVE-2012-3570 CVE-2012-3571 CVE-2012-3954  +1 more Upstream summary: ISC reports: A badly formed packet with an invalid IPv4 UDP […]

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FreeBSD 13 — bftpd — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — bftpd — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: bftpd — Multiple vulnerabilities Upstream summary: Bftpd project reports: Bftpd is vulnerable to out of bounds memory access, file descriptor leak and a potential buffer overflow. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Rocky Linux 8 — mingw-sqlite — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Rocky Linux 8

Rocky Linux 8 — mingw-sqlite — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Rocky Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Rocky Linux RXSA RLSA-2021:1968 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-16168 CVE-2020-13434 CVE-2020-13630 CVE-2020-13631 CVE-2020-13632 Upstream summary: MinGW is a free and open source software development environment to create Microsoft Windows applications. The following packages have been […]

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FreeBSD 13 — shibboleth2-sp — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — shibboleth2-sp — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: shibboleth2-sp — "Dynamic" metadata provider plugin issue Upstream summary: The Internet2 community reports: The Shibboleth Service Provider software includes a MetadataProvider plugin with the plugin type "Dynamic" to obtain metadata […]

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

Debian 11 — hcxtools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32286 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in hcxtools through 6.1.6. A global-buffer-overflow exists in the function pcapngoptionwalk located in hcxpcapngtool.c. It allows an attacker to cause code […]

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