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Oracle Linux 8 — xorg-x11-server — security and stability fixes — required update — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — xorg-x11-server — security and stability fixes — required update (ELSA-2023-2806)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 21 September 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2023-2806 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-46344 CVE-2022-3551 CVE-2022-46342 CVE-2023-0494 CVE-2022-46341 CVE-2022-46343 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — pyodbc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — pyodbc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALEA-2021:1861 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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How to Configure Network Interface Aggregation on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Network Interface Aggregation on FreeBSD 13

Introduction How to Configure Network Interface Aggregation on FreeBSD 13 is a core administration task for any FreeBSD 13 server operator. FreeBSD 13 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 packet […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — mariadb-connector-c — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — mariadb-connector-c — multiple vulnerabilities (5 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-2020:5503 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-13249 CVE-2020-2574 CVE-2020-2752 CVE-2020-2922 CVE-2021-2007 Upstream summary: The MariaDB Native Client library (C driver) is used to connect applications developed in C/C++ to MariaDB and MySQL databases. The following […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py-urllib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py-urllib — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: urllib3 — certificate verification failure Related CVEs: CVE-2016-9015 Upstream summary: urllib3 reports: CVE-2016-9015: Certification verification failure Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage […]

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

FreeBSD 13 — se-openoffice — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 21 September 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openoffice — DOC document heap overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0752 CVE-2005-0941 Upstream summary: AD-LAB reports that a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in OpenOffice's handling of DOC documents. When reading […]

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