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FreeBSD 13 — py39-psutil — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py39-psutil — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 July 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-psutil — double free vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2019-18874 Upstream summary: ret2libc reports: psutil (aka python-psutil) through 5.6.5 can have a double free. This occurs because of refcount mishandling within a […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — lorax — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2022:1785 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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FreeBSD 13 — php55-xsl — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — php55-xsl — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 23 July 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: php — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2015-6834 CVE-2015-6835 CVE-2015-6836 CVE-2015-6837 CVE-2015-6838 Upstream summary: PHP reports: Core: Fixed bug #70172 (Use After Free Vulnerability in unserialize()). Fixed bug #70219 (Use after […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py38-tuf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py38-tuf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 July 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: The Update Framwork — path traversal vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2021-41131 Upstream summary: NVD reports: python-tuf is a Python reference implementation of The Update Framework (TUF). In both clients (`tuf/client` and […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — glibmm24 — multiple vulnerabilities (12 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — glibmm24 — 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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How to Register a GitHub Actions Self-Hosted Runner on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Register a GitHub Actions Self-Hosted Runner on FreeBSD 13

Introduction FreeBSD 13 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up register a github actions self-hosted runner on freebsd 13 on FreeBSD 13 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from […]

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How To Set Up the Eclipse Theia Cloud IDE Platform on Kubernetes — step-by-step Kubernetes tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up the Eclipse Theia Cloud IDE Platform on Kubernetes

Eclipse Theia is an extensible cloud IDE running on a remote server and accessible from a web browser. Visually, it’s designed to look and behave similarly to Microsoft Visual Studio Code, which means that it supports many programming languages, has a flexible layout, and has an integrated terminal. In this tutorial, you will set up the default version of the Eclipse Theia cloud IDE platform on your Kubernetes cluster.

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Alpine Linux edge — xscreensaver — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — xscreensaver — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 6.02-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — xscreensaver 6.02-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-34557 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships xscreensaver 6.02-r0 which addresses CVE-2021-34557. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py27-djblets — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py27-djblets — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 23 July 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: py-djblets — Self-XSS vulnerability Upstream summary: Djblets Release Notes reports: A recently-discovered vulnerability in the datagrid templates allows an attacker to generate a URL to any datagrid page containing malicious […]

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