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FreeBSD 13 — rsnapshot — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — rsnapshot — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 July 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: rsnapshot — local privilege escalation Related CVEs: CVE-2005-1064 Upstream summary: An rsnapshot Advisory reports: The copy_symlink() subroutine in rsnapshot incorrectly changes file ownership on the files pointed to by symlinks, […]

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Debian 10 — evolution-data-server — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — evolution-data-server — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 July 2021 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14928 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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How To Use PostgreSQL with Your Ruby on Rails Application on Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use PostgreSQL with Your Ruby on Rails Application on Ubuntu 20.04

A PostgreSQL database is a robust and flexible choice for your Ruby on Rails application. In this tutorial, you will set up a Ruby on Rails development environment connected to a PostgreSQL database on an Ubuntu 20.04 server. You will install and configure PostgreSQL, then test your setup by creating a Rails application that uses PostgreSQL as its database server.

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Oracle Linux 8 — glib2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — glib2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-3058)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 July 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-3058 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-27218 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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How to Install Portainer on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Portainer 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 install portainer 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 any Linux distribution. This […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — fontforge — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — fontforge — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-1921)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 July 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-1921 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-5395 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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Arch Linux — mumble — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — mumble — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202102-32 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-27229 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.3.3-5. Fixed in: 1.3.4-1. Group: AVG-1576. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — firefox — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — firefox — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2021-0052)

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 8 July 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-0052 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-16044 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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Arch Linux — minidlna — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — minidlna — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-202012-15 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28926 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.2.1-5. Fixed in: 1.3.0-1. Group: AVG-1321. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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