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Oracle Linux 8 — systemd security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — systemd security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2020-1794)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 28 May 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-1794 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3844 CVE-2019-3843 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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FreeBSD 13 — py310-ansible-core — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py310-ansible-core — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Ansible — Ansible user credentials disclosure in ansible-connection module Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3620 Upstream summary: Red Hat reports: A flaw was found in Ansible Engine's ansible-connection module, where sensitive information such […]

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FreeBSD 13 — mcollective-puppet-agent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — mcollective-puppet-agent — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: puppet-agent MCollective plugin — Remote Code Execution vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2015-7331 Upstream summary: Puppet reports: Puppet Enterprise previously included a puppet-agent MCollective plugin that allowed you to pass the `–server` […]

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How to Configure StrongSwan IPsec on FreeBSD 13 — step-by-step FreeBSD 13 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure StrongSwan IPsec on FreeBSD 13

Introduction Deploying configure strongswan ipsec on freebsd 13 on a FreeBSD 13 machine differs from Linux in several important ways: packages come from the FreeBSD Ports Collection or the binary pkg repository, services are registered in /etc/rc.conf via sysrc(8), and firewall rules are written in pf.conf(5) syntax. This tutorial stays entirely within the standard base […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 6.2.1-r1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — gmp 6.2.1-r1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-43618 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships gmp 6.2.1-r1 which addresses CVE-2021-43618. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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RHEL 7 auditd Backlog Limit Reached

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 28 May 2021 Affected versions: RHEL 7 📖 ~1 min read 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 Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & […]

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

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

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 28 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: MPD — buffer overflows in http output Upstream summary: The MPD project reports: httpd: fix two buffer overflows in IcyMetaData length calculation Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & […]

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