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FreeBSD 13 — a2ps-letter — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — a2ps-letter — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: a2ps — insecure temporary file creation Related CVEs: CVE-2004-1170 CVE-2004-1377 Upstream summary: A Secunia Security Advisory reports that Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña has found temporary file creation vulnerabilities in the fixps […]

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FreeBSD 13 — samba32-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — samba32-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 May 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: samba — potential leakage of arbitrary memory contents Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4314 Upstream summary: Samba Team reports: Samba 3.0.29 and beyond contain a change to deal with gcc 4 optimizations. Part […]

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

AlmaLinux 8 — libXext — 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-2020:4742 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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Comment convertir des types de données sous Python 3 — step-by-step Python tutorial on Progressive Robot

Comment convertir des types de données sous Python 3

Au cours de tutoriel sur Python 3, nous aborderons la conversion de types de données, notamment les chiffres, les chaines de caractères, les tuples et les listes et nous vous proposerons des exemples avec lesquels vous pourrez vous familiariser avec différents cas d’utilisation.

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How to Set Up SFTP Server with Chroot Jail on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up SFTP Server with Chroot Jail on Debian 9

Introduction How to Set Up SFTP Server with Chroot Jail on Debian 9 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 9 Stretch server. Debian 9 Stretch ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — s390-tools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — s390-tools — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2021:0776-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-25316 Upstream summary: A Insecure Temporary File vulnerability in s390-tools of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP2 allows local attackers to […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — clickhouse — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — clickhouse — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 May 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6933-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-42387 CVE-2021-42388 CVE-2021-43305 Upstream summary: It was discovered that ClickHouse incorrectly handled memory, leading to a heap out-of-bounds data read. An attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — libmaxminddb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — libmaxminddb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 14 May 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4631-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-28241 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libmaxminddb incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using libmaxminddb to […]

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