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FreeBSD 12 — bind97-base — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — bind97-base — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 June 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: dns/bind9* — crash on deliberately constructed combination of records Related CVEs: CVE-2012-5166 Upstream summary: ISC reports: A deliberately constructed combination of records could cause named to hang while populating the […]

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How To Set Up a Node.js Application for Production on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up a Node.js Application for Production on Ubuntu 16.04

Node.js is an open source JavaScript runtime environment for easily building server-side and networking applications. Node.js applications can be run at the command line but this guide focuses on running them as a service using PM2, so that they will automatically restart on reboot or failure, and can safely be used in a production environment.

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How to Manage Node.js Versions with nvm on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Manage Node.js Versions with nvm on Debian 10

Introduction Deploying manage node.js versions with nvm on debian 10 on a Debian 10 Buster machine is straightforward thanks to Debian’s policy-compliant packaging. Unlike rpm-based distributions, Debian stores configuration helpers in /etc/default/, uses update-rc.d for older init scripts, and provides dpkg-reconfigure for interactive package configuration. This tutorial stays on the systemd path throughout. Prerequisites Before […]

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FreeBSD 12 — bchunk — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — bchunk — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 June 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: bchunk — access violation near NULL on destination operand and crash Related CVEs: CVE-2017-15953 CVE-2017-15954 CVE-2017-15955 Upstream summary: Mitre reports: bchunk 1.2.0 and 1.2.1 is vulnerable to an "Access violation […]

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FreeBSD 12 — percona57-client — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — percona57-client — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 June 2020 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: MySQL Client — Multiple vulerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2020-2752 CVE-2020-2875 CVE-2020-2922 CVE-2020-2933 CVE-2020-2934 Upstream summary: Oracle reports: This Critical Patch Update contains 45 new security patches for Oracle MySQL. 9 of […]

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Gentoo Linux — www-misc/awstats — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — www-misc/awstats — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202007-37 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-1000501 Upstream summary: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in AWStats. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]

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