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Alpine Linux edge — qpdf — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — qpdf — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 7.0.0-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — qpdf 7.0.0-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-9208 CVE-2017-9209 CVE-2017-9210 CVE-2017-11624 CVE-2017-11625 CVE-2017-11626 CVE-2017-11627 CVE-2017-12595  +1 more Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships qpdf 7.0.0-r0 which […]

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FreeBSD 12 — mariadb104-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — mariadb104-server — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 4 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: MariaDB — Nullpointer dereference Related CVEs: CVE-2018-25032 CVE-2019-1543 CVE-2019-1547 CVE-2019-15601 CVE-2019-17543 CVE-2019-2730 CVE-2019-2731 CVE-2019-2737  +12 more Upstream summary: The MariaDB project reports: MariaDB Server is vulnerable to Denial of Service. […]

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How To Install and Secure phpMyAdmin with Apache on a CentOS 7 Server — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Secure phpMyAdmin with Apache on a CentOS 7 Server

While many users require access to a database management system like MySQL or MariaDB, not all users feel comfortable interacting with the SQL prompt on a daily basis. In this guide, we’ll discuss how to install and secure phpMyAdmin, a web management interface for MySQL and MariaDB, on a CentOS 7 server. We will leverage the Apache web server for this guide.

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NTP Not Synchronizing Time on Ubuntu 18.04

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 3 October 2019 📖 ~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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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How to Configure HAProxy SSL Termination on SLES 12 — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure HAProxy SSL Termination on SLES 12

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Configure HAProxy SSL Termination on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 12 system is up to date: zypper […]

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RHEL 8 Service Fails to Start Because of Dependency Ordering

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 3 October 2019 📖 ~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 & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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FreeBSD 12 — zh-unrar — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — zh-unrar — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: rar — password prompt buffer overflow vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2007-0855 Upstream summary: iDefense reports: Remote exploitation of a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability in RARLabs Unrar may allow an attacker […]

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Common Problems 113580

Windows Server 2012 R2 — LDAP search timeout when querying large groups via PowerShell — Fix & Prevention

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 3 October 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~2 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 […]

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