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SLES 15 — libgraphite2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — libgraphite2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 13 September 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2016:0779-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-1521 CVE-2017-5436 CVE-2018-7999 Upstream summary: The directrun function in directmachine.cpp in Libgraphite in Graphite 2 1.2.4, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 and Firefox […]

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

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

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 0.3.0-r1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — lxterminal 0.3.0-r1 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10369 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships lxterminal 0.3.0-r1 which addresses CVE-2016-10369. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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How to Configure Patch Management with WSUS on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Patch Management with WSUS on Windows Server 2016

How to Set Up Windows Server 2016 Patch Management with WSUS Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is Microsoft’s free server role that enables administrators to manage the distribution of updates released through Microsoft Update to computers in a network. Rather than having each server and workstation download updates directly from Microsoft, WSUS downloads updates once […]

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How to Set Up IBM Cloud PowerVS Instance with AIX 7.2 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up IBM Cloud PowerVS Instance with AIX 7.2

Introduction IBM AIX 7.2 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.2 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to set up ibm cloud powervs instance with aix 7.2 […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — libidn2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — libidn2 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2-2019-1373 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-12290 CVE-2019-18224 Upstream summary: heap-based buffer overflow in idn2_to_ascii_4i in lib/lookup.c idn2_to_ascii_4i in lib/lookup.c in GNU libidn2 before 2.1.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow via a long […]

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