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FreeBSD 12 — subversion-freebsd — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — subversion-freebsd — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: Subversion — multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2009-2411 CVE-2010-4539 CVE-2010-4644 CVE-2011-0715 CVE-2011-1752 CVE-2011-1783 CVE-2011-1921 Upstream summary: Subversion team reports: Subversion's mod_dav_svn Apache HTTPD server module will dereference a NULL pointer if […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby2.7-rubygem-minitar — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby2.7-rubygem-minitar — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2021:0115-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2016-10173 Upstream summary: Directory traversal vulnerability in the minitar before 0.6 and archive-tar-minitar 0.5.2 gems for Ruby allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files […]

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FreeBSD 12 — isc-dhcp3-server — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — isc-dhcp3-server — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: isc-dhcpd — format string vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2004-0460 CVE-2004-1006 Upstream summary: The ISC DHCP programs are vulnerable to several format string vulnerabilities which may allow a remote attacker to execute […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — monitoring-plugins — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — monitoring-plugins — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2019:1702-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2007-5623 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in the check_snmp function in Nagios Plugins (nagios-plugins) 1.4.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via […]

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FreeBSD 12 — xrdb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — xrdb — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: xrdb — root hole via rogue hostname Related CVEs: CVE-2011-0465 Upstream summary: Matthias Hopf reports: By crafting hostnames with shell escape characters, arbitrary commands can be executed in a root […]

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How to Set Up Automatic Security Updates on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Automatic Security Updates on Debian 9

Introduction Deploying set up automatic security updates on debian 9 on a Debian 9 Stretch 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 You […]

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FreeBSD 12 — zh-tin — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — zh-tin — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: tin — buffer overflow vulnerabilities Upstream summary: Urs Janssen and Aleksey Salow report possible buffer overflows in tin versions 1.8.0 and 1.8.1. OpenPKG project elaborates there is an allocation off-by-one […]

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FreeBSD 12 — tdiary-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — tdiary-devel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 October 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: tdiary — injection vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2006-6174 Upstream summary: An undisclosed eRuby injection vulnerability had been discovered in tDiary. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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