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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libbotan — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libbotan — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — 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-2024:0201-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2024-34702 CVE-2024-39312 CVE-2024-34703 CVE-2015-5726 CVE-2015-5727 CVE-2015-7827 CVE-2016-2194 CVE-2016-2195  +2 more Upstream summary: Botan is a C++ cryptography library. X.509 certificates can identify elliptic curves using […]

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Debian 12 — network-manager-vpnc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — network-manager-vpnc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 2 December 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-10900 Upstream summary: Network Manager VPNC plugin (aka networkmanager-vpnc) before version 1.2.6 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack. A new line character can be used to inject […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — pcs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — pcs — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-6670)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 December 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-6670 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-41123 CVE-2024-41946 CVE-2024-43398 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — virt:ol and virt-devel:ol — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — virt:ol and virt-devel:ol — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-3253)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 December 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-3253 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-2494 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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Alpine Linux 3.19 — squashfs-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.19

Alpine Linux 3.19 — squashfs-tools — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.19 / fixed in 4.5-r1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — squashfs-tools 4.5-r1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-41072 CVE-2021-40153 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vv3.19 ships squashfs-tools 4.5-r1 which addresses CVE-2021-41072. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — libtiff — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — libtiff — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-8914)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 December 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-8914 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-7006 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2024-9605)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 2 December 2024 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2024-9605 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-46824 CVE-2024-46858 CVE-2024-42283 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification […]

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Alpine Linux 3.19 — ruby-activesupport — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.19

Alpine Linux 3.19 — ruby-activesupport — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.19 / fixed in 7.0.4.3-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — ruby-activesupport 7.0.4.3-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-28120 CVE-2023-22796 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.19 ships ruby-activesupport 7.0.4.3-r0 which addresses CVE-2023-28120. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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How to Secure Nginx with Let's Encrypt SSL on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy on Ubuntu 24.04

A reverse proxy sits in front of one or more backend application servers, forwarding client requests and returning responses. Nginx makes an excellent reverse proxy — lightweight, fast, and easy to configure. This guide sets up Nginx as a reverse proxy on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 […]

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openSUSE Leap 15.5 — pcp — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Leap 15.5

openSUSE Leap 15.5 — pcp — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Leap 15.5 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2024:3533-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-6917 CVE-2024-45769 CVE-2024-45770 Upstream summary: A vulnerability has been identified in the Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) package, stemming from the mixed privilege levels utilized by […]

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