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How to Install Vagrant and VirtualBox on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Vagrant and VirtualBox on Ubuntu 24.04

Vagrant provides a consistent, portable development environment by automating the creation and provisioning of virtual machines. This guide installs Vagrant and VirtualBox on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS desktop or server CPU with hardware virtualisation enabled (VT-x/AMD-V) A user with sudo privileges Step 1 – Add […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — buildah — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — buildah — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 1.28.0-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — buildah 1.28.0-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-2990 CVE-2021-3602 CVE-2021-20206 CVE-2020-10696 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships buildah 1.28.0-r0 which addresses CVE-2022-2990. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — cacti — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — cacti — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 1.2.8-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — cacti 1.2.8-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-8813 CVE-2020-7237 CVE-2020-7106 CVE-2023-46490 CVE-2023-49084 CVE-2023-49085 CVE-2023-49086 CVE-2023-50250  +12 more Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships cacti 1.2.8-r0 which […]

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Debian 12 — keepassx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — keepassx — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 October 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2015-8378 Upstream summary: In KeePassX before 0.4.4, a cleartext copy of password data is created upon a cancel of an XML export action. This allows context-dependent attackers to […]

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Debian 12 — r-base — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — r-base — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 12 October 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-3931 CVE-2016-8714 CVE-2020-27637 CVE-2024-27322 Upstream summary: javareconf in R 2.7.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files. Table of contents Symptom […]

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Amazon Linux 2023 — apache-commons-io — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2023 — apache-commons-io — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2023 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2023-2025-986 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-47554 Upstream summary: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Apache Commons IO. The org.apache.commons.io.input.XmlStreamReader class may excessively consume CPU resources when processing maliciously crafted input. This issue affects […]

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Alpine Linux 3.20 — tinyxml — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.20

Alpine Linux 3.20 — tinyxml — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.20 / fixed in 2.6.2-r4 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — tinyxml 2.6.2-r4 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-34194 CVE-2021-42260 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.20 ships tinyxml 2.6.2-r4 which addresses CVE-2023-34194. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Debian 12 — zutty — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — zutty — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 12 October 2024 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2022-41138 Upstream summary: In Zutty before 0.13, DECRQSS in text written to the terminal can achieve arbitrary code execution. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]

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Alpine Linux 3.20 — mupdf — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.20

Alpine Linux 3.20 — mupdf — multiple vulnerabilities (11 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.20 / fixed in 1.18.0-r1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — mupdf 1.18.0-r1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3407 CVE-2020-26519 CVE-2018-1000051 CVE-2018-6544 CVE-2018-6192 CVE-2018-6187 CVE-2018-5686 CVE-2017-17858  +3 more Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.20 ships mupdf 1.18.0-r1 which […]

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