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How to Configure restic Backup Solution on Debian 12 — step-by-step Debian 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure restic Backup Solution on Debian 12

Introduction Deploying configure restic backup solution on debian 12 on a Debian 12 Bookworm 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 will […]

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Amazon Linux 2023 — guava — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2023 — guava — 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 ALAS2023-2023-458 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-2976 Upstream summary: Use of Java's default temporary directory for file creation in `FileBackedOutputStream` in Google Guava versions 1.0 to 31.1 on Unix systems and Android Ice […]

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Debian 12 — django-tastypie — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — django-tastypie — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 November 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2011-4104 Upstream summary: The from_yaml method in serializers.py in Django Tastypie before 0.9.10 does not properly deserialize YAML data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code […]

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

Debian 12 — anjuta — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 November 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-42522 Upstream summary: There is a Information Disclosure vulnerability in anjuta/plugins/document-manager/anjuta-bookmarks.c. This issue was caused by the incorrect use of libxml2 API. The vendor forgot to call 'g_free()' […]

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Debian 12 — git-big-picture — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — git-big-picture — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 November 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3028 Upstream summary: git-big-picture before 1.0.0 mishandles ' characters in a branch name, leading to code execution. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Debian 12 — dillo — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — dillo — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 November 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0012 CVE-2009-2294 Upstream summary: Format string vulnerability in the a_Interface_msg function in Dillo before 0.8.3-r4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a […]

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Debian 12 — lynx — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — lynx — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 9 November 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2002-1405 CVE-2004-1617 CVE-2005-3120 CVE-2016-9179 CVE-2017-1000211 CVE-2021-38165 Upstream summary: CRLF injection vulnerability in Lynx 2.8.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject false HTTP headers into an HTTP request […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — nqptp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — nqptp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-43771 Upstream summary: In nqptp-message-handlers.c in nqptp before 1.2.3, crafted packets received on the control port could crash the program. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.322-246.539 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-4.14.322-246.539 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Amazon Linux 2 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Amazon Linux advisory ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2023-157 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-45871 CVE-2023-4207 CVE-2023-4622 CVE-2023-4623 CVE-2023-4921 Upstream summary: An issue was discovered in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c in the IGB driver in the Linux kernel before 6.5.3. A buffer size may […]

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

Debian 12 — lmbench — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 9 November 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4968 Upstream summary: The (1) rccs and (2) STUFF scripts in lmbench 3.0-a7 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/sdiff.##### temporary […]

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