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Alpine Linux 3.18 — openjdk16 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — openjdk16 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 16.0.2_p7-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — openjdk16 16.0.2_p7-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-2388 CVE-2021-2369 CVE-2021-2341 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vv3.18 ships openjdk16 16.0.2_p7-r0 which addresses CVE-2021-2388. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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How to Set Up a Local Kubernetes Dev Cluster with Kind on Debian 12 — step-by-step Debian 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Local Kubernetes Dev Cluster with Kind on Debian 12

Introduction Debian 12 Bookworm is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up set up a local kubernetes dev cluster with kind on debian 12 on Bookworm leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Bookworm freeze. […]

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Alpine Linux 3.18 — gst-plugins-base — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux 3.18

Alpine Linux 3.18 — gst-plugins-base — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux 3.18 / fixed in 1.22.12-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — gst-plugins-base 1.22.12-r0 Related CVEs: ZDI-CAN-23896 CVE-2021-3522 CVE-2019-9928 Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vv3.18 ships gst-plugins-base 1.22.12-r0 which addresses ZDI-CAN-23896. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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How to Set Up a CentOS Stream 9 Template in VMware — step-by-step CentOS Stream 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a CentOS Stream 9 Template in VMware

Introduction Setting up set up a centos stream 9 template in vmware on a CentOS Stream 9 server is a common task for system administrators, DevOps engineers, and site reliability engineers. This guide explains how to Set Up a CentOS Stream 9 Template in VMware, with all the commands you need, the SELinux and firewalld […]

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Oracle Linux 9 — kernel security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 9

Oracle Linux 9 — kernel security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2022-6003)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 August 2023 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2022-6003 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-1055 CVE-2022-0494 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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Debian 12 — libapache2-mod-perl2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — libapache2-mod-perl2 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 14 August 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2007-1349 CVE-2009-0796 CVE-2011-2767 Upstream summary: PerlRun.pm in Apache mod_perl before 1.30, and RegistryCooker.pm in mod_perl 2.x, does not properly escape PATH_INFO before use in a regular expression, which […]

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Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-5.10.196-185.743 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Amazon Linux 2

Amazon Linux 2 — kernel-livepatch-5.10.196-185.743 — vulnerability — 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-2023-156 Related CVEs: CVE-2023-5197 Upstream summary: A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. Addition and removal of rules from […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby3.1-rubygem-activerecord — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — ruby3.1-rubygem-activerecord — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2025:15112-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-22794 CVE-2022-32224 CVE-2022-44566 Upstream summary: A vulnerability in ActiveRecord <6.0.6.1, v6.1.7.1 and v7.0.4.1 related to the sanitization of comments. If malicious user input is passed […]

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Debian 12 — libtasn1-6 — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — libtasn1-6 — multiple vulnerabilities (13 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 14 August 2023 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3467 CVE-2014-3468 CVE-2014-3469 CVE-2015-2806 CVE-2015-3622 CVE-2016-4008 CVE-2017-10790 CVE-2017-6891  +5 more Upstream summary: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the DER decoder in GNU Libtasn1 before 3.6, as used in GnuTLS, […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — ntpsec — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — ntpsec — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2023-4012 CVE-2021-22212 CVE-2019-6442 CVE-2019-6443 CVE-2019-6445 Upstream summary: ntpd will crash if the server is not NTS-enabled (no certificate) and it receives an NTS-enabled client request […]

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