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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — zabbix-agent — 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 advisory openSUSE-SU-2022:0036-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-27927 CVE-2022-35230 CVE-2022-24349 CVE-2020-15803 CVE-2022-23134 Upstream summary: In Zabbix from 4.0.x before 4.0.28rc1, 5.0.0alpha1 before 5.0.10rc1, 5.2.x before 5.2.6rc1, and 5.4.0alpha1 before 5.4.0beta2, the CControllerAuthenticationUpdate […]

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Debian 11 — geneweb — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — geneweb — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2002-1390 CVE-2005-0391 Upstream summary: The daemon for GeneWeb before 4.09 does not properly handle requested paths, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted URL. […]

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How To Install CouchDB From Source on an Ubuntu 13.04 x64 VPS — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install CouchDB From Source on an Ubuntu 13.04 x64 VPS

Apache’s CouchDB is “a database that completely embraces the web.” It is one of a family of NoSQL databases that offers an alternative to the rigid structure of a relational database like MySQL. Breeze through this tutorial and learn how to install CouchDB from source on an Ubuntu 13.03 VPS.

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — telnet — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:3471-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-39028 Upstream summary: telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.3, MIT krb5-appl through 1.0.3, and derivative works has a NULL pointer dereference via 0xff 0xf7 or […]

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RHEL 9 OpenSSH key authentication denied unexpectedly

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 1 September 2022 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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Debian 11 — minissdpd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — minissdpd — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 1 September 2022 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2016-3178 CVE-2016-3179 CVE-2019-12106 Upstream summary: The processRequest function in minissdpd.c in MiniSSDPd 1.2.20130907-3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and daemon crash) […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — maven-shared-utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — maven-shared-utils — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 September 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6730-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-29599 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Apache Maven Shared Utils did not handle double-quoted strings properly, allowing shell injection attacks. This could allow an attacker to […]

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Ubuntu 22.04 — knot-resolver — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 22.04

Ubuntu 22.04 — knot-resolver — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 1 September 2022 Affected versions: Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6225-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2022-40188 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Knot Resolver did not correctly handle certain client options. A remote attacker could send requests to malicous domains and cause […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libpixman — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:4148-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2022-44638 Upstream summary: In libpixman in Pixman before 0.42.2, there is an out-of-bounds write (aka heap-based buffer overflow) in rasterize_edges_8 due to an integer overflow […]

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How to Install and Configure Varnish Cache on Debian 11 — step-by-step Debian 11 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install and Configure Varnish Cache on Debian 11

Introduction How to Install and Configure Varnish Cache on Debian 11 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 11 Bullseye server. Debian 11 Bullseye ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian […]

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