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Alpine Linux edge — spamassassin — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — spamassassin — multiple vulnerabilities (9 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 3.4.5-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — spamassassin 3.4.5-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-1946 CVE-2020-1930 CVE-2020-1931 CVE-2018-11805 CVE-2019-12420 CVE-2016-1238 CVE-2017-15705 CVE-2018-11780  +1 more Upstream summary: Alpine main repository for vedge ships spamassassin 3.4.5-r0 which […]

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How To Install Salt on Ubuntu 12.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install Salt on Ubuntu 12.04

In this tutorial, you will install a Salt Master and a Salt Minion on a cloud servers running Ubuntu 12.04. You will also begin to explore how Salt works by executing a few simple commands.

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Ubuntu 20.04 — gthumb — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — gthumb — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 March 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5680-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-20326 CVE-2020-36427 Upstream summary: It was discovered that gThumb did not properly managed memory when processing certain image files. If a user were tricked into opening a […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — pulseaudio — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — pulseaudio — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 March 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4640-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-16123 CVE-2020-15710 CVE-2020-11931 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1877102 Upstream summary: James Henstridge discovered that an Ubuntu-specific patch caused PulseAudio to incorrectly handle snap client connections. An attacker could possibly use this […]

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Como instalar o MySQL no Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Como instalar o MySQL no Ubuntu 20.04

Uma versão anterior deste tutorial foi escrita por Hazel Virdó O MySQL é um sistema de gerenciamento de banco de dados de código aberto, que é geralmente instalado como parte da pilha popular…

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Ubuntu 14.04 — fail2ban — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — fail2ban — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 22 March 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5232-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32749 Upstream summary: Jakub Żoczek discovered that certain Fail2ban actions handled whois responses in an insecure way. If Fail2ban was configured to use certain mail actions like […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libfreeimage3 — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libfreeimage3 — 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-2020-21428 CVE-2019-12211 CVE-2015-0852 CVE-2016-5684 CVE-2019-12213 Upstream summary: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function LoadRGB in PluginDDS.cpp in FreeImage 3.18.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code […]

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SLES 12 — glib-networking — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 12

SLES 12 — glib-networking — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 22 March 2021 Affected versions: SLES 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2021:3944-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-13645 Upstream summary: In GNOME glib-networking through 2.64.2, the implementation of GTlsClientConnection skips hostname verification of the server's TLS certificate if the application fails to […]

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How to Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy on RHEL 7

How to Configure Nginx as a Reverse Proxy on RHEL 7 A reverse proxy sits in front of one or more backend application servers, forwarding incoming client requests and returning the backend responses. Nginx is exceptionally well-suited for this role due to its event-driven architecture and low memory footprint. On RHEL 7, a common pattern […]

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