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Gentoo Linux — app-backup/borgmatic — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux — app-backup/borgmatic — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Gentoo Linux 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Gentoo GLSA GLSA-202405-13 Upstream summary: Prevent shell injection attacks within the PostgreSQL hook, the MongoDB hook, the SQLite hook, the "borgmatic borg" action, and command hook variable/constant interpolation. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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How to Configure Docker Logging Drivers on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Docker Logging Drivers on Debian 10

Introduction How to Configure Docker Logging Drivers on Debian 10 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 10 Buster server. Debian 10 Buster 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 10. […]

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How To Secure PostgreSQL Against Automated Attacks — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Secure PostgreSQL Against Automated Attacks

In this tutorial, we will show an essential first step toward mitigating the specific risk that can be created when configuring PostgreSQL to allow remote connections. While this an important first step, since servers can be compromised in other ways, we also recommend that you take additional measures to protect your data, outlined in the section, [Additional Security Considerations](#additional-security-configuration).

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Ubuntu 20.04 — hdf5 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — hdf5 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 June 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5272-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-17233 CVE-2018-17234 CVE-2018-17237 Upstream summary: It was discovered that HDF5 incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. […]

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SLES 15 — oddjob — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — oddjob — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 June 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE security advisory (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-10737 Upstream summary: A race condition was found in the mkhomedir tool shipped with the oddjob package in versions before 0.34.5 and 0.34.6 wherein, during […]

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Arch Linux — irssi — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — irssi — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201707-13 Related CVEs: CVE-2017-10966 CVE-2017-10965 CVE-2019-15717 CVE-2019-13045 CVE-2018-7054 CVE-2018-7053 CVE-2018-7052 CVE-2018-7051  +12 more Upstream summary: Type: multiple issues. Status: Fixed. Affected: 1.0.3-1. Fixed in: 1.0.4-1. Group: AVG-342. Table of contents […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — go-toolset:ol8 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — go-toolset:ol8 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-3665)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 10 June 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-3665 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15586 CVE-2020-14040 CVE-2020-16845 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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