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Alpine Linux edge — ark — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — ark — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 20.08.0-r1 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — ark 20.08.0-r1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-24654 CVE-2020-16116 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships ark 20.08.0-r1 which addresses CVE-2020-24654. Table of contents Symptom & Impact […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 — grub2 — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu 20.04 — grub2 — multiple vulnerabilities (10 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 31 May 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4432-2 Related CVEs: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1889556 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/GRUB2SecureBootBypass CVE-2020-10713 CVE-2020-14308 CVE-2020-14309 CVE-2020-14310 CVE-2020-14311 CVE-2020-15705  +2 more Upstream summary: USN-4432-1 fixed vulnerabilities in GRUB2 affecting Secure Boot environments. Unfortunately, the update introduced regressions for […]

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Ubuntu 14.04 — mariadb-5.5 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 14.04

Ubuntu 14.04 — mariadb-5.5 — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 31 May 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3957-2 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-2614 CVE-2019-2627 Upstream summary: USN-3957-1 fixed multiple vulnerabilities in MySQL. This update provides the corresponding fixes for CVE-2019-2614 and CVE-2019-2627 in MariaDB 5.5. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS has […]

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SLES 15 — cf-cli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — cf-cli — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 31 May 2020 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2019:1220-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-3781 Upstream summary: Cloud Foundry CLI, versions prior to v6.43.0, improperly exposes passwords when verbose/trace/debugging is turned on. A local unauthenticated or remote authenticated malicious user with access to […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libldap — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libldap — multiple vulnerabilities (7 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-2016:0226-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2015-6908 CVE-2020-8027 CVE-2015-1545 CVE-2015-1546 CVE-2017-17740 CVE-2019-13057 CVE-2019-13565 Upstream summary: The ber_get_next function in libraries/liblber/io.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.42 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a […]

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How To Install and Configure ownCloud on Debian 9 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Configure ownCloud on Debian 9

ownCloud is an open-source file sharing server and collaboration platform that can store your personal content, like documents and pictures, in a centralized location. This allows you to take control of your content and security by not relying on third-party content hosting…

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How to Configure Docker Security Scanning on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Docker Security Scanning on Debian 10

Introduction How to Configure Docker Security Scanning 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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — qt3 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — qt3 — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2014:0265-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-4549 CVE-2015-1860 CVE-2015-0295 Upstream summary: QXmlSimpleReader in Qt before 5.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an XML Entity […]

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