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Ubuntu 18.04 — libmspack — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — libmspack — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • February 18, 2020
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 18 February 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4066-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-1010305 CVE-2018-18584 CVE-2018-18585 CVE-2018-14679 CVE-2018-14680 CVE-2018-14681 CVE-2018-14682 Upstream summary: It was discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain CHM files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue […]

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How To Install Joomla on a Virtual Server Running Ubuntu 12.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install Joomla on a Virtual Server Running Ubuntu 12.04

  • February 18, 2020
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This tutorials covers a basic joomla installation on an ubuntu server. Joomla is a free and open source content management that uses a PHP and a backend database, such as MySQL. It offers a wide variety of features that make it an incredibly flexible content management system right out of the box. It was created in 2005 and is currently the 2nd most popular content management site online. It now has over 10,000 addons to customize its functionality.

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — obex-data-server — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — obex-data-server — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • February 18, 2020
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🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2008:019 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2008-2374 Upstream summary: src/sdp.c in bluez-libs 3.30 in BlueZ, and other bluez-libs before 3.34 and bluez-utils before 3.34 versions, does not validate string length fields […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 — p11-kit — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — p11-kit — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • February 18, 2020
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 18 February 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4677-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-29361 CVE-2020-29362 CVE-2020-29363 Upstream summary: David Cook discovered that p11-kit incorrectly handled certain memory operations. An attacker could use this issue to cause p11-kit to crash, resulting […]

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Debian 10 Journald Grows Too Large and Consumes Disk

  • February 17, 2020
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 17 February 2020 Affected versions: Debian 10 📖 ~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 & […]

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Alpine Linux edge — libgsf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Alpine Linux edge

Alpine Linux edge — libgsf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • February 17, 2020
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Alpine Linux edge / fixed in 1.14.41-r0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Alpine secdb entry — libgsf 1.14.41-r0 Related CVEs: CVE-2016-9888 Upstream summary: Alpine community repository for vedge ships libgsf 1.14.41-r0 which addresses CVE-2016-9888. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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RHEL 7 Host Not Registered to Subscription Channels

  • February 17, 2020
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 17 February 2020 📖 ~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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openSUSE Tumbleweed — libxapian30 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libxapian30 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • February 17, 2020
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🟠 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-2018-0499 Upstream summary: A cross-site scripting vulnerability in queryparser/termgenerator_internal.cc in Xapian xapian-core before 1.4.6 exists due to incomplete HTML escaping by Xapian::MSet::snippet(). Table of contents […]

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How to Set Up HAProxy Load Balancer on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up HAProxy Load Balancer on Debian 9

  • February 17, 2020
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Introduction How to Set Up HAProxy Load Balancer on Debian 9 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 9 Stretch server. Debian 9 Stretch 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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