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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — libsmi — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2011:001 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2010-2891 Upstream summary: Buffer overflow in the smiGetNode function in lib/smi.c in libsmi 0.4.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Object Identifier […]

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How To Use Duplicity with GPG to Back Up Data to object storage — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use Duplicity with GPG to Back Up Data to object storage

Duplicity is a command-line utility written in Python that produces encrypted tar volumes for storage on a local or remote repository. It uses the GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) to encrypt and sign its archives and the rsync algorithm to create incremental, space-efficient backups. In this tutorial, we will install Duplicity and go over how to back up project data to object storage.

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — horde5-imp — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — horde5-imp — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2012:0287-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2012-0791 CVE-2012-0909 Upstream summary: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Horde IMP before 5.0.18 and Horde Groupware Webmail Edition before 4.0.6 allow remote attackers to […]

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Установка Git в Ubuntu 18.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Установка Git в Ubuntu 18.04

Предыдущая версия данного руководства была написана Бреннаном Бернсом. Системы управления версиями просто незаменимы в современной разработке программного обеспечения, поскольку контроль версий позволяет отслеживать развитие…

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How to Install Packer for Machine Image Automation on RHEL 8 — step-by-step RHEL 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Packer for Machine Image Automation on RHEL 8

Packer, created by HashiCorp, is an open-source tool that automates the creation of identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration. Whether you need an AWS AMI, a QEMU disk image for local testing, or a VMware template, Packer lets you define the entire build in code using HCL2 templates. In this […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — postgresql — 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-2017:3107-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2017-14798 Upstream summary: A race condition in the postgresql init script could be used by attackers able to access the postgresql account to escalate their […]

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SLES 15 — perl-Net-Server — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — perl-Net-Server — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 27 September 2019 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2023:0746-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2013-1841 Upstream summary: Net-Server, when the reverse-lookups option is enabled, does not check if the hostname resolves to the source IP address, which might allow […]

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

openSUSE Tumbleweed — srt — vulnerability — 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-2019:2083-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2019-15784 Upstream summary: Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) through 1.3.4 has a CSndUList array overflow if there are many SRT connections. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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