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Debian 13 — openrazer — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — openrazer — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2022-23467 CVE-2022-29021 CVE-2022-29022 CVE-2022-29023 CVE-2025-32776 Upstream summary: OpenRazer is an open source driver and user-space daemon to control Razer device lighting and other features on GNU/Linux. Using a […]

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How to Set Up PostgreSQL Streaming Replication on RHEL 9 — step-by-step RHEL 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up PostgreSQL Streaming Replication on RHEL 9

PostgreSQL Streaming Replication sends WAL (Write-Ahead Log) records from a primary server to one or more standby servers in near-real-time, keeping standbys continuously synchronised with the primary. This provides high availability (automatic or manual failover when the primary fails), read scaling (queries can be distributed to hot standbys), and geographic redundancy. Unlike logical replication which […]

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Debian 13 — libthai — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — libthai — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2009-4012 Upstream summary: Multiple integer overflows in LibThai before 0.1.13 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via long strings that trigger heap-based buffer overflows, related to […]

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Debian 13 — qtdeclarative-opensource-src-gles — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — qtdeclarative-opensource-src-gles — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2022-40983 CVE-2022-43591 CVE-2025-12385 Upstream summary: An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the QML QtScript Reflect API of Qt Project Qt 6.3.2. A specially-crafted javascript code can trigger an […]

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Debian 12 — rhino — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 12

Debian 12 — rhino — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 12 (bookworm) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2025-66453 Upstream summary: Rhino is an open-source implementation of JavaScript written entirely in Java. Prior to 1.8.1, 1.7.15.1, and 1.7.14.1, when an application passed an attacker controlled float […]

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How to Configure PostgreSQL Remote Access and SSL on RHEL 9 — step-by-step RHEL 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure PostgreSQL Remote Access and SSL on RHEL 9

By default, PostgreSQL only accepts connections from localhost using peer or ident authentication. Enabling remote access requires two configuration changes: editing postgresql.conf to listen on a network interface, and editing pg_hba.conf to permit remote connections from specific hosts or subnets. Beyond network access, encrypting the connection with SSL/TLS is essential for any deployment where database […]

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Debian 13 — jbig2enc — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — jbig2enc — multiple vulnerabilities (3 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 (trixie) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2018-11230 CVE-2023-46362 CVE-2023-46363 Upstream summary: jbig2_add_page in jbig2enc.cc in libjbig2enc.a in jbig2enc 0.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other […]

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Debian 13 — xmlgraphics-commons — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 13

Debian 13 — xmlgraphics-commons — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Debian 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-11988 Upstream summary: Apache XmlGraphics Commons 2.4 and earlier is vulnerable to server-side request forgery, caused by improper input validation by the XMPParser. By using a specially-crafted argument, an […]

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SLES 16 — gpgme — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 16

SLES 16 — gpgme — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: SLES 16 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2014:1073-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2014-3564 Upstream summary: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the status_handler function in (1) engine-gpgsm.c and (2) engine-uiserver.c in GPGME before 1.5.1 allow remote attackers to […]

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How to Secure MySQL: Remove Root Remote Login, audit_log on RHEL 9 — step-by-step RHEL 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Secure MySQL: Remove Root Remote Login, audit_log on RHEL 9

A default MySQL installation has several security weaknesses: a root account that may be accessible remotely, anonymous user accounts, a test database anyone can access, and no audit logging of who accessed what data. Securing MySQL is essential before any production deployment and covers four main areas: access control (who can connect from where), authentication […]

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